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NS Partners Ltd

London, United KingdomSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110625

Filed as NS PARTNERS LTD

NS Partners Ltd is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in London, United Kingdom, registered since 1986, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 26, 2026.

40 years
registered since 1986
$5,864,239,622
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is NS Partners Ltd compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), NS Partners Ltd reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is NS Partners Ltd located?

NS Partners Ltd's principal office is in London, United Kingdom, according to its Form ADV.

Is NS Partners Ltd registered with the SEC or a state?

NS Partners Ltd is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1986. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110625.

How much does NS Partners Ltd manage?

NS Partners Ltd reports $5,864,239,622 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have NS Partners Ltd's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for NS Partners Ltd: Regulatory assets under management: $3,576,204,772 in the October 2021 data and $5,864,239,622 in the October 2026 data, up 64%. Total employees: 18 in October 2021 and 21 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does NS Partners Ltd serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: other investment advisers (9); corporations or other businesses not listed above (9); investment companies (1).

Which custodians does NS Partners Ltd use?

NS Partners Ltd's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists RBC Investor Services Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does NS Partners Ltd 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/110625

What changed in NS Partners 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

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
$5,864,239,622

$5,864,239,622 as of October 2026, filing dated June 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,864,239,622.Non-discretionary: $0.

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
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $136,393,713 (2%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $419,831,716 (7%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 9 Assets $5,079,682,880 (87%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 9 Assets $228,331,313 (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
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1986 (40 years)
Employees
Total: 21. Performing investment advisory functions: 17.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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
$3.58B 2021 $5.41B 2022 $4.77B 2023 $5.36B 2024 $5.55B 2025 $5.86B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,864,239,62221June 26, 2026
October 2025$5,547,628,11522July 14, 2025
October 2024$5,355,500,18922March 28, 2024
October 2023$4,766,718,69221March 30, 2023
October 2022$5,410,414,95221July 4, 2022
October 2021$3,576,204,77218March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,576,204,772 in the October 2021 data and $5,864,239,622 in the October 2026 data, up 64%.

Total employees: 18 in October 2021 and 21 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).

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
ns-partners.cclgroup.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. NS Partners Ltd (CRD 110625): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ns-partners-ltd-london-110625