Pacific Financial Research Inc (Beverly Hills)

Name: Pacific Financial Research Inc
Address: 9601 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 800, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210 5291
Telephone: 310-247-3939

Pacific Financial Research Inc is a large advisory firm based in Beverly Hills. It manages $341.24 million of regulatory assets for 4 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2000 and has operated in the jurisdiction of California.

Pacific Financial Research provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses 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.

Pacific Financial Research: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Pacific Financial Research Inc is $341.24 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -94% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $341.24 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $85.31 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Pacific Financial Research Inc 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.

Careers at Pacific Financial Research Inc

Matthew J Appelstein has been acting as President since 1 Sep 2005. John Michael Grady joined the executive team most recently as the Treasurer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
James Hammond Gipson	Pres/ceo/portfolio mgr	1 Dec 1980	Other	1426340
Michael Colin Sandler	Vice pres/portfolio mgr	1 Apr 1984	Other	1600326
Douglas Wharton Grey	Vice pres/portfolio mgr	1 Jul 1986	Other	2678130
Bruce Gordon Veaco	Vicepres/sectry/cfo/portfolio mgr	1 Aug 1986	Other	2634750
Peter J Quinn	Vice pres/portfolio mgr	1 Aug 1987	Other	2881194
Michael Kromm	Operations manager, compliance officer	1 Mar 1990	Other	1779382
Inc. United Asset Management Holdings	100% owner	1 May 1997	75% - 100%	98-0137447
United Asset Management Corporation	100% owner	1 May 1997	Other	04-2714625
Old Mutual(Us) Holdings Inc	100% owner	1 May 1997	75% - 100%	98-0137447
Paula Ponsetto	Vice president	1 May 1997	Other	2326958
Donna Marie Kuegel	Fund services manager	1 May 1997	Other	1230701
Paula Antionette Ponsetto	Vice president	1 May 1997	Other	2326958
Plc Old Mutual	100% s/h united asset mgmt	1 Oct 2000	75% - 100%	n/a
Old Mutual Life Assurance Co Ltd (South Africa)	8.71%shareholder of old mutual plc	1 Oct 2000	Other	n/a
Old Mutual Life Holdings Limited (South Africa)	100% s/h old mutual life assurance	1 Oct 2000	75% - 100%	n/a
Old Mutual (South Africa) Ltd	100% s/h old mutual life holding	1 Oct 2000	75% - 100%	n/a
Old Mutual (Netherlands) B.V.	100% s/h old mutual life assurance	1 Oct 2000	75% - 100%	n/a
Om Group (Uk) Limited	100% s/h old mutual netherlands	1 Oct 2000	75% - 100%	n/a
Kelly Mitsuo Sueoka	Portfolio manager, analyst	1 Jul 2001	Other	4427932
Nugroho Soeharto	Vice president; portfolio manager	1 Jul 2001	Other	4427937
Leora R. Weiner	Chief compliance officer/corporate counsel	1 Jul 2004	Other	4839750
Matthew J Appelstein	Director	1 Sep 2005	Other	2359209
Stephen Williamson Clarke	Director	1 Sep 2005	Other	1904086
Kevin Martin Hunt	Director	1 Sep 2005	Other	856081
Scott Francis Powers	Director	1 Sep 2005	Other	1482612
Thomas Moynihan Turpin	Director	1 Sep 2005	Other	1888979
James Edward Mikolaichik	Director	1 Sep 2005	Other	5047043
John Michael Grady	Director	1 Sep 2005	Other	4380203
Joseph Ray Nixon	Director	1 Nov 2005	Other	873258
John Michael Grady	Treasurer	1 Jan 2006	Other	4380203
Linda Tilton Gibson	Secretary and clerk	1 Jan 2006	Other	1754883
Thomas Moynihan Turpin	President	1 Jan 2006	Other	1888979

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Plc Old Mutual	100% s/h old mutual us holdings	1 Sep 2000	75% - 100%	foreign
Om Group (Uk) Limited	100% shareholder of old mutual (us) holdings inc	1 Jan 2003	75% - 100%	foreign
Old Mutual Plc	100% shareholder of om group (uk) limited	1 Jan 2003	75% - 100%	foreign

Based in Beverly Hills

The principal office where Pacific Financial Research Inc performs its advisory services is located at 9601 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 800, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 5291, 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 310-247-3939 or by fax 310-278-4497. The normal business hours are 7:30am to 4:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at www.pfr-valueinvestors.com.