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Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd.

Toronto, Ont., CanadaSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 135829

Filed as BEUTEL, GOODMAN & COMPANY LTD.

Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Toronto, Ont., Canada, registered since 2005, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$36,109,000,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. 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 Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. located?

Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd.'s principal office is in Toronto, Ont., Canada, according to its Form ADV.

Is Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?

Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 135829.

How much does Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. manage?

Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. reports $36,109,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (81% discretionary).

How have Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd.: Regulatory assets under management: $32,468,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $36,109,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 11%. Total employees: 94 in October 2021 and 128 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,480); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (155); corporations or other businesses not listed above (82).

Which custodians does Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. use?

Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists CIBC Mellon and RBC Royal Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. 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/135829

What changed in Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 36 to 41.

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$36,109,000,000

$36,109,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $29,137,000,000.Non-discretionary: $6,972,000,000.

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
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,480 Assets $3,159,500,000 (9%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $1,255,000,000 (3%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 155 Assets $11,918,500,000 (33%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 34 Assets $1,045,000,000 (3%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 22 Assets $3,457,000,000 (10%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 47 Assets $5,725,000,000 (16%)
Insurance companies
Clients 9 Assets $1,303,000,000 (4%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 82 Assets $6,972,000,000 (19%)
Other
Clients 17 Assets $1,274,000,000 (4%)

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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • 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
Also doing business as
BEUTEL GOODMAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 128. Performing investment advisory functions: 41.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
CIBC MellonRBC Royal Bank

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.

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
$32.5B 2021 $36.5B 2022 $32.2B 2023 $35.9B 2024 $36.3B 2025 $36.1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$36,109,000,000128March 30, 2026
October 2025$36,295,000,000123March 31, 2025
October 2024$35,879,000,000117March 27, 2024
October 2023$32,181,000,000110March 31, 2023
October 2022$36,453,000,00098March 29, 2022
October 2021$32,468,000,00094March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $32,468,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $36,109,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 11%.

Total employees: 94 in October 2021 and 128 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 36 to 41.

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
beutelgoodman.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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AdvisorCensus. Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. (CRD 135829): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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