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BDT Capital Partners

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 160914

Filed as BDT CAPITAL PARTNERS · Legal name BDT Capital Partners, LLC

BDT Capital Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 3, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$51,515,270,131
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is BDT Capital Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), BDT Capital Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is BDT Capital Partners located?

BDT Capital Partners' principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 12 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is BDT Capital Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

BDT Capital Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160914.

How much does BDT Capital Partners manage?

BDT Capital Partners reports $51,515,270,131 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 3, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have BDT Capital Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for BDT Capital Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $27,735,272,113 in the October 2021 data and $51,515,270,131 in the October 2026 data, up 86%. Total employees: 157 in October 2021 and 498 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does BDT Capital Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (45).

Which custodians does BDT Capital Partners use?

BDT Capital Partners' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Impactassets as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does BDT Capital Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/160914

What changed in BDT Capital Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$51,515,270,131

$51,515,270,131 as of October 2026, filing dated August 3, 2026.

Discretionary: $51,513,603,464.Non-discretionary: $1,666,667.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 45 Assets $51,513,603,464 (100%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,666,667 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
BDT Capital Partners, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 498. Performing investment advisory functions: 231.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Impactassets

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
12 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
Dallas, TXDenver, CODubaiFrankfurtLondonLuxembourgMenlo Park, CANew York, NYPalm Beach, FLRye, NYSanta Monica, CAVerbier
States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
COFLNYTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$27.7B 2021 $33.3B 2022 $41B 2023 $49.7B 2024 $49.5B 2025 $51.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$51,515,270,131498August 3, 2026
October 2025$49,453,152,982456March 31, 2025
October 2024$49,693,263,827421July 8, 2024
October 2023$41,035,279,854393March 31, 2023
October 2022$33,285,313,527170March 30, 2022
October 2021$27,735,272,113157March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $27,735,272,113 in the October 2021 data and $51,515,270,131 in the October 2026 data, up 86%.

Total employees: 157 in October 2021 and 498 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 208 to 231.
    • Changed its office addresses in London.
    • Added an office in Luxembourg.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
bdtmsd.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. BDT Capital Partners (CRD 160914): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bdt-capital-partners-chicago-il-160914