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Asset manager · Baltimore, MD

PNC Capital Advisors LLC

SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 151829 · SEC 801-70684

At a glance

PNC Capital Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Baltimore, Maryland, with $50.9 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed March 27, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is state or municipal government entities. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 204th of 3,218 asset managers and 423rd of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.

Main office 216-222-3921pnccapitaladvisors.comAs filed on Form ADV

Regulatory AUM
$51B
Rank among asset managers
#204 of 3,218
Rank among all SEC RIAs
#423 of 17,210
Rank in Maryland
#5 of 227
Clients
238
Accounts
624
Discretionary
100% of AUM
Employees
258
Advisory staff
22
Offices
5

Owners and executives on its Form ADV

Custody and brokerage

Custodian

  1. PNC BankAffiliate of the firm$35B

Other RIAs using PNC Bank

Broker-dealer

Hybrid RIA

PNC Capital Advisors LLC is a hybrid RIA: 19 of its employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer. It names affiliated broker-dealers: PNC Capital Markets LLC and PNC Wealth Management.

Its Form ADV brochure (filed March 2026) names PNC Capital Markets as the broker-dealer its advisers are registered with.

Certain PCA personnel are registered representatives of PNC Capital Markets, LLC (“PNC Capital Markets”), an affiliated broker-dealer.

Other hybrid RIAs

Who it serves

Client typeClientsRegulatory AUMShare
State or municipal government entities40$17B34%
Corporations or other businesses138$15B29%
Banking or thrift institutions1$9.2B18%
Insurance companies16$6.0B12%
Pension and profit sharing plans16$1.2B2%
Pooled investment vehicles1$1.2B2%
Charitable organizations26$1.0B2%

Disciplinary disclosures

PNC Capital Advisors LLC answers yes to 8 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV (criminal, regulatory or civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates). Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗

Services

  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
  • Portfolio management for businesses and institutions
  • Other services

How it’s paid

  • A percentage of assets under management
  • Fixed fees

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Background

Questions

How much does PNC Capital Advisors LLC manage?

PNC Capital Advisors LLC reports $50.9 billion in regulatory assets under management across 624 accounts, 100% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed March 27, 2026.

What kind of firm is PNC Capital Advisors LLC?

PNC Capital Advisors LLC is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals. It reports a bank or thrift among its related persons. A public reporting company controls it.

Who are PNC Capital Advisors LLC’s clients?

By assets, its largest client types are state or municipal government entities ($17.2 billion, 40 clients); corporations or other businesses ($14.9 billion, 138 clients); banking or thrift institutions ($9.2 billion, 1 clients).

Does PNC Capital Advisors LLC have any disciplinary history?

PNC Capital Advisors LLC answers yes to 8 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV, which covers criminal, regulatory and civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates. The details are on the SEC’s adviser search.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure is PNC Capital Advisors LLC’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-03-27), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.

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