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Bayforest

London, United KingdomSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 312969

Filed as BAYFOREST · Legal name Bayforest Capital Limited

Bayforest is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in London, United Kingdom, registered since 2024, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 15, 2026.

1 year
registered since 2024
$318,073,489
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bayforest compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bayforest reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Bayforest located?

Bayforest's principal office is in London, United Kingdom, according to its Form ADV; the July 2025 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Bayforest registered with the SEC or a state?

Bayforest is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2024. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 312969.

How much does Bayforest manage?

Bayforest reports $318,073,489 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 15, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Bayforest's assets and staff changed since 2023?

In the Form ADV data for Bayforest: Regulatory assets under management: $722,171,915 in the October 2025 data and $318,073,489 in the October 2026 data, down 56%. Total employees: 23 in October 2025 and 20 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bayforest serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (5); corporations or other businesses not listed above (1).

Which custodians does Bayforest use?

Bayforest's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bayforest 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/312969

What changed in Bayforest's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 9. Regulatory assets under management went from $722,171,915 to $318,073,489 (-56%). No longer lists an office in Hong Kong.

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 June 15, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$318,073,489

$318,073,489 as of October 2026, filing dated June 15, 2026.

Discretionary: $318,073,489.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 5 Assets $268,165,926 (84%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $49,907,563 (16%)

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 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
Legal name
Bayforest Capital Limited
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2024 (1 year)
Employees
Total: 20. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
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 July 2025 filing
Hong Kong
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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
Not reported 2023 Not reported 2024 $722M 2025 $318M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$318,073,48920June 15, 2026
October 2025$722,171,91523June 11, 2025
October 2024Not reportedNot reportedMay 30, 2024
October 2023Not reportedNot reportedAugust 29, 2023

Regulatory assets under management: $722,171,915 in the October 2025 data and $318,073,489 in the October 2026 data, down 56%.

Total employees: 23 in October 2025 and 20 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. July 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 9.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $722,171,915 to $318,073,489 (-56%).
    • No longer lists an office in Hong Kong.

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
bayforest.ai

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. Bayforest (CRD 312969): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bayforest-london-312969