Private fund adviser · Toronto, Canada
Dawson Partners
Dawson Partners Inc. · SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 281728 · SEC 801-127412
At a glance
Dawson Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Toronto, Canada, with $22.1 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed June 9, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is pooled investment vehicles. By Form ADV it is a private fund adviser, ranked 340th of 4,686 private fund advisers and 818th of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.
Main office 647-925-1284dawsonpartners.comLinkedInAs filed on Form ADV
- Regulatory AUM
- $22B
- Rank among private fund advisers
- #340 of 4,686
- Rank among all SEC RIAs
- #818 of 17,210
- Clients
- 16
- Accounts
- 31
- Discretionary
- 100% of AUM
- Employees
- 231
- Advisory staff
- 59
- Offices
- 3
Owners and executives on its Form ADV
- Yann P. RobardManaging Partner, Secretary and Sole Director
- Marilia N. BothamleyChief Financial Officer
- Jennifer F. McGoeyChief Compliance Officer
- Derek P. MinersChief Operations Officer
- Matthew I. KuchinskyGeneral Counsel
Custody and brokerage
Custodian
Dawson Partners’s Form ADV lists no custodian for separately managed accounts. Firms report one only when they manage $10 million or more in those accounts.
Who it serves
| Client type | Clients | Regulatory AUM | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled investment vehicles | 16 | $22B | 100% |
Private funds
Dawson Partners reports 15 private funds with $22B in gross assets: private equity funds (Form ADV Item 7.B).
Disciplinary disclosures
Dawson Partners reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of Form ADV. Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗
Services
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
How it’s paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Performance-based fees
Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗dawsonpartners.com ↗
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Questions
How much does Dawson Partners manage?
Dawson Partners reports $22.1 billion in regulatory assets under management across 31 accounts, 100% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed June 9, 2026.
What kind of firm is Dawson Partners?
Dawson Partners is a private fund adviser by its Form ADV answers. Private funds are at least half of its business by assets.
Who are Dawson Partners’s clients?
By assets, its largest client types are pooled investment vehicles ($22.1 billion, 16 clients).
Does Dawson Partners manage private funds?
Yes. It reports 15 private funds with $22.0 billion in gross assets, including private equity funds.
Does Dawson Partners have any disciplinary history?
Dawson Partners reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of its Form ADV. Check the SEC’s adviser search for the latest record.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure is Dawson Partners’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-06-09), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.
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