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Forum Finance

Geneva, SwitzerlandSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 284407

Filed as FORUM FINANCE · Legal name The Forum Finance Group SA

Forum Finance is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Geneva, Switzerland, registered since 2016, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 12, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$2,208,000,000
assets under management
5 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Forum Finance compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Forum Finance reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); commissions; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Forum Finance located?

Forum Finance's principal office is in Geneva, Switzerland, according to its Form ADV.

Is Forum Finance registered with the SEC or a state?

Forum Finance is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 284407.

How much does Forum Finance manage?

Forum Finance reports $2,208,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 12, 2026 (72% discretionary).

How have Forum Finance's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Forum Finance: Regulatory assets under management: $1,533,337,000 in the October 2021 data and $2,208,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 44%. Total employees: 22 in October 2021 and 27 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Forum Finance serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (329); high net worth individuals (279); insurance companies (70).

Which custodians does Forum Finance use?

Forum Finance's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Banque Lombard Odier & CIE SA and UBS as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Forum Finance 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/284407

Does Forum Finance state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated December 11, 2025 says: "Generally, Forum Finance seeks client relationships with a minimum of $1,000,000 of AUM."

What changed in Forum Finance's recent Form ADV filings?

In the January 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 18 to 19. Registered or notice-filed in FL, NY, TX. 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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Commissions
  • 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

Account minimum: $1,000,000

The brochure's wording
Generally, Forum Finance seeks client relationships with a minimum of $1,000,000 of AUM.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated December 11, 2025. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,208,000,000

$2,208,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated August 12, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,600,000,000.Non-discretionary: $608,000,000.

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 329 Assets $200,000,000 (9%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 279 Assets $1,400,000,000 (63%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 2 Assets $205,000,000 (9%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 70 Assets $403,000,000 (18%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
The Forum Finance Group SA
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 27. Performing investment advisory functions: 19.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Banque Lombard Odier & CIE SAUBS

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
4 states or jurisdictions
CAFLNYTX

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
$1.53B 2021 $1.93B 2022 $1.7B 2023 $1.79B 2024 $2.02B 2025 $2.21B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,208,000,00027August 12, 2026
October 2025$2,024,000,00026December 12, 2024
October 2024$1,789,000,00025January 18, 2024
October 2023$1,704,352,77924July 14, 2023
October 2022$1,925,290,38722December 13, 2021
October 2021$1,533,337,00022August 4, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,533,337,000 in the October 2021 data and $2,208,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 44%.

Total employees: 22 in October 2021 and 27 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. January 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 18 to 19.
    • Registered or notice-filed in FL, NY, TX.
    • 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
business.google.com/U/0/DASHBOARD/L/00040452954381389514forum.finance/en/homegoogle.ch/URL

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. Forum Finance (CRD 284407): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/forum-finance-geneva-284407