Ems Capital LP (New York)

Ems Capital LP is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $3.05 billion of regulatory assets for 13 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010.

Ems Capital provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Ems Capital: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Ems Capital LP is $3.05 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 307% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.6 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $3.05 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $234.78 million each.

Ems Capital has custody of $3.05 billion in cash and securities for 13 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ems Capital LP 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 Edmond M. Safra serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Edmond M. Safra is pooled investment vehicles with 13 clients and $3.05 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Ems Capital has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $3.05 billion for 13 clients. 46% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Ems Capital also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds and five private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Ems Capital LP

The company employs 16 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 56 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone 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.

Edmond M. Safra has been acting as President since 1 Jun 2007. Brendan Joseph Driscoll joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Edmond M. Safra	President	1 Jun 2007	75% - 100%	5793891
Ems Capital Holding Inc.	General partner	1 Jun 2007	Other	26-0479409
Kevin John Barrett	Chief financial officer	1 Aug 2007	Other	2932277
Nam Dinh Tran	Treasurer and head trader	1 Aug 2007	Other	3063924
Grace Lee	Legal counsel and chief compliance officer	1 Sep 2013	Other	4692797
Brendan Joseph Driscoll	Chief financial officer	1 Sep 2017	Other	4942406

Based in New York

The principal office where Ems Capital LP performs its advisory services is located at 767 Fifth Avenue, 46 Th Floor, New York, NY 10153, 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 212-891-2713 or by fax 212-891-2702. The normal business hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm on Monday - Friday.