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Spiderrock Advisors, LLC

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 171992

Filed as SPIDERROCK ADVISORS, LLC

Spiderrock Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2014, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$9,834,015,630
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
6
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Spiderrock Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Spiderrock Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Spiderrock Advisors, LLC located?

Spiderrock Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Spiderrock Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Spiderrock Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 171992.

How much does Spiderrock Advisors, LLC manage?

Spiderrock Advisors, LLC reports $9,834,015,630 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Spiderrock Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Spiderrock Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,610,907,839 in the October 2021 data and $9,834,015,630 in the October 2026 data, up 277%. Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 61 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Spiderrock Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (2,339); high net worth individuals (1,961); corporations or other businesses not listed above (165).

Which custodians does Spiderrock Advisors, LLC use?

Spiderrock Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Fidelity IWS (institutional Wealth Services), Fidelity NFS (national Financial Services), Morgan Stanley and UBS Securities LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Spiderrock Advisors, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 6 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), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), 11.G (pending regulatory proceeding), and 11.H(2) (pending civil proceeding). 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/171992

What changed in Spiderrock Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $5,979,259,343 to $9,834,015,630 (+64%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 36 to 43. Added an office in New York, NY. Added an office in San Francisco, CA. No longer lists an office in Boston, MA. Registered or notice-filed in ND. 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

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
$9,834,015,630

$9,834,015,630 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $9,834,015,630.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 2,339 Assets $1,378,494,187 (14%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,961 Assets $7,017,186,822 (71%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $11,619,199 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 4 Assets $10,038,154 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 9 Assets $28,940,785 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 1 Assets $10,000,000 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 165 Assets $1,377,736,483 (14%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 61. Performing investment advisory functions: 43.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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)
3 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
New York, NYPrinceton, NJSan Francisco, CA
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

6 Reports 6 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(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.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(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
$2.61B 2021 $2.72B 2022 $3.02B 2023 $4.85B 2024 $5.98B 2025 $9.83B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$9,834,015,63061March 31, 2026
October 2025$5,979,259,34350July 30, 2025
October 2024$4,853,616,65838September 18, 2024
October 2023$3,016,655,00535March 28, 2023
October 2022$2,724,457,89826March 29, 2022
October 2021$2,610,907,83919March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,610,907,839 in the October 2021 data and $9,834,015,630 in the October 2026 data, up 277%.

Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 61 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 $5,979,259,343 to $9,834,015,630 (+64%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 36 to 43.
    • Added an office in New York, NY.
    • Added an office in San Francisco, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Boston, MA.
    • Registered or notice-filed in ND.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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.comspiderrockadvisors.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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