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Cidel Asset Management Inc

Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 172640

Filed as CIDEL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC

Cidel Asset Management Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, registered since 2014, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$4,802,310,706
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cidel Asset Management Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cidel Asset Management Inc 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 Cidel Asset Management Inc located?

Cidel Asset Management Inc's principal office is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, according to its Form ADV.

Is Cidel Asset Management Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Cidel Asset Management Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 172640.

How much does Cidel Asset Management Inc manage?

Cidel Asset Management Inc reports $4,802,310,706 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (96% discretionary).

How have Cidel Asset Management Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cidel Asset Management Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $4,067,351,871 in the October 2021 data and $4,802,310,706 in the October 2026 data, up 18%. Total employees: 65 in October 2021 and 73 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cidel Asset Management Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (788); high net worth individuals (386); corporations or other businesses not listed above (204).

Which custodians does Cidel Asset Management Inc use?

Cidel Asset Management Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Aviso Wealth, Cidel Trust Company Canada (affiliated with the firm), National Bank Independent Network, Northern Trust, Royal Bank of Canada and State Street Corporation as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cidel Asset Management Inc 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/172640

What changed in Cidel Asset Management Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 38 to 32. Regulatory assets under management went from $4,251,037,312 to $4,802,310,706 (+13%). 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 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$4,802,310,706

$4,802,310,706 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $4,591,206,264.Non-discretionary: $211,104,442.

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 788 Assets $261,210,561 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 386 Assets $1,197,565,556 (25%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 8 Assets $78,945,180 (2%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $3,486,501 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 204 Assets $1,988,467,656 (41%)
Other
Clients 161 Assets $1,272,635,252 (27%)

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 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
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 73. Performing investment advisory functions: 32.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
CADEFLNVNY

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
$4.07B 2021 $5.21B 2022 $4.36B 2023 $5.19B 2024 $4.25B 2025 $4.8B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$4,802,310,70673March 27, 2026
October 2025$4,251,037,31273March 25, 2025
October 2024$5,188,569,24070March 27, 2024
October 2023$4,362,376,00070March 30, 2023
October 2022$5,214,209,50067March 29, 2022
October 2021$4,067,351,87165March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,067,351,871 in the October 2021 data and $4,802,310,706 in the October 2026 data, up 18%.

Total employees: 65 in October 2021 and 73 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 38 to 32.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $4,251,037,312 to $4,802,310,706 (+13%).
    • 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
cidel.comloricaic.ca

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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https://advisorcensus.com/firm/cidel-asset-management-inc-toronto-ontario-172640