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Tim Bray

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · United Kingdom (as filed: X0) · Mar 15, 2017 → Jun 30, 2021

1deal (issuers)
$883.2Mreported sold
69investors
6Form D filings
2017–2021years on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:38 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Tim Bray is listed as a director on 6 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Mar 2017 and Jun 2021: NS Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, a Series of NS Partners Trust (London, United Kingdom (as filed: X0) — pooled investment fund — 2017–2021; $883.2M reported sold to 69 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Anna Kirk (6 shared filings), NS Partners Ltd. (6 shared filings, management entity), The Northern Trust Company (6 shared filings, management entity) and The Northern Trust Company of Delaware (6 shared filings, management entity).

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Tim. Each name links to their own page.

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Alliancebernstein (41 issuers, $32.58B reported sold, 2009–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Alliancebernstein has 41 companies on file and $32.58B reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 1 bankruptcy case matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 1 record came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.

We compared 6 public filings for Tim Bray and found 2 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Tim Bray is no longer listed on the Jul 6, 2022 amendment; and more below.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for Tim Bray has not run yet — it is joining a line of 1,977 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:38 AM ET.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched Tim Bray..

State securities regulators searched: AZ (Corporation Commission Securities Division), CA (DFPI — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE (DOJ Investor Protection Unit), TX (State Securities Board), WA (DFI) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. Other states are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

1 case: 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Tim Bray closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · No. 95-50245 · Filed Apr 19, 1995 · Closed Aug 3, 1995
Role of Tim Bray: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1995-08-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (rare in federal dockets); court in KY (not a filing state)
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:38 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

2 differences found between the filings for Tim Bray — 1 worth asking about (compared 6 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Jun 30, 2021 – Jul 6, 2022

Tim Bray is no longer listed on the Jul 6, 2022 amendment — NS Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, a Series of NS Partners Trust

Tim Bray appears on the Jun 30, 2021 Form D/A (director) but not on the Jul 6, 2022 Form D/A for the same offering.

What this means People leave, and the issuer must list only current officers, directors and promoters. It is still worth asking why this person left and who replaced them.

Form D/A · Jun 30, 2021 ↗Form D/A · Jul 6, 2022 ↗Tim Bray — PartnerFacts page ↗NS Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, a Series of NS Partners Trust — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Mar 15, 2016 – Mar 15, 2017

Address moved from Chicago, IL to London, United Kingdom (as filed: X0) — NS Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, a Series of NS Partners Trust

The people listed on the Mar 15, 2016 filing give Chicago, IL; on the Mar 15, 2017 filing they give London, United Kingdom (as filed: X0).

What this means Businesses move; this just shows the two places and dates. If you were told one city and the forms say another, ask which is current.

Form D · Mar 15, 2016 ↗Form D/A · Mar 15, 2017 ↗NS Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, a Series of NS Partners Trust — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

1 of 1 offering reports sales commissions totalling $500,000; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jun 30, 2021 D/A
NS Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, a Series of NS Partners Trust
File 021-259264
$500,000 (est.)$0$0Foreside Fund Services, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 46106 ↗EDGAR ↗
How this is counted

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

Every issuer that named Tim Bray on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

NP
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Alliancebernstein

NS Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, a Series of NS Partners Trust

London, United Kingdom (as filed: X0) · Mar 15, 2017 → Jun 30, 2021 · 6 filings
  • Jun 30, 2021 · D/A · $136,823,200 sold of Indefinite · 25 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 23, 2020 · D/A · $67,403,200 sold of Indefinite · 12 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 16, 2020 · D/A · $63,803,200 sold of Indefinite · 10 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 22, 2019 · D/A · $62,553,200 sold of Indefinite · 10 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 15, 2018 · D/A · $60,453,200 sold of Indefinite · 9 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 15, 2017 · D/A · $60,153,200 sold of Indefinite · 9 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $883.2M from 69 investors as of the latest filing. Tim is listed as director on 6 filings for this deal.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

People around Tim 4

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

TN
Management entity

The Northern Trust Company

Director · 6 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 20 other issuers

The Northern Trust Company is on 21 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

NP
Management entity

NS Partners Ltd.

Promoter, Executive Officer · 6 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tim Bray. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Anna Kirk

Director · 6 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tim Bray. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

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Sponsor group

Alliancebernstein

41 issuers · 325 filings · $32.58B reported sold · 2009–2026

One team, 41 deal companies. Tim Bray is listed on 1 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name Tim Bray.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

A person is never an adviser firm. 1 of the 1 issuer this person is listed on matches a Form ADV adviser (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026): NS Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, a Series of NS Partners Trust.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to Tim Bray by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Tim Bray is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in NS Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, a Series of NS Partners Trust's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #19,455 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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