Manifold Partners LLC (San Francisco)

Name: Manifold Partners LLC
Address: 2 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA, 94111
Telephone: 415-339-2488

Manifold Partners LLC is an investment adviser to an investment company based in San Francisco. It manages $196.55 million of regulatory assets for 3 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2013 and has operated in the jurisdiction of California.

Manifold Partners provides portfolio management for investment companies, 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.

Manifold Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Manifold Partners LLC is $196.55 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 613% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $196.55 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $65.52 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Manifold Partners LLC 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 Manifold Partners serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Manifold Partners is investment companies with 2 clients and $161.08 million of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Manifold Partners has the 2nd highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $196.55 million for 3 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Manifold Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Manifold Partners LLC

The company employs 16 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 56 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 compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

James Austin Creighton joined the executive team most recently as the Research Team Head.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Donald Harding Putnam	Chief executive officer	1 Sep 2012	Other	1065385
The Chalice Fund Llc	Member	1 Sep 2012	75% - 100%	43-2113011
James Austin Creighton	Member/head of research	1 Feb 2013	Other	6241779
Patrick Cannon	Member/head of portfolio management & trading	1 Feb 2013	Other	6241780
Lorraine Haping Lin	Member/director of research	1 Feb 2013	Other	6241783
Andrew French Putnam	Member/v.p.-operations	1 Feb 2013	Other	5409070
Jeremy Joseph Evnine	Member/chief scientific officer	1 Feb 2013	Other	4458062
Nicholas Wherry	Member/portfolio manager	1 Feb 2013	Other	6241786
James Edward Klescewski	Member/chief financial officer/chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2013	Other	1722574
Kevin Anthony Harney	Member/chief risk officer	1 Feb 2013	Other	6225998
Bradley Wayne Larson	Member/director of business development & client services	1 Feb 2013	Other	1207260
Jeffrey Laurence Skelton	Member/scientific advisory board	1 Feb 2013	Other	2210755
Andrew Thomas Rudd	Member/scientific advisory board	1 Mar 2013	Other	2123443
Blake Randal Grossman	Member/scientific advisory board	1 Mar 2013	Other	2215969
Michael Howard Lawsky	Member/chief operating officer	1 Apr 2013	Other	2512443
The Wolf Revocable Trust	Member	1 Jun 2013	Other	21-3766712
G Woon Choe	Member	1 Jul 2013	Other	4626417
Chj Capital Management Llc	Member	1 Aug 2013	Other	45-5254805
Lllp U.S.A Fund	Member	1 Aug 2013	Other	52-1799734
Lllp World Total Return Fund	Member	1 Aug 2013	Other	52-1799733
Roger Naoki Matsui	Chief compliance officer/chief financial officer (interim)	1 Jan 2014	Other	1672347
Cann 1997 Trust	Member	1 Feb 2014	Other	94-6723411
Frederick Leealbert Grauer	Member, corporate board	1 Mar 2014	Other	714387
Simon Eugenio Nocera	Head, global macro research team	1 Oct 2014	Other	4565697
Marianne Nmn O	Director, global macro research team	1 Oct 2014	Other	6468452
Henry Kent Menz Baur	Chief risk officer	1 Nov 2014	Other	2452917
Regina Amelia Jekel Salem	Operations manager	1 Jan 2015	Other	4137835
James Morrison	Chief technology officer	1 Apr 2015	Other	6630182
John Clarke Gray	Chief compliance officer/chief financial officer	1 Jun 2015	Other	1367440
Marcella Mccoll	Chief financial officer/chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2015	Other	6621119
Donald Harding Putnam	Chief executive officer	1 Jan 2017	Other	1065385
Jane A Kanter	Chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2017	Other	6423161
James Austin Creighton	Research team head	1 Mar 2018	Other	6241779
Jeremy Joseph Evnine	Research team head	1 Mar 2018	Other	4458062

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 7 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Lllp World Total Return Fund	Partner	1 Dec 1992	25% - 50%	52-1799733
Inc World Total Return	Partner	1 Dec 1992	Other	52-1799732
Andrew Thomas Rudd	Trustee	1 Jan 1997	75% - 100%	2123443
Joseph Adam Wolf	Trustee	1 Oct 2005	50% - 75%	2783152
Malin Wolf	Trustee	1 Oct 2005	50% - 75%	6231838
Grail Partners Llc	Member	1 Oct 2006	25% - 50%	59-3797643
Blake Randal Grossman	Member	1 May 2011	75% - 100%	2215969

Based in San Francisco

The principal office where Manifold Partners LLC performs its advisory services is located at 2 Embarcadero Center, 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 415-339-2488. The normal business hours are 8:00am to 6:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at manifoldpartners.com.