Asset manager · Charlotte, NC
Sterling Capital Management LLC
SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 135405 · SEC 801-64257
At a glance
Sterling Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with $69.2 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed July 15, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is pension and profit sharing plans, and it reports 2,788 individual clients. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 173rd of 3,218 asset managers and 350th of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.
Main office 704-927-4175sterlingcapital.comLinkedInAs filed on Form ADV
- Regulatory AUM
- $69B
- Rank among asset managers
- #173 of 3,218
- Rank among all SEC RIAs
- #350 of 17,210
- Rank in North Carolina
- #6 of 288
- Individual clients
- 2,788
- High-net-worth clients
- 1,011
- Accounts
- 3,508
- Discretionary
- 100% of AUM
- Employees
- 186
- Advisory staff
- 64
- Offices
- 11
Owners and executives on its Form ADV
- Mark M. MontgomerySenior Managing Director
- Scott A. HaenniSenior Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer
- Charles A. DurhamManaging Director, Chief Compliance Officer
- Robert W. BridgesSenior Managing Director
- Jason ToledanoChief Financial Officer
Custody and brokerage
Broker-dealer
Hybrid RIA
Sterling Capital Management LLC is a hybrid RIA: 36 of its employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer. It reports a broker-dealer among its affiliates on Form ADV.
Its Form ADV brochure (filed March 2026) names Sterling Capital Distributors, an unaffiliated broker-dealer, as the broker-dealer its advisers are registered with.
not a registered broker -dealer; however, Sterling has employees who are registered representatives of Sterling Capital Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”), a limited purpose broker -dealer and distributor to the Sterling Capital Funds.
Who it serves
| Client type | Clients | Regulatory AUM | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pension and profit sharing plans | 70 | $18B | 26% |
| State or municipal government entities | 112 | $17B | 25% |
| Corporations or other businesses | 271 | $16B | 23% |
| Banking or thrift institutions | 2 | $6.2B | 9% |
| Investment companies | 21 | $4.1B | 6% |
| Charitable organizations | 95 | $2.7B | 4% |
| High-net-worth individuals | 1,011 | $2.0B | 3% |
| Insurance companies | 134 | $1.8B | 3% |
| Individuals | 1,777 | $800M | 1% |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 5 | $729M | 1% |
| Other investment advisers | 10 | $141M | <1% |
Disciplinary disclosures
Sterling Capital Management LLC answers yes to 2 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV (criminal, regulatory or civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates). Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗
Services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals and small businesses
- Portfolio management for investment companies
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Portfolio management for businesses and institutions
- Selecting other advisers
- Other services
How it’s paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Fixed fees
- Performance-based fees
Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗sterlingcapital.com ↗
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Questions
How much does Sterling Capital Management LLC manage?
Sterling Capital Management LLC reports $69.2 billion in regulatory assets under management across 3,508 accounts, 100% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed July 15, 2026.
What kind of firm is Sterling Capital Management LLC?
Sterling Capital Management LLC is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals. It reports a bank or thrift among its related persons.
Who are Sterling Capital Management LLC’s clients?
By assets, its largest client types are pension and profit sharing plans ($17.8 billion, 70 clients); state or municipal government entities ($17.2 billion, 112 clients); corporations or other businesses ($15.7 billion, 271 clients).
Does Sterling Capital Management LLC have any disciplinary history?
Sterling Capital Management LLC answers yes to 2 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV, which covers criminal, regulatory and civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates. The details are on the SEC’s adviser search.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure is Sterling Capital Management LLC’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-07-15), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.
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