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Forester Capital, L.L.C.

Stamford, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 160806

Filed as FORESTER CAPITAL, L.L.C.

Forester Capital, L.L.C. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Stamford, CT, registered since 2012, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$1,070,810,162
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Forester Capital, L.L.C. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Forester Capital, L.L.C. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Forester Capital, L.L.C. located?

Forester Capital, L.L.C.'s principal office is in Stamford, CT, according to its Form ADV.

Is Forester Capital, L.L.C. registered with the SEC or a state?

Forester Capital, L.L.C. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160806.

How much does Forester Capital, L.L.C. manage?

Forester Capital, L.L.C. reports $1,070,810,162 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (72% discretionary).

How have Forester Capital, L.L.C.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Forester Capital, L.L.C.: Regulatory assets under management: $1,790,383,044 in the October 2021 data and $1,070,810,162 in the October 2026 data, down 40%. Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Forester Capital, L.L.C. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (13); other (1).

Does Forester Capital, L.L.C. 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/160806

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
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. 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
$1,070,810,162

$1,070,810,162 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $774,688,035.Non-discretionary: $296,122,127.

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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 13 Assets $774,688,035 (72%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $296,122,127 (28%)

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)
  • 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
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 8. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CT

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
$1.79B 2021 $1.64B 2022 $1.24B 2023 $1.11B 2024 $1.03B 2025 $1.07B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,070,810,1628March 31, 2026
October 2025$1,027,842,7218March 31, 2025
October 2024$1,107,961,1488March 27, 2024
October 2023$1,244,462,00013March 30, 2023
October 2022$1,640,289,01419July 19, 2022
October 2021$1,790,383,04415March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,790,383,044 in the October 2021 data and $1,070,810,162 in the October 2026 data, down 40%.

Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 8 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
forestercapital.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. Forester Capital, L.L.C. (CRD 160806): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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