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Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd.

Montreal, Qc, CanadaSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 161512

Filed as GLOBAL ALPHA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD.

Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Montreal, Qc, Canada, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 26, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$6,342,626,341
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. located?

Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd.'s principal office is in Montreal, Qc, Canada, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?

Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 161512.

How much does Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. manage?

Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. reports $6,342,626,341 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd.: Regulatory assets under management: $4,137,601,922 in the October 2021 data and $6,342,626,341 in the October 2026 data, up 53%. Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 24 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: corporations or other businesses not listed above (57); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (34); insurance companies (19).

Which custodians does Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. use?

Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon, CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company, Desjardins, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Northern Trust Company and RBC IST as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). 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/161512

What changed in Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: 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
  • Performance-based fees

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

Minimum annual fee: None

The brochure's wording
There is no minimum annual fee charged.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026. 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
$6,342,626,341

$6,342,626,341 as of October 2026, filing dated June 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,336,219,198.Non-discretionary: $6,407,143.

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 1 Assets $1,087,569,399 (17%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 34 Assets $1,404,163,699 (22%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $7,692,122 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 8 Assets $1,413,959,131 (22%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 12 Assets $1,337,149,484 (21%)
Insurance companies
Clients 19 Assets $405,020,664 (6%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 57 Assets $614,909,279 (10%)
Other
Clients 6 Assets $72,162,563 (1%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 24. Performing investment advisory functions: 21.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the July 2026 filing
Vancouver, Bc
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?

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
$4.14B 2021 $5.96B 2022 $5.96B 2023 $6.54B 2024 $6.03B 2025 $6.34B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,342,626,34124June 26, 2026
October 2025$6,030,037,37625July 15, 2025
October 2024$6,542,963,03322March 28, 2024
October 2023$5,963,677,57320March 31, 2023
October 2022$5,958,240,46519March 31, 2022
October 2021$4,137,601,92215March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,137,601,922 in the October 2021 data and $6,342,626,341 in the October 2026 data, up 53%.

Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 24 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. July 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 22 to 21.

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
cclgroup.com/globalalpha/en

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. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. (CRD 161512): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/global-alpha-capital-management-ltd-montreal-qc-161512