Cliffwater LLC

Wealth advisor Mechanical financials specialist (89%) CIK 1659851
League rank
#3019
in Wealth advisor · #6729 overall
Long book
$377.4M
Q1 2026
Positions
20
Top-10 weight
98%
concentration
Last quarter
+6.9%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
9%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Cliffwater LLC is a wealth-management firm allocating client money, specialised in financials (89% of the long book), running a $377.4M US long book across 20 positions.

The portfolio is extremely concentrated — the top 10 positions are almost the whole book. The book barely moves quarter to quarter — a patient, low-turnover holder. Current anchor positions: VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MKT ETF, BLUE OWL TECHNOLOGY FINANCE, VANGUARD RUSSELL 3000, VANGUARD FTSE DEVELOPED ETF, VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM T.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 1.8pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 3 of 9 quarters. Its holdings are mechanical (indexing / client flows), so position changes carry no stock-picking signal.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
+1.6%
Q2 2024
+4.4%
Q3 2024
-0.8%
Q4 2024
-0.1%
Q1 2025
+7.7%
Q2 2025
+3.4%
Q3 2025
+3.9%
Q4 2025
-3.2%
Q1 2026
+6.9%

Sector allocation

Other
89%
Financials
10%
Consumer discretionary
1%
Technology
0%

Long book by quarter

$371.0M
Q1 2024
$467.3M
Q2 2024
$432.4M
Q3 2024
$408.7M
Q4 2024
$382.5M
Q1 2025
$486.3M
Q2 2025
$474.7M
Q3 2025
$476.4M
Q4 2025
$377.4M
Q1 2026

What does Cliffwater LLC own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
OTF BLUE OWL TECHNOLOGY FINANCE5.9M$73.2M19.4%Held
CVBF CVB FINANCIAL CORPFinancials412.2K$8.0M2.1%Held
CGBD CARLYLE SECURED LENDING INC207.3K$2.3M0.6%Held
BBDC BARINGS BDC INC126.8K$1.0M0.3%Held
CVNA CARVANA COConsumer discretionary1.9K$586K0.2%Held
TOST TOAST INC-CLASS ATechnology9.6K$254K0.1%Held
RBRK RUBRIK INC-ATechnology3.2K$156K0.0%Held
NU NU HOLDINGS LTD/CAYMAN ISL-AFinancials9.5K$136K0.0%Held
OSCR OSCAR HEALTH INC - CLASS AFinancials4.4K$51K0.0%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 13, 202620$377.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 12, 202622$476.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 13, 202522$474.7M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 13, 202524$486.3M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 14, 202523$382.5M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202519$408.7M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 13, 202423$432.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202426$467.3M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 10, 202425$371.0M canonicalSEC ↗