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Black Creek Investment Management Inc.

Toronto, CanadaSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 161344

Filed as BLACK CREEK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.

Black Creek Investment Management Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Toronto, Canada, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 2, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$7,092,549,268
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Black Creek Investment Management Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Black Creek Investment Management Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

How much does Black Creek Investment Management Inc. charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 2, 2026 states: Up to $50,000,000: 0.75% a year; $50,000,000 to $100,000,000: 0.7% a year; $100,000,000 to $250,000,000: 0.6% a year; $250,000,000 to $500,000,000: 0.55% a year; Above $500,000,000: see the brochure. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Black Creek Investment Management Inc. located?

Black Creek Investment Management Inc.'s principal office is in Toronto, Canada, according to its Form ADV.

Is Black Creek Investment Management Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Black Creek Investment Management Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 161344.

How much does Black Creek Investment Management Inc. manage?

Black Creek Investment Management Inc. reports $7,092,549,268 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 2, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Black Creek Investment Management Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Black Creek Investment Management Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $9,102,236,749 in the October 2021 data and $7,092,549,268 in the October 2026 data, down 22%. Total employees: 25 in October 2021 and 28 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Black Creek Investment Management Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (16); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (5); charitable organizations (4).

Which custodians does Black Creek Investment Management Inc. use?

Black Creek Investment Management Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists CIBC Mellon Trust Company, Fidelity Management Trust Company and RBC Investor Services Trust as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Black Creek Investment Management Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/161344

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
  • 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
AssetsAnnual rate
Up to $50,000,0000.75%
$50,000,000 to $100,000,0000.7%
$100,000,000 to $250,000,0000.6%
$250,000,000 to $500,000,0000.55%
Above $500,000,000See the brochure
The brochure's wording
Our basic fee structure is: Figures below represented as percentage (%) of AUM November 30, 2022 Client AUM Management Fee First 50,000,000 0.75%* Next 50,000,000 0.70%* Next 150,000,000 0.60%* Next 250,000,000 0.55%*

Minimum annual fee: None

The brochure's wording
No minimum fee is charged, however there may be a minimum initial investment required.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 2, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$7,092,549,268

$7,092,549,268 as of October 2026, filing dated January 2, 2026.

Discretionary: $7,021,647,243.Non-discretionary: $70,902,025.

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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 16 Assets $6,262,195,038 (88%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $535,691,519 (8%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 4 Assets $145,975,920 (2%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $77,784,766 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $70,902,025 (1%)
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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 28. Performing investment advisory functions: 10.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$9.1B 2021 $10.9B 2022 $9.15B 2023 $9.44B 2024 $7.8B 2025 $7.09B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$7,092,549,26828January 2, 2026
October 2025$7,804,796,89231January 16, 2025
October 2024$9,441,352,25929April 11, 2024
October 2023$9,149,604,49530July 13, 2023
October 2022$10,892,871,70928January 4, 2022
October 2021$9,102,236,74925January 4, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $9,102,236,749 in the October 2021 data and $7,092,549,268 in the October 2026 data, down 22%.

Total employees: 25 in October 2021 and 28 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
bcim.ca

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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