Gsa Capital Partners LLP (London)

Name: Gsa Capital Partners LLP
Address: Stratton House, London, W1 J 8 La
Telephone: 00-44-20-7959-8800

Gsa Capital Partners LLP is a large advisory firm based in London. It manages $46.98 billion of regulatory assets for 30 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2005.

Gsa Capital Partners 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.

Gsa Capital Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Gsa Capital Partners LLP is $46.98 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 5487% since the beginning of its operation, and $45.64 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $46.98 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.57 billion each.

Gsa Capital Partners has custody of $8.51 billion in cash and securities for 27 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in derivatives the most. They account for 98% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is state and local bonds, which make up 2% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Gsa Capital Partners 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 Gsa Capital Partners serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Gsa Capital Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 18 clients and $46.71 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Gsa Capital Partners has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $46.71 billion for 18 clients. 70% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Gsa Capital Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, nine hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $50,000 to $100,000.

Careers at Gsa Capital Partners LLP

The company employs 180 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 64 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
Gsa Capital Services Limited	Designated member	1 Feb 2005	Other	foreign entity
Jonathan Michael Hiscock	Partner, chairman, portfolio manager	1 Feb 2005	50% - 75%	5072471
James Joshua Claus	Partner	1 Jul 2005	Other	5076084
Joseph C Novarro	Partner/chief operations officer	1 Sep 2005	Other	2256455
Alan Mark Button	Partner	1 Nov 2005	Other	5726751
Alexander Shvorob	Partner	1 Nov 2005	Other	5727623
Paul Sherwood	Finance director	1 Nov 2005	Other	5071127
Paul Sherwood	Finance director/chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2005	Other	5071127
Gemma Magee	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2006	Other	5300451
Jonathan David Laidlow	Finance director	1 Oct 2006	Other	5296631
Melanie Jane Firth	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2007	Other	5073723
Sergey Petrovich Yepifanov	Partner	1 Jun 2007	Other	2765126
Nicholas James Bushrod	Partner, chief technology officer	1 Oct 2008	Other	5724434
Nishit Gokaldas Chotai	Chief compliance officer, finance director	1 May 2009	Other	5667079
Dean Gregory	Partner/ chief operating officer	1 Nov 2009	Other	5736036
David Khabie Zeitoune	Partner, chief executive officer	1 Nov 2009	Other	5783244
Timothy John Kuschill	Partner, general counsel, chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2010	Other	5874634
Christopher John Hullin	Chief financial officer	1 Apr 2015	Other	6522051

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Gsa Capital Limited	Shareholder	1 Feb 2005	75% - 100%	foreign entity

Based in London

The principal office where Gsa Capital Partners LLP performs its advisory services is located at Stratton House, London, W1 J 8 La, 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 00-44-20-7959-8800 or by fax 00-44-20-7959-8856. The normal business hours are 8am-6pm gmt on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at gsacapital.com.