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BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 306148

Filed as BNY MELLON ETF INVESTMENT ADVISER, LLC

BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2019, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 17, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2019
$11,095,609,290
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
4
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC located?

BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 306148.

How much does BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC manage?

BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC reports $11,095,609,290 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 17, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $497,770,055 in the October 2021 data and $11,095,609,290 in the October 2026 data, up 2129%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (13).

Does BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/306148

What changed in BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$11,095,609,290

$11,095,609,290 as of October 2026, filing dated July 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $11,095,609,290.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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 13 Assets $11,095,609,290 (100%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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 investment companies (and business development companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2019 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 3. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the August 2026 filing
New York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

4 Reports 4 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(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?

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
$498M 2021 $1.26B 2022 $1.39B 2023 $5.96B 2024 $7.25B 2025 $11.1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$11,095,609,2903July 17, 2026
October 2025$7,248,470,5333March 27, 2025
October 2024$5,961,215,8713June 17, 2024
October 2023$1,387,863,5615March 31, 2023
October 2022$1,263,649,5326March 31, 2022
October 2021$497,770,0555August 4, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $497,770,055 in the October 2021 data and $11,095,609,290 in the October 2026 data, up 2129%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 3 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. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. July 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 4 yes answers, previously 5 (now no: 11.H(1)(c)).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,248,470,533 to $11,095,609,290 (+53%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. February 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
bny.combny.com/investments

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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