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Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DESEC-registered investment adviserCRD 290336

Filed as BLACKROCK CAPITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Wilmington, DE, registered since 2017, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 12, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2017
$66,929,985,654
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
10
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC located?

Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Wilmington, DE, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 6 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 290336.

How much does Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC manage?

Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC reports $66,929,985,654 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 12, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $20,325,643,213 in the October 2021 data and $66,929,985,654 in the October 2026 data, up 229%. Total employees: 36 in October 2021 and 39 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (136); insurance companies (12); business development companies (2).

Which custodians does Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC use?

Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon, N.A. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 10 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 8 questions about regulatory matters and 2 questions about civil court matters (11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.E(2), 11.G, 11.H(1)(c), 11.H(2)). 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/290336

What changed in Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $39,213,249,530 to $66,929,985,654 (+71%). Changed its office addresses in Chicago, IL. Added an office in New York, NY.

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)

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 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$66,929,985,654

$66,929,985,654 as of October 2026, filing dated August 12, 2026.

Discretionary: $66,929,985,654.Non-discretionary: $0.

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
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $256,666,935 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 2 Assets $2,780,035,533 (4%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 136 Assets $61,887,447,300 (92%)
Insurance companies
Clients 12 Assets $2,005,835,886 (3%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 39. Performing investment advisory functions: 35.
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)
6 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
Atlanta, GAChicago, ILNew York, NYPrinceton, NJSan Francisco, CASanta Monica, CA
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
DENY

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

Disclosures

Item 11

10 Reports 10 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 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?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
  • 11.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(1)(c) Has a domestic or foreign court ever dismissed, under a settlement agreement, an investment-related civil action brought against the firm or an advisory affiliate by a state or foreign financial regulator?
  • 11.H(2) Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a civil proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.H(1)?

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
$20.3B 2021 $31.7B 2022 $39B 2023 $50.7B 2024 $39.2B 2025 $66.9B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$66,929,985,65439August 12, 2026
October 2025$39,213,249,53039July 30, 2025
October 2024$50,708,850,72626September 20, 2024
October 2023$38,994,513,54327August 30, 2023
October 2022$31,677,823,88834September 1, 2022
October 2021$20,325,643,21336August 12, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $20,325,643,213 in the October 2021 data and $66,929,985,654 in the October 2026 data, up 229%.

Total employees: 36 in October 2021 and 39 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 $39,213,249,530 to $66,929,985,654 (+71%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Chicago, IL.
    • Added an office in New York, NY.

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
blackrock.comdouyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAATX0BkoY3SXPImjHUWTdWi02SNLwyACHjdmAnkjp298lIw88FuDLmYo-nln-UitiKishares.comline.naver.jp/ti/p/@blackrocktwmp.weixin.qq.com/mp/profile_ext

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. Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC (CRD 290336): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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