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40/86 Advisors

SEC-registered adviser since 1982Carmel, INCRD 107740

13
Clients
84
Advisory staff

From Form ADV filed 22 April 2026 · data retrieved 15 October 2026SEC record

40/86 Advisors is an investment adviser headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, and registered with the SEC since 1982. Its clients include insurance companies, corporations and other businesses, and pooled investment vehicles.

Its services include portfolio management for pooled vehicles and portfolio management for institutions. Fee arrangements include a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Cno Financial Group, Inc. owns 75% or more of 40/86 Advisors.

Clients

40/86 Advisors serves 13 clients, 7 of them insurance companies. The average client has about $2.35 billion with the firm.

Regulatory assets by client type
  • Insurance companies7 clients98%
  • OtherPooled investment vehicles, Corporations and other businesses2%
Show client breakdown
Pooled investment vehicles
Clients
3
Regulatory AUM
$298,792,861
Share
1.0%
Avg. per client
$99.6M
Insurance companies
Clients
7
Regulatory AUM
$29,783,476,838
Share
97.7%
Avg. per client
$4.25B
Corporations and other businesses
Clients
3
Regulatory AUM
$412,878,608
Share
1.4%
Avg. per client
$137.6M

Total

Clients
13
Regulatory AUM
$30,495,148,307
Share
100%
Avg. per client
$2.35B

What it does

40/86 Advisors provides portfolio management for pooled vehicles and portfolio management for institutions. It is paid through a percentage of assets and performance-based fees.

40/86 Advisors advises 3 private funds.

100.0% of assets ($30.50B across 13 accounts) are managed with discretion. 31% of clients are outside the U.S., and 0 clients received advice without assets under management last fiscal year.

What the accounts hold

Separately managed account assets by class, year end
  • Stocks4%
    • Non-exchange-traded equities3%
    • Exchange-traded equities1%
  • Bonds56%
    • Investment grade corporate bonds41%
    • State and local bonds10%
    • U.S. government and agency bonds3%
    • High-yield corporate bonds2%
  • Cash2%
  • Other38%
    • Company-owned life insurance, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, mortgage loans, credit tenant loans, rated notes and certain other structured securities.37%
    • Derivatives1%

Custodians

40/86 Advisors’ client accounts are held mainly at Northern Trust, with 80% of managed assets. 40/86 Advisors does not have custody of client assets.

Managed account assets by custodian
  • Northern TrustNorthern Trust · Chicago, IL · $24.32B80%
  • All other custodians$6.18B20%

Ownership and leadership

Cno Financial Group, Inc. owns 75% or more of 40/86 Advisors.

Who owns the firm
40/86 Advisors, Inc.· the adviser
  • Cno Financial Group, Inc.

    Control person · since December 1987

    Owns 75% or more of 40/86 Advisors, Inc.

Leadership

  • Richard Burke
    Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
  • Zandra De Haai
    Senior Vice President, Fixed Income Research
  • Jesse Horsfall
    Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management
  • Eric Johnson
    Director, President and Chief Investment Officer
  • Paul McDonough
    Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  • Tony Neuhoff
    Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

Staff

  • 84 employees
  • 84 in advisory functions

Fees

40/86 Advisors is paid through a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees.

40/86 Advisors’ fee rates are not included in this profile. Find its brochure on the SEC’s site.

Offices and registrations

Besides its headquarters, 40/86 Advisors has 0 offices, with 1 listed address in 1 state.

Listed office addresses by state

Indiana · 1 listed address

  • 11299 Illinois Street, Suite 200, CarmelHQ

Other business names

40/86 Advisors has reported 1 other business name to the SEC.

  • Creeksource LLC (relying Adviser)

Registration details

Legal name
40/86 Advisors, Inc.
Headquarters
11299 Illinois Street, Suite 200, Carmel, IN 46032
Website
4086.com
SEC file
801-17857
Structure
Delaware corporation
Fiscal year end
December

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Common questions

How many clients does 40/86 Advisors have?

40/86 Advisors has 13 clients and manages $30.5 billion for them, as of April 2026. They include 7 insurance companies, 3 pooled investment vehicles and 3 corporations and other businesses.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.D and 5.F, filed 22 April 2026

What services does 40/86 Advisors offer?

40/86 Advisors provides portfolio management for pooled vehicles and portfolio management for institutions.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5.G, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file

Which custodians does 40/86 Advisors use?

40/86 Advisors’ separately managed account assets are held at Northern Trust (Chicago, IL), with $24,316,496,929. Only custodians holding at least a tenth of those assets are named.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Schedule D, Section 5.K.(3), filed 22 April 2026

How many financial advisors does 40/86 Advisors have?

40/86 Advisors has 0 investment adviser representatives registered with state securities authorities, out of 84 employees, and 84 perform investment advisory functions. None are registered representatives of a broker-dealer or licensed insurance agents.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.A and 5.B, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file

What does 40/86 Advisors invest in?

At the end of its last fiscal year, 40/86 Advisors’ separately managed accounts held 41% investment grade corporate bonds, 37% company-owned life insurance, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, mortgage loans, credit tenant loans, rated notes and certain other structured securities., 10% state and local bonds, 3% non-exchange-traded equities, 3% U.S. government and agency bonds, 2% high-yield corporate bonds, 2% cash and equivalents, 1% exchange-traded equities and 1% derivatives. It advises 3 private funds.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.K.(1) and 7.B, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file

Who owns 40/86 Advisors?

40/86 Advisors’ direct owner is Cno Financial Group, Inc. (75% or more).

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B, filed 22 April 2026

How does 40/86 Advisors get paid?

40/86 Advisors is paid through a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Its Form ADV lists no commissions among how it is paid.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5.E, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file

Sources

  1. Form ADV Part 1A, amendment filed 22 April 2026. Items 1, 5, 9, 11 and Schedules A, B and D.
  2. IAPD firm record, CRD 107740.

Retrieved 15 October 2026. All are published by the SEC and may have been amended since.

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