secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (APAM)
CIK:        0001517302
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001517302-26-000003
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Artisan Partners reports Dec 2025 preliminary AUM of $179.9B; closes acquisition of Grandview Property Partners
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- Clarence Kane Brenan appointed to Board (effective Jan 9), increasing Board to nine; also joins Compensation Committee.
- Subsidiary closed acquisition of 100% of Grandview Property Partners on Jan 2, 2026; no deal terms disclosed.
- Preliminary AUM as of Dec 31, 2025: $179.9B, with Artisan Funds $87.8B, separate accounts $92.1B.
- Fourth-quarter fund distributions of approx. $640M were not reinvested and reduced month-end AUM.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517302/000151730226000003/0001517302-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517302/000151730226000003/apam-20260109.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001517302-26-000003

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