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Boston Management and Research

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104853

Filed as BOSTON MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH

Boston Management and Research is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 1993, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 29, 2026.

33 years
registered since 1993
$154,728,180,497
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Other
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Boston Management and Research compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Boston Management and Research reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Boston Management and Research located?

Boston Management and Research's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Boston Management and Research registered with the SEC or a state?

Boston Management and Research is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1993. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104853.

How much does Boston Management and Research manage?

Boston Management and Research reports $154,728,180,497 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 29, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Boston Management and Research's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Boston Management and Research: Regulatory assets under management: $98,665,995,742 in the October 2021 data and $154,728,180,497 in the October 2026 data, up 57%. Total employees: 866 in October 2021 and 203 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Boston Management and Research serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (49); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (23).

Does Boston Management and Research report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct), 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/104853

What changed in Boston Management and Research's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 160 to 144. Regulatory assets under management went from $128,137,184,379 to $154,728,180,497 (+21%). Added an office in London. Added an office in New York, NY. Added an office in Washington, DC.

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
  • Other

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 29, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$154,728,180,497

$154,728,180,497 as of October 2026, filing dated March 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $154,728,180,497.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 Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 49 Assets $82,515,131,545 (53%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 23 Assets $72,213,048,952 (47%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 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
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1993 (33 years)
Employees
Total: 203. Performing investment advisory functions: 144.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
LondonNew York, NYWashington, DC
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 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
$98.7B 2021 $131B 2022 $106B 2023 $111B 2024 $128B 2025 $155B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$154,728,180,497203March 29, 2026
October 2025$128,137,184,379215June 25, 2025
October 2024$111,002,081,270225March 27, 2024
October 2023$106,137,971,878253October 2, 2023
October 2022$131,006,829,389776March 31, 2022
October 2021$98,665,995,742866July 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $98,665,995,742 in the October 2021 data and $154,728,180,497 in the October 2026 data, up 57%.

Total employees: 866 in October 2021 and 203 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 160 to 144.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $128,137,184,379 to $154,728,180,497 (+21%).
    • Added an office in London.
    • Added an office in New York, NY.
    • Added an office in Washington, DC.

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
eatonvance.comeatonvancerealestate.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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