Penso Advisors, LLC (New York)


Penso Advisors, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.05 billion of regulatory assets for 11 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.

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

Penso Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Penso Advisors, LLC is $1.05 billion. The firm's AUM has gone down by -22% since the beginning of its operation, and $990.67 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $516.36 million in discretionary accounts and $535.4 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $64.55 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $178.47 million.

Investments

The firm invests in cash and cash equivalents the most. They account for 99% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is derivatives, which make up 1% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Penso Advisors, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Penso Advisors serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Penso Advisors is pooled investment vehicles with 9 clients and $825.87 million of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Penso Advisors has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $825.87 million for 9 clients. 73% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Penso Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $100,000,000.

Careers at Penso Advisors, LLC

The company employs 13 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 46 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 compensates 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
Ari Bergmann Principal 1 Feb 2010 Other 1785914
Jaime Shechter Chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2010 Other 4422906
Llc Penso Partners Member 1 Feb 2010 50% - 75% 80-0553910
Llc Penso Manager Member 1 Feb 2010 Other 80-0553919
Bhus Holdings Llc Member 1 Mar 2015 25% - 50% 61-1691374
Leigh Victoria Waxman Chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2016 Other 5073549

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 12 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Iona Bergmann Trustee 1 Dec 1995 Other 6631756
Abib Family Trust Owner of 99% of abib family partners, ltd 1 Dec 1999 75% - 100% 11-6544533
Abraham Joseph Pfeiffer Trustee 1 Dec 1999 Other 4367391
Alan Eldad Howard Limited partner of brevan howard (jersey) lp 1 Oct 2008 50% - 75% 1574164
Ltd Abib Family Partners Member 1 Feb 2010 50% - 75% 11-3511949
The Bergmann Children's Trust Member 1 Feb 2010 25% - 50% 13-7080263
Brevan Howard Capital Management Ltd General partner of brevan howard capital management lp 1 May 2010 Other foreign entity
Bhj Ltd General partner of brevan howard (jersey) lp 1 Jun 2010 Other foreign entity
Brevan Howard Investment Holdings Ltd Owner of 100% of share capital of brevan howard partnership services ltd 1 Apr 2012 75% - 100% foreign entity
Brevan Howard (Jersey) Lp Limited partner of brevan howard capital management lp 1 Jun 2012 75% - 100% foreign entity
Brevan Howard Partnership Services Ltd Owner of 100% of share capital of bhus holdings llc 1 Aug 2012 75% - 100% foreign entity
Brevan Howard Capital Management Lp Owner of 100% of share capital of brevan howard investment holdings ltd 1 Sep 2012 75% - 100% foreign entity

Based in New York

The principal office where Penso Advisors, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 780 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Cedarhurst, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-688-8800 or by fax 212-688-8809. The normal business hours are 9 am to 5 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at penso.com.