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Bristol Group Inc

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105087

Filed as BRISTOL GROUP INC

Bristol Group Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 1981, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 1, 2026.

45 years
registered since 1981
$2,037,047,000
assets under management
3 arrangements
Fixed fees, Performance-based and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bristol Group Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bristol Group Inc reports these compensation arrangements: fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other.

Where is Bristol Group Inc located?

Bristol Group Inc's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Bristol Group Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Bristol Group Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1981. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105087.

How much does Bristol Group Inc manage?

Bristol Group Inc reports $2,037,047,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 1, 2026 (75% discretionary).

How have Bristol Group Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bristol Group Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $2,357,895,000 in the October 2021 data and $2,037,047,000 in the October 2026 data, down 14%. Total employees: 17 in October 2021 and 13 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bristol Group Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (17); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (3).

Does Bristol Group Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation) and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). 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/105087

What changed in Bristol Group Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 4. Regulatory assets under management went from $2,395,935,000 to $2,037,047,000 (-15%).

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees
  • 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 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,037,047,000

$2,037,047,000 as of October 2026, filing dated June 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,536,329,000.Non-discretionary: $500,718,000.

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 Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
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 17 Assets $744,503,000 (37%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 3 Assets $1,292,544,000 (63%)
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
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • 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
1981 (45 years)
Employees
Total: 13. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

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

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 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?

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
$2.36B 2021 $2.61B 2022 $2.93B 2023 $2.61B 2024 $2.4B 2025 $2.04B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,037,047,00013June 1, 2026
October 2025$2,395,935,00014May 2, 2025
October 2024$2,605,225,00016May 15, 2024
October 2023$2,929,035,00016June 22, 2023
October 2022$2,609,917,00016June 9, 2022
October 2021$2,357,895,00017March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,357,895,000 in the October 2021 data and $2,037,047,000 in the October 2026 data, down 14%.

Total employees: 17 in October 2021 and 13 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 5 to 4.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,395,935,000 to $2,037,047,000 (-15%).

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
bristolgroupinc.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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