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Asset manager · Charlotte, NC

Variant Perception

Variant Perception, LLC · SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 334510 · SEC 801-134755

At a glance

Variant Perception is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with $32 million in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed March 31, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is investment companies. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 2,480th of 3,218 asset managers and 16,089th of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.

Main office 704-926-1116variantperception.comLinkedInAs filed on Form ADV

Regulatory AUM
$32M
Rank among asset managers
#2,480 of 3,218
Rank among all SEC RIAs
#16,089 of 17,210
Rank in North Carolina
#278 of 288
Clients
1
Accounts
1
Discretionary
100% of AUM
Employees
1
Advisory staff
1
Offices
2

Owners and executives on its Form ADV

Custody and brokerage

Custodian

Variant Perception’s Form ADV lists no custodian for separately managed accounts. Firms report one only when they manage $10 million or more in those accounts.

Broker-dealer

Affiliated broker-dealer

It names an affiliated broker-dealer: Elevation, LLC.

Other RIAs with an affiliated broker-dealer

Who it serves

Client typeClientsRegulatory AUMShare
Investment companies1$32M100%

Disciplinary disclosures

Variant Perception answers yes to 3 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

  • Portfolio management for investment companies
  • Periodicals or newsletters

How it’s paid

  • A percentage of assets under management
  • Subscription fees
  • Other

Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗variantperception.com ↗

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The full record on Variant Perception

Ten years of SEC filings, its owners and contacts, and how it stacks up against its peers. Atlas members see all of it.

Assets, accounts, clients and staff, 1 years of filings
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Growth over one, three and five years
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Owners and executives, with titles and stakes
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Background

Questions

How much does Variant Perception manage?

Variant Perception reports $32 million in regulatory assets under management across 1 accounts, 100% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed March 31, 2026.

What kind of firm is Variant Perception?

Variant Perception is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals.

Who are Variant Perception’s clients?

By assets, its largest client types are investment companies ($32 million, 1 clients).

Does Variant Perception have any disciplinary history?

Variant Perception answers yes to 3 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 Variant Perception’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 (2026-03-31), 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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