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Bienville Capital Management, LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 149320

Filed as BIENVILLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Bienville Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2009, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 10, 2026.

17 years
registered since 2009
$4,452,457,691
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bienville Capital Management, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Bienville Capital Management, LLC located?

Bienville Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Bienville Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Bienville Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 149320.

How much does Bienville Capital Management, LLC manage?

Bienville Capital Management, LLC reports $4,452,457,691 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 10, 2026 (40% discretionary).

How have Bienville Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bienville Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,271,480,074 in the October 2021 data and $4,452,457,691 in the October 2026 data, up 96%. Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 27 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bienville Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (53); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (15); corporations or other businesses not listed above (14).

Which custodians does Bienville Capital Management, LLC use?

Bienville Capital Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bienville Capital Management, LLC 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/149320

What changed in Bienville Capital Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $3,750,804,666 to $4,452,457,691 (+19%). Registered or notice-filed in CA. 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 10, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$4,452,457,691

$4,452,457,691 as of October 2026, filing dated March 10, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,780,006,218.Non-discretionary: $2,672,451,473.

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 8 Assets $3,542,292 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 53 Assets $966,876,660 (22%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 15 Assets $1,245,938,327 (28%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $284,790 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 14 Assets $2,235,815,622 (50%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2009 (17 years)
Employees
Total: 27. Performing investment advisory functions: 13.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

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)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Malibu, CAMiami, FL
States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
ALCACTNYTX

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
$2.27B 2021 $3.13B 2022 $3.16B 2023 $3.3B 2024 $3.75B 2025 $4.45B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$4,452,457,69127March 10, 2026
October 2025$3,750,804,66622March 27, 2025
October 2024$3,302,656,54827March 27, 2024
October 2023$3,164,921,95926March 30, 2023
October 2022$3,132,434,37516March 31, 2022
October 2021$2,271,480,07416June 18, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,271,480,074 in the October 2021 data and $4,452,457,691 in the October 2026 data, up 96%.

Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 27 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. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,750,804,666 to $4,452,457,691 (+19%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in CA.
    • 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
bienvillecapital.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. Bienville Capital Management, LLC (CRD 149320): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bienville-capital-management-llc-new-york-ny-149320