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Mercer Global Advisors Inc.

Denver, COSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 147363

Filed as MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC.

Mercer Global Advisors Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Denver, CO, registered since 2008, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2008
$84,396,892,590
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Mercer Global Advisors Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Mercer Global Advisors Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Mercer Global Advisors Inc. located?

Mercer Global Advisors Inc.'s principal office is in Denver, CO, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 24 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Mercer Global Advisors Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Mercer Global Advisors Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 147363.

How much does Mercer Global Advisors Inc. manage?

Mercer Global Advisors Inc. reports $84,396,892,590 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Mercer Global Advisors Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Mercer Global Advisors Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $19,869,910,368 in the October 2021 data and $84,396,892,590 in the October 2026 data, up 325%. Total employees: 454 in October 2021 and 1,429 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Mercer Global Advisors Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (18,398); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (16,646); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (718).

Which custodians does Mercer Global Advisors Inc. use?

Mercer Global Advisors Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Mercer Global Advisors Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/147363

What changed in Mercer Global Advisors Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Added an office in Bellevue, WA. Added an office in McLean, VA. No longer lists an office in Denver, CO. No longer lists an office in Encino, CA.

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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription 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

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
$84,396,892,590

$84,396,892,590 as of October 2026, filing dated September 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $82,916,243,015.Non-discretionary: $1,480,649,575.

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 16,646 Assets $7,082,833,358 (8%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 18,398 Assets $70,513,655,736 (84%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 718 Assets $3,451,428,018 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 166 Assets $1,998,280,571 (2%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 244 Assets $1,350,694,907 (2%)
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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
MERCER ADVISORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2008 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 1,429. Performing investment advisory functions: 632.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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)
24 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Atlanta, GABellevue, WABoulder, CODallas, TXDenver, COHouston, TXMcLean, VAMinneapolis, MNMorristown, NJNew York, NYNewport Beach, CAOklahoma City, OKPonte Vedra Beach, FLPortage, MIRadnor, PASan Diego, CASan Francisco, CASanta Barbara, CASchaumburg, ILScottsdale, AZSpringfield, MOWalnut Creek, CAWaltham, MAWoodland Hills, CA
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items 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?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

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
$19.9B 2021 $34B 2022 $35.1B 2023 $45.4B 2024 $60.3B 2025 $84.4B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$84,396,892,5901,429September 17, 2026
October 2025$60,256,270,5801,166July 17, 2025
October 2024$45,350,198,5481,020September 19, 2024
October 2023$35,141,673,366900September 22, 2023
October 2022$34,011,524,251625April 5, 2022
October 2021$19,869,910,368454September 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $19,869,910,368 in the October 2021 data and $84,396,892,590 in the October 2026 data, up 325%.

Total employees: 454 in October 2021 and 1,429 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. October 2026
    • Added an office in Bellevue, WA.
    • Added an office in McLean, VA.
    • No longer lists an office in Denver, CO.
    • No longer lists an office in Encino, CA.
  2. August 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 2 yes answers, previously 0 (now yes: 11.D(2), 11.D(4)).
    • Changed its office addresses in Dallas, TX.
    • Added an office in Denver, CO.
    • Added an office in Radnor, PA.
    • No longer lists an office in Bellevue, WA.
    • No longer lists an office in McLean, VA.
  3. May 2026
    • Added an office in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Jacksonville, FL.
  4. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 741 to 632.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $60,256,270,580 to $84,396,892,590 (+40%).
  5. January 2026
    • Added an office in Encino, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Ann Arbor, MI.
  6. November 2025
    • Added an office in Jacksonville, FL.
    • Added an office in Morristown, NJ.
    • Added an office in Scottsdale, AZ.
    • Added an office in St. Louis Park, MN.
    • No longer lists an office in Charlotte, NC.
    • No longer lists an office in Los Angeles, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Radnor, PA.
    • No longer lists an office in Raleigh, NC.

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
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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. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. (CRD 147363): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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