RAIL SPLITTER CAPITAL ADVISERS, LLC

RIASEC RegisteredEst. 2026
Total AUM
$61M
Discretionary
$61M
100% of AUM
Avg account
$20.3M
Accounts
3
Employees
3
Advisory reps
4

Firm details

Headquarters
CHICAGO, Illinois
CRD number
338780
Registered since
January 21, 2026
Custodians
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
Fee structure
Percentage of AUM, Performance Based Fees
Client types
  • Other64.12%
  • Pooled Investment Vehicles35.88%
Services
Portfolio Management for Pooled Investment Vehicles

Firm profile

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Overview

Rail Splitter Capital Advisers, LLC is structured as a hedge-fund style investment adviser that focuses on managing pooled investment vehicles for institutional clients. The firm charges a combination of percentage-of-assets and performance-based fees, and its advisory activity centers on portfolio management for those pooled vehicles rather than direct retail advisory relationships. Public-facing filings show a clear bias toward traded equity exposures as the primary building block of client portfolios, and the firm does not identify as an active ESG investor. Rail Splitter’s business model emphasizes concentrated institutional relationships and fund-level management rather than broad retail account coverage. Advisory relationships are anchored by a single advised hedge fund alongside separate managed account assets, with custody routed through a major custodian to support trade execution and reporting.

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Investment profile

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Traditional investments used

Alternative investments used

Active ESG investor

Technology & operations

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Clients

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Asset composition

Asset composition: Exchange Traded Equities 98%, Cash & Cash Equivalents 2%98%
  • Exchange Traded Equities98%
  • Cash & Cash Equivalents2%

Contacts

3 of 4
  • WALTER CLARK

    Managing PrincipalCRD 2146034

  • MICHAEL BALKIN

    Registered RepresentativeCRD 1029829

  • JOHN EMERSON

    PrincipalCRD 4231699

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Wealth teams

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Recent M&A activity

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Recent filings

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Awards

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Location

Primary office

CHICAGO, IL

COOK

Location

CHICAGO, IL

Headquartered in CHICAGO, IL, anchoring the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI metro in the Midwest.

Metro area
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
Region
Midwest
County
COOK
Address
200 S Wacker Dr
Time zone
CT (UTC-6)
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