SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
BNY Mellon Advisors, Inc.
As of its Form ADV filed May 28, 2026, BNY Mellon Advisors, Inc., an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in New York, New York, reported $33.5 billion in regulatory assets under management across 163,433 accounts, ranking #16 among all wealth firms in New York by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 106108
- SEC file number
- 801-52378
- Registered since
- July 15, 1996
- Latest Form ADV filing
- May 28, 2026
- Organized as
- Corporation
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 4
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $33.5 billion
- Discretionary
- $33.2 billion (99.2%)
- Non-discretionary
- $271.7 million
- Accounts
- 163,433 (163,432 discretionary)
- Clients
- 125,723, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 66
- Advisory staff
- 44 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $204,845
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 39.7% (from $24.0 billion a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 43.6% (from $11.3 billion three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 27.9% (from $9.8 billion five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 31.1% (from 95,886)
Broker-dealer affiliated. The firm is affiliated with a bank (Item 7.A(8)) that is part of a group with a broker-dealer (Item 7.A(1)) or controlled by a public company (Schedule D, Item 10.A). It is ranked among all wealth firms, the directory's view that includes wirehouses and broker-dealer firms, not in the main lists of independent RIAs. How firms are classed.
Growth rates come from the SEC's yearly snapshots and are left blank when the years are not comparable.
Rankings
Among all wealth firms, including wirehouses and broker-dealer firms.
Assets over time
Data table
| As of | RAUM |
|---|---|
| October 1, 2010 | $7.5 billion |
| October 3, 2011 | $8.5 billion |
| October 1, 2012 | $8.1 billion |
| October 1, 2013 | $9.9 billion |
| October 1, 2014 | $12.8 billion |
| October 1, 2015 | $12.2 billion |
| October 3, 2016 | $6.0 billion |
| October 2, 2017 | $6.9 billion |
| October 1, 2018 | $8.0 billion |
| October 1, 2019 | $7.0 billion |
| October 1, 2020 | $8.6 billion |
| October 4, 2021 | $9.8 billion |
| October 3, 2022 | $14.4 billion |
| October 5, 2023 | $11.3 billion |
| October 1, 2024 | $19.7 billion |
| September 2, 2025 | $24.0 billion |
| October 2, 2026 | $33.5 billion |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 120,219 clients | $23.7 billion | |
| High net worth individuals 4,358 clients | $7.9 billion | |
| Charitable organizations 243 clients | $594.4 million | |
| Corporations or other businesses 409 clients | $452.0 million | |
| Banking or thrift institutions fewer than 5 clients | $271.7 million | |
| Other fewer than 5 clients | $259.9 million | |
| Other investment advisers fewer than 5 clients | $223.3 million | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 472 clients | $160.9 million | |
| State or municipal government entities fewer than 5 clients | $528,361 |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Fixed fees
- Performance-based fees
- Other
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
- Pension consulting
- Selection of other advisers
- Other
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 1-10.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: yes.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
- Commodity pool operator or commodity trading advisor
- Other financial products
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Other investment adviser
- Municipal advisor
- Commodity pool operator or commodity trading advisor
- Banking or thrift institution
- Trust company
- Insurance company or agency
- Sponsor, general partner or managing member of pooled investment vehicles
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported custody of client cash or securities, $33.2 billion in total.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 13
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 9
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 5
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFA 1.
13 of the firm's 13 IARs are registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. IAR CE requirements by state.
Counts only. AdvisorIQ does not list individual people.
Disclosures
On Form ADV Item 11 the firm answered yes to 6 disclosure questions. See the detail on IAPD.
Succession and acquired firms
On Form ADV Item 4 the firm did not report succeeding to another adviser's business.
Similar-sized firms in New York
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| BBR Partners, LLC | New York | $36.5 billion |
| Wealthspire Advisors | New York | $34.3 billion |
| Eagle Strategies LLC | New York | $32.0 billion |
| Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, L.P. | Cohoes | $31.7 billion |
| Tiedemann Advisors, LLC | New York | $31.0 billion |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- BNY Mellon Advisors, Inc. on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.bny.com/investments/us/en/intermediary/investor-solutions.html
- Wealth management firms in New York
Firm data as of October 2, 2026, from ia100226.zip. Figures are as the firm reported them; corrections are made on Form ADV and appear after the next monthly reload.
Data as of October 2, 2026, from Form ADV. Sources: SEC registered adviser data (ia100226.zip) and IAPD compilation reports. How the directory is built.