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Boston Partners

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 124982

Filed as BOSTON PARTNERS · Legal name Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.

Boston Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2003, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 18, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2003
$116,165,718,248
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Boston Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Boston Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Boston Partners located?

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

Is Boston Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Boston Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 124982.

How much does Boston Partners manage?

Boston Partners reports $116,165,718,248 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 18, 2026 (90% discretionary).

How have Boston Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Boston Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $74,177,049,851 in the October 2021 data and $116,165,718,248 in the October 2026 data, up 57%. Total employees: 155 in October 2021 and 185 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Boston Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: other (6,680); high net worth individuals (101); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (73).

Which custodians does Boston Partners use?

Boston Partners' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon and Northern Trust as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Boston Partners 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/124982

What changed in Boston Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $98,336,524,659 to $116,165,718,248 (+18%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 56 to 59. 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
  • Performance-based 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 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$116,165,718,248

$116,165,718,248 as of October 2026, filing dated June 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $104,037,172,913.Non-discretionary: $12,128,545,335.

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 Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 101 Assets $490,643,422 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 15 Assets $58,409,812,391 (50%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 11 Assets $20,668,406,561 (18%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 73 Assets $8,515,728,187 (7%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 27 Assets $642,836,762 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 37 Assets $5,951,779,046 (5%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 9 Assets $2,144,200,236 (2%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 2 Assets $1,749,886,487 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 27 Assets $1,908,576,480 (2%)
Other
Clients 6,680 Assets $15,683,848,676 (14%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.
Also doing business as
BOSTON PARTNERS, BOSTON PARTNERS PRIVATE WEALTH
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2003 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 185. Performing investment advisory functions: 59.
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)
3 other offices, as of the July 2026 filing
Greenbrae, CALos Angeles, CANew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
20 states or jurisdictions
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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
$74.2B 2021 $92.2B 2022 $84.6B 2023 $89.7B 2024 $98.3B 2025 $116B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$116,165,718,248185June 18, 2026
October 2025$98,336,524,659181June 11, 2025
October 2024$89,687,813,267167August 9, 2024
October 2023$84,555,460,486156August 22, 2023
October 2022$92,188,430,938160June 21, 2022
October 2021$74,177,049,851155May 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $74,177,049,851 in the October 2021 data and $116,165,718,248 in the October 2026 data, up 57%.

Total employees: 155 in October 2021 and 185 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $98,336,524,659 to $116,165,718,248 (+18%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 56 to 59.
    • 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
bostonpartners.combppw.comwpginvest.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. Boston Partners (CRD 124982): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/boston-partners-boston-ma-124982