Jackson Square Partners, LLC (San Francisco)


Jackson Square Partners, LLC is a large advisory firm based in San Francisco. It manages $16.78 billion of regulatory assets for 60 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Florida, and New York.

Jackson Square Partners provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, and model-based portfolio weights provided to other investment advisers. these assets are treated as assets under advisement. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Jackson Square Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Jackson Square Partners, LLC is $16.78 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -33% since the beginning of its operation, and $3.09 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $16.78 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $279.65 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 97% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 3% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Jackson Square Partners, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Jackson Square Partners serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Jackson Square Partners is investment companies with 13 clients and $7.94 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Jackson Square Partners has the 2nd highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $16.61 billion for 55 clients. 18% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Jackson Square Partners doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Jackson Square Partners, LLC

The company employs 27 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 41 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 2 people with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Richard Salus Trustee of macquarie investment management business trust 1 Jan 1998 Other 2850592
Lp California Street Partners Member 1 Aug 2013 50% - 75% 46-3378611
Llc Badger Partners Sole member 1 Aug 2013 75% - 100% 46-3378611
Llc California Street Partners Sole member 1 Aug 2013 75% - 100% 46-3378611
Jeffrey Sanford Van Harte Chairman and cio 1 Dec 2013 Other 4350723
Van Tran Chief financial officer 1 Dec 2013 Other 2831703
Kevin Jay Brown Member of board of directors, managing partner 1 Dec 2013 Other 2034565
Daniel Jay Prislin Member of board of directors, portfolio manager 1 Dec 2013 Other 2540959
Gino Emedio Malaspina Chief compliance officer 1 Mar 2014 Other 6052662
Delaware Management Business Trust Member 1 May 2014 25% - 50% 105390
Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust Member 1 May 2014 25% - 50% 105390
Jason Michael Ewasko Chief compliance officer 1 Jun 2014 Other 4622799
Roger Allen Early Trustee of macquarie investment management business trust 1 Feb 2015 Other 2541409
David Forrester Connor Trustee of macquarie investment management business trust 1 May 2015 Other 4243088
Susan L Natalini Trustee of delaware management business trust 1 May 2015 Other 2487368
Shawn Keith Lytle Trustee of macquarie investment management business trust 1 Jun 2015 Other 5816747
Sean Kreiger Chief compliance officer 1 Sep 2015 Other 5473663

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 22 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Inc. Macquarie Management Holdings Parent 1 Sep 1990 75% - 100% 23-2693133
Inc. Delaware Management Holdings Parent 1 Sep 1990 75% - 100% 23-2693133
Llc Delaware Investments Management Company Corporate parent of macquarie investment management business trust 1 Sep 1996 75% - 100% 13-3465352
Macquarie Affiliated Managers (Usa) Inc. Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% 27-1564084
Macquarie Affiliated Managers Holdings (Usa) Inc. Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% 26-2103542
Macquarie Fg Holdings Inc. Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% 20-5913559
Macquarie Equities (Us) Holdings Pty Limited Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Group (Us) Holdings No. 1 Pty Ltd Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Corporate International Holdings Pty Limited Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% 26-2864605
Macquarie Funding Holdings Inc. Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% 20-5913559
Macquarie Americas Holdings Pty Limited Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie B.H. Pty Limited Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Group Limited Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Bank Limited Parent 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% 98-0163788
Macquarie Bank Limited Parent 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 98-0163788
Macquarie Financial Holdings Pty Limited Parent 1 Dec 2011 75% - 100% 27-3610899
Macquarie Group Limited Parent 1 Dec 2011 75% - 100% 13-3789912
Macquarie Services (Usa) Partners Parent 1 Dec 2011 75% - 100% 27-3610899
Macquarie Financial Holdings (Usa) Llc Parent 1 Dec 2011 75% - 100% 13-3789912
Macquarie Service (Usa) Partners Parent 1 Dec 2011 75% - 100% 27-3610899
Llc California Street Partners Gp General partner 1 Aug 2013 Other 47-2869633

Based in San Francisco

The principal office where Jackson Square Partners, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 101 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 415 635-0213 or by fax 415-840-0441. The normal business hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm pacific on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at jspartners.com.