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Proprietary Capital, LLC

Denver, COSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 125139

Filed as PROPRIETARY CAPITAL, LLC

Proprietary Capital, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Denver, CO, registered since 2003, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 27, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2003
$651,828,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Proprietary Capital, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Proprietary Capital, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Proprietary Capital, LLC located?

Proprietary Capital, LLC's principal office is in Denver, CO, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Proprietary Capital, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Proprietary Capital, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 125139.

How much does Proprietary Capital, LLC manage?

Proprietary Capital, LLC reports $651,828,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Proprietary Capital, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,347,500,000 in the October 2021 data and $651,828,000 in the October 2026 data, down 72%. Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 19 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Proprietary Capital, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (19); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (17).

Which custodians does Proprietary Capital, LLC use?

Proprietary Capital, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Proprietary Capital, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/125139

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

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 8. Regulatory assets under management went from $1,150,706,000 to $651,828,000 (-43%).

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 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$651,828,000

$651,828,000 as of October 2026, filing dated May 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $651,828,000.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
High net worth individuals
Clients 19 Assets $9,625,000 (1%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 17 Assets $642,203,000 (99%)

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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • 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
2003 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 19. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
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)
1 other office, as of the June 2026 filing
Studio City, CA
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CACO

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. 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

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$2.35B 2021 $13.2B 2022 $5.23B 2023 $1.93B 2024 $1.15B 2025 $652M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$651,828,00019May 27, 2026
October 2025$1,150,706,00020July 23, 2025
October 2024$1,927,838,00021September 30, 2024
October 2023$5,234,974,00023August 15, 2023
October 2022$13,193,254,00024March 31, 2022
October 2021$2,347,500,00014August 27, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,347,500,000 in the October 2021 data and $651,828,000 in the October 2026 data, down 72%.

Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 19 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 7 to 8.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,150,706,000 to $651,828,000 (-43%).

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
prop-cap.comproprietarycapital.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. Proprietary Capital, LLC (CRD 125139): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/proprietary-capital-llc-denver-co-125139