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Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.

Vancouver, CanadaSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 173201

Filed as NICOLA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD.

Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Vancouver, Canada, registered since 2020, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 9, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$11,042,694,801
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. compensated?

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

How much does Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 states: Flat fee: $1,500 to $5,000 (formal financial plans). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. located?

Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.'s principal office is in Vancouver, Canada, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 6 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?

Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 173201.

How much does Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. manage?

Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. reports $11,042,694,801 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 9, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.: Regulatory assets under management: $5,729,570,595 in the October 2021 data and $11,042,694,801 in the October 2026 data, up 93%. Total employees: 292 in October 2021 and 531 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (3,569); high net worth individuals (2,378); charitable organizations (650).

Which custodians does Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. use?

Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Bank Independent Network (Nbin) and Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Nicola Wealth 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/173201

Does Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 says: "In general, we require a minimum of $1,000,000 to open and maintain an advisory account. At our sole discretion, we may waive or lower this minimum account size."

What changed in Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • 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

Account minimum: $1,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
In general, we require a minimum of $1,000,000 to open and maintain an advisory account. At our sole discretion, we may waive or lower this minimum account size.

Minimum annual fee: $10,000

The brochure's wording
We charge a minimum annual fee in the amount of $10,000 to open and maintain an advisory account. At our sole discretion we may waive or lower this minimum fee.

Flat fee: $1,500 to $5,000 (formal financial plans)

The brochure's wording
We charge a fixed fee for formal financial plans, which generally ranges between $1,500USD to $5,000USD.

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
$11,042,694,801

$11,042,694,801 as of October 2026, filing dated September 9, 2026.

Discretionary: $10,831,692,378.Non-discretionary: $211,002,423.

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 3,569 Assets $1,085,768,766 (10%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 2,378 Assets $9,071,261,086 (82%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 650 Assets $479,539,848 (4%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 121 Assets $406,125,101 (4%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 531. Performing investment advisory functions: 217.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
National Bank Independent Network (Nbin)Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC

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)
6 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Calgary, AbKelownaTorontoVancouverVictoriaWoodbridge
States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
CANYTXWA

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
$5.73B 2021 $7.57B 2022 $8.15B 2023 $9.59B 2024 $10B 2025 $11B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$11,042,694,801531September 9, 2026
October 2025$10,043,703,386491June 19, 2025
October 2024$9,587,082,399459September 6, 2024
October 2023$8,147,770,585393June 14, 2023
October 2022$7,565,448,175324March 30, 2022
October 2021$5,729,570,595292September 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $5,729,570,595 in the October 2021 data and $11,042,694,801 in the October 2026 data, up 93%.

Total employees: 292 in October 2021 and 531 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
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 184 to 217.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. November 2025
    • 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
beacons.ai/nicolawealthnicolawealth.comninthavenuecapital.caus.nicolawealth.com

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. Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. (CRD 173201): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/nicola-wealth-management-ltd-vancouver-173201