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Guinness Global Investors
Filed as GUINNESS GLOBAL INVESTORS · Legal name Guinness Asset Management Limited
Guinness Global Investors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in London, United Kingdom, registered since 2026, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated December 14, 2025.
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From the filingHow is Guinness Global Investors compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Guinness Global Investors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.
How much does Guinness Global Investors charge?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated December 14, 2025 states: Asset-based fee: 0.35% to 1.99% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.
Where is Guinness Global Investors located?
Guinness Global Investors' principal office is in London, United Kingdom, according to its Form ADV; the January 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Guinness Global Investors registered with the SEC or a state?
Guinness Global Investors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2026. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 140891.
How much does Guinness Global Investors manage?
Guinness Global Investors reports $11,429,092,863 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated December 14, 2025 (100% discretionary).
What types of clients does Guinness Global Investors serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (29); investment companies (9).
Does Guinness Global Investors 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/140891
What changed in Guinness Global Investors' recent Form ADV filings?
In the February 2026 filing data: Newly registered with the SEC.
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 2AAsset-based fee: 0.35% to 1.99% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)
The brochure's wording
GGI is generally paid a monthly management fee calculated at the annual rate typically ranging from 0.35% to 1.99% of the net assets of each Fund as of the end of each month
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated December 14, 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$11,429,092,863 as of October 2026, filing dated December 14, 2025.
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.DA 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 investment companies (and business development companies)
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Guinness Asset Management Limited
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2026 (0 years)
- Employees
- Total: 81. Performing investment advisory functions: 35.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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1 other office, as of the January 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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
Changes in the filing
Last 12 months- February 2026
- Newly registered with the SEC.
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.ISource: 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. Guinness Global Investors (CRD 140891): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/guinness-global-investors-london-140891