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VAN ECK ABSOLUTE RETURN ADVISERS CORP.
Legal name: VAN ECK ABSOLUTE RETURN ADVISERS CORPORATION
CRD 137177File 801-65186
APPROVED
Custody
Disclosure events
Filing as of Mar 30, 2026
Feed vintage Aug 17, 2026
Regulatory AUM
$3.11B
Top 25% of cohort (national)
Discretionary AUM
$3.11B
Clients
14
14 accounts
Employees
271
Above cohort median in NY
Identity & registration
ADV Item 1- Organization form
- Corporation
- Firm type
- Registered
- SEC region
- NYRO
- Registration date
- Jan 18, 2006
- Principal office
- 666 THIRD AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10017-4033
- Phone
- 212-293-2000
- Website
- Not reported
Assets & accounts
ADV Item 5F- Total regulatory AUM
- $3.11B
- Discretionary AUM
- $3.11B
- Non-discretionary AUM
- $0
- Discretionary accounts
- 14
- Non-discretionary accounts
- 0
- Total accounts
- 14
- AUM per client
- $222.0M
Clients by type
ADV Item 5D| Client type | Clients | AUM |
|---|---|---|
| Investment companies | 8 | $2.64B |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 6 | $464.2M |
Compensation & activities
ADV Items 5E, 5GCompensation
- Performance-based fees
- A percentage of assets under your management
Advisory activities
- Portfolio management for investment companies
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
Custody
ADV Item 9- Firm Custody Cash
- Yes
- Firm Custody Assets
- No
- Firm Custody Clients
- No
- Firm Custody Securities
- Yes
- Related Person Custody Cash
- Yes
- Related Person Custody Assets
- No
- Related Person Custody Clients
- No
- Related Person Custody Securities
- Yes
Disclosure events
ADV Item 11- Q11C1
- Q11C2
- Q11C4
- Q11C5
Filed changes
| Date | Field | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Registration | — | APPROVED |
Every value above is reproduced from this firm's Form ADV filing. Fields the firm left blank are shown as “Not reported” rather than filled in from other sources.