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Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 137519

Filed as BLACKSTONE ALTERNATIVE CREDIT ADVISORS LP

Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2006, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026.

20 years
registered since 2006
$44,105,467,693
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

What does Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 2% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP located?

Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 13 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 137519.

How much does Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP manage?

Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP reports $44,105,467,693 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP: Regulatory assets under management: $56,978,906,446 in the October 2021 data and $44,105,467,693 in the October 2026 data, down 23%. Total employees: 334 in October 2021 and 753 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (124); insurance companies (12).

Which custodians does Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP use?

Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia Branch, Citibank, National Association and The Bank of New York Mellon as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). 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/137519

What changed in Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: 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
  • 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

Asset-based fee: up to 2% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
For its investment advisory services provided to Clients, the Registrant or an affiliated entity will typically receive a management fee at an annual rate of up to 2% of either the net assets or invested capital

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 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
$44,105,467,693

$44,105,467,693 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $42,568,724,917.Non-discretionary: $1,536,742,776.

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 124 Assets $37,470,882,503 (85%)
Insurance companies
Clients 12 Assets $6,634,585,190 (15%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2006 (20 years)
Employees
Total: 753. Performing investment advisory functions: 443.
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)
13 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Cambridge, MAChicago, ILDublin 2Frankfurt Am MainHouston, TXLondonMiami, FLMilanMumbaiParisSan Francisco, CASingaporeSydney
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
TX

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

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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?

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
$57B 2021 $58.6B 2022 $66.1B 2023 $60.2B 2024 $46.5B 2025 $44.1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$44,105,467,693753July 30, 2026
October 2025$46,491,205,011592May 29, 2025
October 2024$60,249,841,984495August 1, 2024
October 2023$66,062,111,581471April 30, 2023
October 2022$58,608,018,124402May 27, 2022
October 2021$56,978,906,446334May 27, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $56,978,906,446 in the October 2021 data and $44,105,467,693 in the October 2026 data, down 23%.

Total employees: 334 in October 2021 and 753 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. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 344 to 443.
    • Changed its office addresses in Frankfurt Am Main.
    • Changed its office addresses in London.
    • Added an office in Chicago, IL.

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
apple.co/31Pe1Ggblackstone.comblackstone.podbean.commp.weixin.qq.com/s/FtddoP2F9zDZ1QFBgOQAAAopen.spotify.com/artist/52Eom8vQxM8Lk75ZZlf2hJpandora.com/artist/blackstone/ARvlPz9Plblrlmgsoundcloud.com/blackstone-300250613spoti.fi/2LJ1tHG

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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