Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP (London)

Name: Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP
Address: One Vine Street, London, W1 J0 Ah
Telephone: +44-203-751-5400

Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP is a large advisory firm based in London. It manages $7.1 billion of regulatory assets for 11 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014.

Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management provides portfolio management for investment companies and 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.

Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP is $7.1 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 221% since the beginning of its operation, and $6.66 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $7.1 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $645.11 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management 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 Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management is pooled investment vehicles with 10 clients and $6.37 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $7.1 billion for 11 clients. 95% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management also advises several private funds. Namely, two hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $114,745 for each fund.

Careers at Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP

The company employs 31 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 84 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.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Emmanuel Gavaudan	Limited partner, ceo, director of the managing member	1 Jul 2002	Other	2025952
Emmanuel Bertrand Marie Boussard	Cio, director of the managing member, limited partner	1 Jul 2002	Other	2603179
Boussard & Gavaudan Partners Limited	Managing member	1 Jul 2002	Other	4468200
Francois Xavier Cornu	Coo	1 Jul 2004	Other	5056126
Pascal Henri Gillot	Cfo, director of the managing member	1 Jun 2005	Other	5056145
Deborah Gewinner	Chief compliance officer/ limited partner	1 Sep 2009	Other	5755221
Boussard & Gavaudan Asset Management Lp	Limited partner	1 Nov 2013	Other	137942
Charles Edouard Bernard Joseph	Limited partner	1 Jan 2014	50% - 75%	4216520
Tarenghi Filippo	Limited partner	1 Dec 2015	Other	6616613
Etienne Becker	Limited partner	1 Dec 2015	Other	6616615
Carla Foucaud	Limited partner	1 Dec 2015	Other	6616621
Ghislain Cortina	Limited partner	1 Dec 2015	Other	6616622
Hady Lahame	Limited partner	1 Dec 2015	Other	6616625
Giulia Raffo	Limited partner	1 Aug 2017	Other	4871921
Aymeric Chapgier	Limited partner	1 Aug 2017	Other	6970958
Alain Casiraghi	Limited partner	1 Aug 2017	Other	6970963

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Compagnie Des Ecrehous	Shareholder	1 Oct 2006	50% - 75%	foreign
Emmanuel Bertrand Marie Boussard	Sheraholder	1 Oct 2006	50% - 75%	2603179
Charles Edouard Bernard Joseph	Limited partner	1 Jul 2014	25% - 50%	4216520

Based in London

The principal office where Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP performs its advisory services is located at One Vine Street, London, W1 J0 Ah, which is also the mailing address of the firm. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number +44-203-751-5400 or by fax +44-207-287-5746. The normal business hours are 8:30am to 6:30pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at boussard-gavaudan.com/en/index.php.