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RBC Capital Markets, LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 31194

Filed as RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

RBC Capital Markets, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1977, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 30, 2026.

49 years
registered since 1977
$310,428,968,904
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
8
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is RBC Capital Markets, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), RBC Capital Markets, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is RBC Capital Markets, LLC located?

RBC Capital Markets, LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 25 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

RBC Capital Markets, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1977. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 31194.

How much does RBC Capital Markets, LLC manage?

RBC Capital Markets, LLC reports $310,428,968,904 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 30, 2026 (76% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for RBC Capital Markets, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $146,593,034,210 in the October 2021 data and $310,428,968,904 in the October 2026 data, up 112%. Total employees: 7,859 in October 2021 and 8,781 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does RBC Capital Markets, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (263,588); high net worth individuals (12,350); corporations or other businesses not listed above (3,071).

Does RBC Capital Markets, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 8 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 8 questions about regulatory matters (11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(3), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.E(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/31194

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

In the June 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
  • 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 August 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$310,428,968,904

$310,428,968,904 as of October 2026, filing dated September 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $235,345,268,053.Non-discretionary: $75,083,700,851.

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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 263,588 Assets $182,247,279,546 (59%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 12,350 Assets $98,498,809,440 (32%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 7 Assets $55,561,030 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 17 Assets $651,533,555 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 2,335 Assets $2,670,518,609 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2,222 Assets $10,797,612,893 (3%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 215 Assets $1,243,218,500 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 105 Assets $445,270,565 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 3,071 Assets $13,819,164,766 (4%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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
  • Financial planning services
  • 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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
RBC CLEARING AND CUSTODY, RBC WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1977 (49 years)
Employees
Total: 8,781. Performing investment advisory functions: 5,908.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
25 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Annapolis, MDAtlanta, GABeverly Hills, CABoston, MAConshohocken, PADallas, TXEdina, MNFlorham Park, NJFrisco, TXGreenwood Village, COHouston Galleria, TXHouston, TXHunt Valley, MDIndianapolis, INKirkland, WALeawood, KSMinneapolis, MNNew York, NYPortland, ORProvidence, RISan Francisco, CASeattle, WASyracuse, NYVienna, VAWayzata, MN
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

8 Reports 8 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(3) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was a cause of an investment-related business having its authorization to do business denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted?
  • 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?

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
$147B 2021 $201B 2022 $183B 2023 $201B 2024 $260B 2025 $310B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$310,428,968,9048,781September 30, 2026
October 2025$259,962,335,0748,476June 27, 2025
October 2024$201,263,931,0848,204September 27, 2024
October 2023$183,480,849,9748,094September 29, 2023
October 2022$201,164,001,4827,825September 30, 2022
October 2021$146,593,034,2107,859September 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $146,593,034,210 in the October 2021 data and $310,428,968,904 in the October 2026 data, up 112%.

Total employees: 7,859 in October 2021 and 8,781 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. June 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. May 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. February 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 8 yes answers, previously 9 (now no: 11.E(4)).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 5680 to 5908.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $259,962,335,074 to $310,428,968,904 (+19%).
    • Added an office in Houston, TX.
    • Added an office in Indianapolis, IN.
    • Added an office in Syracuse, NY.
    • Added an office in Wayzata, MN.
    • No longer lists an office in Milwaukee, WI.
    • No longer lists an office in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in St. Petersburg, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Washington, DC.

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
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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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