Sovarnum Capital L.P. (New York)

Name: Sovarnum Capital L.P.
Address: Eleven Times Square, New York, NY, 10036
Telephone: 212-698-8060

Sovarnum Capital L.P. is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $464.02 million of regulatory assets for 2 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012.

Sovarnum 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.

Sovarnum Capital: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Sovarnum Capital L.P. is $464.02 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -24% since the beginning of its operation, and $397.98 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $464.02 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $232.01 million each.

Sovarnum Capital has custody of $397.98 million in cash and securities for 1 client in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Sovarnum Capital L.P. 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 Vikas R Shilpiekandula serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Vikas R Shilpiekandula is pooled investment vehicles with 2 clients and $464.02 million of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Sovarnum Capital has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $464.02 million for 2 clients. 50% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Sovarnum Capital also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $500,000 for each fund.

Careers at Sovarnum Capital L.P.

The company employs 9 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 78 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.

Vikas R Shilpiekandula has been acting as President since 1 Jan 2012. Brian Centner joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Vikas R Shilpiekandula	Limited partner/president/chief executive officer	1 Jan 2012	75% - 100%	4377061
Sovarnum Capital Gp Llc	General partner	1 Jan 2012	Other	45-4421705
Gabriel Acri	General counsel/chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2012	Other	6052828
Jay Delong	Managing director	1 Mar 2012	Other	4914960
Brian Centner	Chief financial officer/chief operating officer	1 Jul 2012	Other	6003128

Based in New York

The principal office where Sovarnum Capital L.P. performs its advisory services is located at Eleven Times Square, New York, NY 10036, 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 212-698-8060 or by fax 212-764-7182. The normal business hours are 9am - 5pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at sovarnum.com.