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Blackrock International Limited

Edinburgh, United KingdomSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106843

Filed as BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Blackrock International Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, registered since 1996, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 15, 2026.

30 years
registered since 1996
$30,779,171,796
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
9
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Blackrock International Limited compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Blackrock International Limited reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Blackrock International Limited located?

Blackrock International Limited's principal office is in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Blackrock International Limited registered with the SEC or a state?

Blackrock International Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1996. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106843.

How much does Blackrock International Limited manage?

Blackrock International Limited reports $30,779,171,796 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 15, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Blackrock International Limited's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Blackrock International Limited: Regulatory assets under management: $78,060,021,622 in the October 2021 data and $30,779,171,796 in the October 2026 data, down 61%. Total employees: 673 in October 2021 and 69 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Blackrock International Limited serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (33); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1).

Which custodians does Blackrock International Limited use?

Blackrock International Limited's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Caceis Bank Amsterdam, JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. and Northern Trust Luxembourg as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Blackrock International Limited report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 9 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 7 questions about regulatory matters and 2 questions about civil court matters (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/106843

What changed in Blackrock International Limited's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 71 to 58. Added an office in London.

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

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
$30,779,171,796

$30,779,171,796 as of October 2026, filing dated May 15, 2026.

Discretionary: $30,779,171,796.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 33 Assets $21,582,449,942 (70%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $749,050,240 (2%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $879,424,831 (3%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $7,318,384,787 (24%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $249,861,996 (1%)

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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1996 (30 years)
Employees
Total: 69. Performing investment advisory functions: 58.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Caceis Bank AmsterdamJP Morgan Chase Bank N.A.Northern Trust Luxembourg

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)
1 other office, as of the June 2026 filing
London
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

9 Reports 9 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(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
$78.1B 2021 $90.6B 2022 $29B 2023 $48.1B 2024 $34.1B 2025 $30.8B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$30,779,171,79669May 15, 2026
October 2025$34,079,299,24284July 30, 2025
October 2024$48,141,818,00627September 20, 2024
October 2023$29,048,223,082879May 22, 2023
October 2022$90,611,671,436780September 15, 2022
October 2021$78,060,021,622673August 12, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $78,060,021,622 in the October 2021 data and $30,779,171,796 in the October 2026 data, down 61%.

Total employees: 673 in October 2021 and 69 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 71 to 58.
    • Added an office in London.

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 International Limited (CRD 106843): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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