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NZS Capital LLC

Denver, COSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 305093

Filed as NZS CAPITAL LLC

NZS Capital LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Denver, CO, registered since 2020, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 23, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$4,058,262,900
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is NZS Capital LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), NZS Capital LLC 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 NZS Capital LLC located?

NZS Capital LLC's principal office is in Denver, CO, according to its Form ADV.

Is NZS Capital LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

NZS Capital LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 305093.

How much does NZS Capital LLC manage?

NZS Capital LLC reports $4,058,262,900 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 23, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have NZS Capital LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for NZS Capital LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $541,396,635 in the October 2021 data and $4,058,262,900 in the October 2026 data, up 650%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does NZS Capital LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (6).

Which custodians does NZS Capital LLC use?

NZS Capital LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon and Citibank, N. A. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does NZS Capital LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/305093

What changed in NZS Capital LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $2,931,558,267 to $4,058,262,900 (+38%).

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. 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
$4,058,262,900

$4,058,262,900 as of October 2026, filing dated April 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $4,058,262,900.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 6 Assets $2,265,766,851 (56%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $303,600,308 (7%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,488,895,741 (37%)

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
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
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
1 state or jurisdiction
CO

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(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?

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
$541M 2021 $1.35B 2022 $1.35B 2023 $2.26B 2024 $2.93B 2025 $4.06B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$4,058,262,9009April 23, 2026
October 2025$2,931,558,2679May 30, 2025
October 2024$2,259,424,4809April 24, 2024
October 2023$1,345,451,7588March 31, 2023
October 2022$1,351,216,6288April 29, 2022
October 2021$541,396,6356September 17, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $541,396,635 in the October 2021 data and $4,058,262,900 in the October 2026 data, up 650%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 9 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 $2,931,558,267 to $4,058,262,900 (+38%).

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
nzscapital.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. NZS Capital LLC (CRD 305093): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/nzs-capital-llc-denver-co-305093