Alambic Investment Management, L.P. (San Francisco)


Alambic Investment Management, L.P. is a large advisory firm based in San Francisco. It manages $449.2 million of regulatory assets for 9 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdiction of California.

Alambic 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.

Alambic Investment Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Alambic Investment Management, L.P. is $449.2 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 152% since the beginning of its operation, and $228.48 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $449.2 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $49.91 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Alambic Investment Management, 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 Alambic Investment Management serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Alambic Investment Management is pooled investment vehicles with 5 clients and $441.22 million of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Alambic Investment Management has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $449.2 million for 9 clients. 22% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Alambic Investment Management also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $100,000 for each fund.

Careers at Alambic Investment Management, L.P.

The company employs 11 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 55 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 3 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
Albert Davidson Richards Limited partner, ceo 1 Nov 2006 50% - 75% 1574709
Brian Eric Thompson Limited partner, president, chief risk officer 1 Nov 2006 Other 5299892
Llc Alambic Holdings General partner 1 Nov 2006 Other 20-5826935
Mary Houle Phillips Chief compliance officer 1 Aug 2010 Other 5900052
Michael Kim Soo Oberhaus Chief financial officer, chief operations officer 1 Nov 2012 Other 4743309
Robert Taitt Slaymaker Limited partner 1 Jul 2013 Other 1963310

Based in San Francisco

The principal office where Alambic Investment Management, L.P. performs its advisory services is located at 655 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, 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 415-495-4900 or by fax 415-625-8549. The normal business hours are 8am to 5pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at alambicim.com.