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Black Swan Advisors LLC

Registered in IllinoisState-registered investment adviserCRD 173459

Filed as BLACK SWAN ADVISORS LLC

Black Swan Advisors LLC is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016, with no regulatory assets under management reported in its Form ADV filing dated January 14, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
Not reported
assets under management
2 arrangements
Hourly, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Black Swan Advisors LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Black Swan Advisors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Is Black Swan Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Black Swan Advisors LLC is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 173459.

Does Black Swan Advisors LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/173459

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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription 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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F

Not reported.

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 Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported

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
  • Financial planning services
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
State-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: APPROVED.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
IL

State-registered investment advisers are examined by their state securities regulator. 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

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
blackswancfp.comblackswanfp.compurefinancialadvice.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. Black Swan Advisors LLC (CRD 173459): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/black-swan-advisors-llc-173459