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BNY Mellon Securities Corporation

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 231

Filed as BNY MELLON SECURITIES CORPORATION

BNY Mellon Securities Corporation is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1997, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 28, 2026.

29 years
registered since 1997
$8,448,676,677
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
10
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is BNY Mellon Securities Corporation compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), BNY Mellon Securities Corporation 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 BNY Mellon Securities Corporation located?

BNY Mellon Securities Corporation's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 5 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is BNY Mellon Securities Corporation registered with the SEC or a state?

BNY Mellon Securities Corporation is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1997. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 231.

How much does BNY Mellon Securities Corporation manage?

BNY Mellon Securities Corporation reports $8,448,676,677 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 28, 2026 (8% discretionary).

How have BNY Mellon Securities Corporation's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for BNY Mellon Securities Corporation: Regulatory assets under management: $2,028,353,909 in the October 2021 data and $8,448,676,677 in the October 2026 data, up 317%. Total employees: 350 in October 2021 and 253 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does BNY Mellon Securities Corporation serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (2,997); corporations or other businesses not listed above (441); high net worth individuals (228).

Which custodians does BNY Mellon Securities Corporation use?

BNY Mellon Securities Corporation's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Morgan Stanley and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does BNY Mellon Securities Corporation report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 10 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 7 questions about regulatory matters and 3 questions about civil court matters (11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.E(2), 11.H(1)(a), 11.H(1)(b), 11.H(1)(c)). 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/231

What changed in BNY Mellon Securities Corporation's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 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

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$8,448,676,677

$8,448,676,677 as of October 2026, filing dated September 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $703,050,630.Non-discretionary: $7,745,626,047.

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 2,997 Assets $856,258,192 (10%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 228 Assets $420,182,234 (5%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 30 Assets $18,108,974 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 22 Assets $31,061,216 (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 441 Assets $264,466,422 (3%)
Other
Clients 16 Assets $6,858,599,639 (81%)

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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1997 (29 years)
Employees
Total: 253. Performing investment advisory functions: 91.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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)
5 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Boston, MALake Mary, FLPittsburgh, PAUniondale, NYWest Palm Beach, FL
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

10 Reports 10 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(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 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?

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(1)(a) In the past ten years, has a domestic or foreign court issued an injunction against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.H(1)(b) Has a domestic or foreign court ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related statutes or regulations?
  • 11.H(1)(c) Has a domestic or foreign court ever dismissed, under a settlement agreement, an investment-related civil action brought against the firm or an advisory affiliate by a state or foreign financial regulator?

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
$2.03B 2021 $2.48B 2022 $5.28B 2023 $6.12B 2024 $7.14B 2025 $8.45B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$8,448,676,677253September 28, 2026
October 2025$7,139,421,698306April 4, 2025
October 2024$6,124,034,792303August 30, 2024
October 2023$5,275,585,428320September 25, 2023
October 2022$2,481,367,832333August 12, 2022
October 2021$2,028,353,909350September 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,028,353,909 in the October 2021 data and $8,448,676,677 in the October 2026 data, up 317%.

Total employees: 350 in October 2021 and 253 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. October 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. July 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. June 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 10 yes answers, previously 8 (now yes: 11.H(1)(a), 11.H(1)(b)).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,139,421,698 to $8,448,676,677 (+18%).
    • Added an office in West Palm Beach, FL.
  5. 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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