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BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd.

Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 281337

Filed as BMO NESBITT BURNS SECURITIES LTD.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, registered since 2016, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$1,197,584,310
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
6
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd. located?

BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd.'s principal office is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 29 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?

BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 281337.

How much does BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd. manage?

BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd. reports $1,197,584,310 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd.: Regulatory assets under management: $434,143,222 in the October 2021 data and $1,197,584,310 in the October 2026 data, up 176%. Total employees: 241 in October 2021 and 303 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (674); high net worth individuals (412).

Does BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd. 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(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). 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/281337

What changed in BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the February 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 199 to 216. Regulatory assets under management went from $932,018,173 to $1,197,584,310 (+28%). Registered or notice-filed in MD, WI.

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 August 5, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,197,584,310

$1,197,584,310 as of October 2026, filing dated September 8, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,197,584,310.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 674 Assets $96,842,195 (8%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 412 Assets $1,100,742,115 (92%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 303. Performing investment advisory functions: 216.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
29 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
BellevilleBridgewaterBrossard, QuebecBurlington, OnCalgaryCollingwoodCornwallEdmontonHalifaxKamloopsLavalLondonMonctonMontrealNewmarketOakvilleOttawaPointe ClaireQuebecReginaSt. Catharines, OnTorontoToronto, OnVancouverVictoriaWaterlooWhite RockWindsorWinnipeg
States registered or notice-filed
35 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(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 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.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

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
$434M 2021 $579M 2022 $554M 2023 $661M 2024 $932M 2025 $1.2B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,197,584,310303September 8, 2026
October 2025$932,018,173277July 2, 2025
October 2024$660,911,210267September 19, 2024
October 2023$554,223,936269September 8, 2023
October 2022$579,452,972260September 7, 2022
October 2021$434,143,222241September 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $434,143,222 in the October 2021 data and $1,197,584,310 in the October 2026 data, up 176%.

Total employees: 241 in October 2021 and 303 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. February 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 199 to 216.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $932,018,173 to $1,197,584,310 (+28%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in MD, WI.

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
uswealth.bmo.com/nesbitt-burns-securities-limited-disclosures

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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