Seizert Capital Partners, LLC (Birmingham)

Name: Seizert Capital Partners, LLC
Address: 34100 Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, MI, 48009 0961
Telephone: 248-593-1500

Seizert Capital Partners, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Birmingham. It manages $2.36 billion of regulatory assets for 458 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2004 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Arizona, California, Colorado, and 15 other states.

Seizert Capital Partners provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, 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.

Seizert Capital Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Seizert Capital Partners, LLC is $2.36 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 396% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $2.36 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $5.15 million each.

Seizert Capital Partners has custody of $35.34 million in cash and securities for 37 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 93% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 6% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in other assets form 1% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Seizert Capital Partners, 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 Paul Richard Greenwood serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Paul Richard Greenwood is state or municipal government entities with 42 clients and $1.36 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Seizert Capital Partners has the highest percentage of state or municipal government entities out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.36 billion for 307 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Seizert Capital Partners doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Seizert Capital Partners, LLC

The company employs 17 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 41 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 7 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 compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Paul Richard Greenwood has been acting as President since 1 Nov 2014. Llc Northern Lights Midco Ii joined the executive team most recently as the Member.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Gerald Lee Seizert	Member, director and managing partner	1 Sep 2000	Other	2107061
Edward Oscar Eberle	Member, director and portfolio manager	1 Jan 2002	Other	4367919
Charles Joseph Schmidt	Member and chief operations officer	1 Jan 2002	Other	4367929
Gregory Allen Kozlowski	Chief operating officer	1 Jan 2004	Other	2472807
David J Collon	Member and portfolio manager	1 Jan 2009	Other	2838698
Llc Northern Lights Capital Partners	Member	1 Jan 2009	Other	20-5650492
Thomas Beardsley Bender	Member	1 Jan 2009	Other	17904
Llc Northern Lights Capital Group	Member	1 Jan 2010	Other	20-4911701
Cheryl Ann Kotlarz	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2011	Other	2166687
Thomas Patrick Kenny	Member and portfolio manager	1 Sep 2012	Other	2735843
Andrew Martin Jones	Member and portfolio manager	1 Jan 2014	Other	5582716
Llc Northern Lights Midco	Member	1 Jul 2014	50% - 75%	47-1407415
Paul Richard Greenwood	Director	1 Nov 2014	Other	4982347
Timothy Jacob Carver	Director	1 Nov 2014	Other	2638120
Trent Erickson	Director	1 Mar 2016	Other	6315273
Llc Northern Lights Midco Ii	Member	1 Dec 2016	50% - 75%	81-4616701

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 15 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Laird Norton Company	Member	1 Aug 2006	50% - 75%	91-2027437
Llc Laird Norton Company	Member	1 Aug 2006	75% - 100%	91-2027437
Llc Lnc Investment Co	Member	1 Jan 2007	25% - 50%	20-5433626
Laird Norton Company	Shareholder	1 Dec 2007	75% - 100%	91-2027437
Inc. White Pine	Member	1 Dec 2007	25% - 50%	26-1630532
Llc Laird Norton Company	Shareholder	1 Dec 2007	75% - 100%	91-2027437
Inc. Bnp Paribas Asset Management	Member	1 Mar 2009	25% - 50%	36-2754816
Llc Northern Lights Capital Partners	Member	1 Jan 2010	75% - 100%	20-5650492
Lnc Investment Company	Member	1 May 2010	25% - 50%	20-5433626
Llc Northern Lights Capital Partners	Unitholder	1 Nov 2014	25% - 50%	20-5650492
Aurora Trust	Member	1 Nov 2014	75% - 100%	none
Treasury Group Limited	Unitholder	1 Nov 2014	50% - 75%	abn 39 006 708 792
Aurora Investment Management Pty Limited	Trustee	1 Nov 2014	Other	acn 600 880 939
Pacific Current Group	Unitholder	1 Nov 2014	50% - 75%	abn 39 006 708 792
Northern Lights Midco Llc	Unitholder	1 Dec 2016	75% - 100%	47-1407415

Based in Birmingham

The principal office where Seizert Capital Partners, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 34100 Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, MI 48009 0961, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Scottsdale, AZ. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 248-593-1500 or by fax 248-203-1225. The normal business hours are 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at seizertcapital.com.