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Forester Capital Management Ltd

Libertyville, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 109474

Filed as FORESTER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD

Forester Capital Management Ltd is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Libertyville, IL, registered since 1999, reporting under $25 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

27 years
registered since 1999
$3,512,507
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Forester Capital Management Ltd compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Forester Capital Management Ltd 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 Forester Capital Management Ltd located?

Forester Capital Management Ltd's principal office is in Libertyville, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Forester Capital Management Ltd registered with the SEC or a state?

Forester Capital Management Ltd is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 109474.

How much does Forester Capital Management Ltd manage?

Forester Capital Management Ltd reports $3,512,507 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Forester Capital Management Ltd's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Forester Capital Management Ltd: Regulatory assets under management: $8,262,692 in the October 2021 data and $3,512,507 in the October 2026 data, down 57%. Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Forester Capital Management Ltd serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (1).

Does Forester Capital Management Ltd 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/109474

What changed in Forester Capital Management Ltd's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $2,926,208 to $3,512,507 (+20%).

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

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
$3,512,507

$3,512,507 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,512,507.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
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $3,512,507 (100%)

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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1999 (27 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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
$8.26M 2021 $4.62M 2022 $15.1M 2023 $3.48M 2024 $2.93M 2025 $3.51M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,512,5071March 31, 2026
October 2025$2,926,2081March 26, 2025
October 2024$3,482,1001March 28, 2024
October 2023$15,086,0051March 30, 2023
October 2022$4,619,7731June 28, 2022
October 2021$8,262,6922March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $8,262,692 in the October 2021 data and $3,512,507 in the October 2026 data, down 57%.

Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 1 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 $2,926,208 to $3,512,507 (+20%).

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

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 Management Ltd (CRD 109474): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/forester-capital-management-ltd-libertyville-il-109474