Aksia LLC (New York)

Name: Aksia LLC
Address: 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, 10022
Telephone: 212-710-5710

Aksia LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $5.86 billion of regulatory assets for 21 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2007 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.

Aksia provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, selection of other advisers, and non-advisory research on alternative investment strategies. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Aksia: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Aksia LLC is $5.86 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 468% since the beginning of its operation, and $4.61 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $3.72 billion in discretionary accounts and $2.14 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $232.46 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $427.84 million.

Aksia has custody of $1.68 billion in cash and securities for 11 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 96% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 4% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Aksia LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Aksia serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, pooled investment vehicles, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Aksia is pension and profit sharing plans with 7 clients and $2.43 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Aksia has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $3.93 billion for 17 clients. 49% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Aksia also advises several private funds. Namely, five hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $1,000,000 to $100,000,000.

Careers at Aksia LLC

The company employs 70 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 80 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There’s a single person 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
James Hayden Vos	Ceo, managing member	1 Oct 2006	Other	1689839
Simon Alexander Fludgate	Member	1 Oct 2006	Other	2753373
Norman Serop Kilarjian	Member	1 Oct 2006	Other	2059732
Patrick Richard Adelsbach	Member	1 Oct 2006	Other	4268945
Joseph P Larucci	Member	1 Oct 2006	Other	2438686
Alexandros No Middle Name Panagiotidis	Member	1 Oct 2006	50% - 75%	5065634
Alexandros Panagiotidis	Member	1 Oct 2006	50% - 75%	5065634
Jacob Walthour	Principal	1 Dec 2006	Other	2587004
Jacob No Middle Name Walthour	Principal	1 Dec 2006	Other	2587004
Manabu No Middle Name Washio	Member	1 Feb 2007	Other	2787001
Manabu Washio	Member	1 Feb 2007	Other	2787001
Marie Margaret Nentwich	Chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2007	Other	5300368
Marie Margaret Milligan	Chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2007	Other	5300368
Valerie Benard	Member	1 Sep 2009	Other	5710255
Bruce D. Ruehl	Member	1 Jan 2010	Other	4346820
Jaeson Dubrovay	Principal	1 Feb 2010	Other	2544585
Maya Fishman	General counsel	1 Mar 2010	Other	6178107
Maya Fishman	Member, general counsel, chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2014	Other	6178107
Oliver Peter Newton	Member	1 Jan 2016	Other	6626761

Based in New York

The principal office where Aksia LLC performs its advisory services is located at 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Bohemia, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-710-5710 or by fax 212-710-5711. The normal business hours are 9:00-6:00 on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at max.aksia.com.