Hermes Investment Management Limited (London)

Name: Hermes Investment Management Limited
Address: 150 Cheapside, London, Ec2 V 6 Et
Telephone: +44 207 702 0888

Hermes Investment Management Limited is a large advisory firm based in London. It manages $23.83 billion of regulatory assets for 46 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010.

Hermes Investment Management Limited 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.

Hermes Investment Management Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Hermes Investment Management Limited is $23.83 billion. The firm's AUM has gone down by -4% since the beginning of its operation, and $21.83 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $23.3 billion in discretionary accounts and $524.72 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $529.58 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $262.36 million.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 71% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is non-investment grade corporate bonds, which make up 15% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in other assets form 5% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Hermes Investment Management Limited for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, 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 Michelle Simone Green serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, investment companies, other investment advisers, pooled investment vehicles, banking or thrift institutions, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, state or municipal government entities, and sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions. The largest group of clients of Michelle Simone Green is pooled investment vehicles with 13 clients and $10.77 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Hermes Investment Management Limited has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $23.74 billion for 46 clients. 92% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

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

Careers at Hermes Investment Management Limited

The company employs 366 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 37 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 receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Michelle Simone Green has been acting as President since 1 Jul 2013. Federated Holdings (Uk) Ii Limited joined the executive team most recently as the Shareholder.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Hermes Fund Managers Limited	Shareholder	1 Feb 1990	75% - 100%	foreign
Hermes Fund Managers Limited	Shareholder	1 Feb 1995	75% - 100%	foreign
Nigel David Bongard	Chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2001	Other	4411766
John Anthony Biles	Director	1 Sep 2005	Other	5763523
David Richard Barford	Director	1 Jan 2006	Other	5763520
Rupert James Clarke	Director, chief executive officer	1 Jul 2007	Other	5745381
Roderick David Kent	Director	1 Jan 2008	Other	5763525
Glyn Parry Jones	Director, chairman	1 Jul 2008	Other	5763518
Saker Anwar Nusseibeh	Director, chief executive officer	1 Jun 2009	Other	4354094
Kathyrn Matthews	Director	1 Aug 2009	Other	5763527
John Charles Mould	Director, coo	1 Aug 2009	Other	5316142
James Neilson Pettigrew	Director	1 Aug 2009	Other	5763531
Stephen Allen	Director, chief operating officer - front office	1 Apr 2010	Other	5953867
Christopher Goudie	Head of global business development	1 Jul 2010	Other	5906533
William Mcclory	Director	1 Aug 2010	Other	5906622
Paul Spencer	Director, chairman	1 Jun 2011	Other	5953870
David Kenneth Watson	Director	1 Sep 2011	Other	4780799
Harriet Anne Steel	Head of business development	1 Nov 2011	Other	6039040
Michelle Simone Green	Director	1 Jul 2013	Other	6037601
Ashleigh Lorraine Simms	Chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2014	Other	6312577
Ian Marshall Kennedy	Director, chief operating officer	1 Sep 2015	Other	6566903
Eoin Angus Murray	Director, head of the investment office	1 Oct 2015	Other	6576618
Harriet Anne Steel	Director, head of business development	1 Nov 2015	Other	6039040
Gillian Marjorie Clarke	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2016	Other	5775727
Christopher Mark Taylor	Director, head of private markets	1 Jun 2017	Other	6577184

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 9 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Britel Fund Trustees Limited	Sole shareholder	1 Dec 1982	75% - 100%	foreign
Britel Fund Nominees Limited	Sole shareholder	1 Mar 1983	75% - 100%	foreign
Britel Fund Trustees Limited	Sole shareholder	1 Mar 1983	75% - 100%	foreign
Bt Pension Scheme Trustees Limited	Corporate trustee	1 Mar 1983	Other	foreign
Federated Investors Inc	Shareholder	1 Mar 1983	75% - 100%	25-1111467
Britel Fund Trustees Limited	Shareholder	1 Apr 1983	25% - 50%	foreign
Fii Holdings Inc	Shareholder	1 Dec 1998	75% - 100%	51-0269881
Federated Holdings (Uk) Ii Limited	Shareholder	1 Jul 2018	50% - 75%	foreign
Federated International Holdings B.V.	Shareholder	1 Jul 2018	75% - 100%	foreign

Based in London

The principal office where Hermes Investment Management Limited performs its advisory services is located at 150 Cheapside, London, Ec2 V 6 Et, 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 +44 207 702 0888 or by fax +44 207 702 9452. The normal business hours are 9am - 5pm gmt on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at hermes-investment.com.