Allstate Investment Management Company (Chicago)

Allstate Investment Management Company is a large advisory firm based in Chicago. It manages $14.76 billion of regulatory assets for 39 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001.

Allstate Investment Management Company provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, and selection of other advisers. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Allstate Investment Management Company: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Allstate Investment Management Company is $14.76 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 801% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.48 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $14.76 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $378.34 million each.

Allstate Investment Management Company has custody of $12.46 billion in cash and securities for 33 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in non-exchange traded securities the most. They account for 33% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 21% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in government bonds form 12% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Allstate Investment Management Company 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 Russell Kenneth Mayerfeld serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, charitable organizations, other investment advisers, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Russell Kenneth Mayerfeld is corporations or other businesses with 52 clients and $5.62 billion of assets under management. Among the 6 most similar advisory firms, Allstate Investment Management Company has the highest percentage of corporations or other businesses out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $14.76 billion for 72 clients. 26% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Allstate Investment Management Company also advises several private funds. Namely, one liquidity fund and seven securitized asset funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $250,000.

Careers at Allstate Investment Management Company

The company employs 154 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 85 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 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.

Russell Kenneth Mayerfeld has been acting as President since 1 Aug 2014. John Edward Dugenske joined the executive team most recently as the Director, Chairman Of The Board, President And Chief Investment Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Mary Jovita Mcginn	Vice president, general counsel	1 Aug 1987	Other	4343703
Charles Daniel Mires	Director, vice president	1 Sep 1987	Other	4343699
Judith Pepple Greffin	Chairman of the board, president and chief investment officer / director	1 Jun 1996	Other	1424824
Casey J Sylla	Director, president	1 Jun 1996	Other	1932553
Dorothy Elizabeth Even	Director	1 Jun 1996	Other	4343691
James Philip Zils	Treasurer	1 Jun 1996	Other	2676945
David Alastair Walsh	Managing director	1 Jan 1998	Other	4380538
Allstate Non Insurance Holdings Inc.	Shareholder	1 Jul 1998	75% - 100%	52-2065391
Patricia Wright Wilson	Director, v.p.	1 Mar 1999	Other	4343709
Paul Alan Lythberg	Compliance director	1 Nov 2000	Other	4343712
Mary Catherine Winn	Avp-administration	1 Feb 2001	Other	4641552
Mark Phillip Cloghessy	Managing director	1 Jan 2002	Other	4519414
Trond Kjetil Odegaard	Avp - inv. risk mgr / comp. officer	1 Jan 2002	Other	4519424
Karen Cassidy Gardner	Vice president	1 Jan 2002	Other	2983973
Jerry Dean Zinkula	Managing director	1 Jan 2002	Other	4519448
Carol Lena Kiel	Managing director	1 Jan 2002	Other	1324390
Ronald Arthur Mendel	Managing director	1 Jan 2002	Other	4519452
Eric Allen Simonson	Chairman of the board, president and chief investment officer	1 Jul 2002	Other	1858666
Daniel James Rivera	Managing director	1 Jun 2004	Other	1315187
Breege Anne Farrell	Managing director	1 Aug 2004	Other	2091810
Trond Kjetil Odegaard	Avp - inv. risk mgr / chief compliance officer	1 Sep 2004	Other	4519424
Mary Catherine Winn	Avp-administration & treasurer	1 Jan 2005	Other	4641552
James Philip Zils	Vice president	1 Mar 2005	Other	2676945
Mark Wayne Davis	Senior managing director / director	1 Jun 2005	Other	4996095
Linda May Honour	Senior managing director / director	1 May 2007	Other	5502221
Steven E Shebik	Vice president and chief financial officer	1 Jan 2009	Other	2802753
Steven Emil Shebik	Senior vice president / director, treasurer, chief financial officer and chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2009	Other	2802753
Elliot Andries Stultz	Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary	1 Jan 2010	Other	2371388
Peruvemba Krishnan Satish	Managing director and chief risk officer	1 Mar 2010	Other	4955507
Wendy Lee Olson	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2011	Other	1903253
Mark Pittman	Senior managing director / director	1 Feb 2012	Other	2539932
Sandra Lee Figurski	Managing director / director	1 Feb 2012	Other	6038008
John Charles Pintozzi	Senior vice president / director, treasurer and chief financial officer	1 Jun 2012	Other	5026731
Mark Quinn Prindiville	Managing director and chief risk officer	1 Dec 2012	Other	6172030
John William Meade	Chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2013	Other	3182883
James Edward St. John	Chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2013	Other	6271516
Russell Kenneth Mayerfeld	Senior managing director/director	1 Aug 2014	Other	1033188
Mary Josephine Quinn	Vice president, assistant general counsel, assistant secretary/director	1 Aug 2014	Other	6388061
Steven Emil Shebik	Chairman of the board, president, chief investment officer/director	1 Apr 2016	Other	2802753
Mark Quinn Prindiville	Senior vice president/director and chief risk officer	1 Aug 2016	Other	6172030
John Edward Dugenske	Director, chairman of the board, president and chief investment officer	1 Mar 2017	Other	2263631

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
The Allstate Corporation	S/h	1 Jul 1995	75% - 100%	36-3871531

Based in Chicago

The principal office where Allstate Investment Management Company performs its advisory services is located at 444 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60606, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Northbrook, IL. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 312-728-5494 or by fax 833-202-0939. The normal business hours are 8:30am - 4:30 pm on Monday - Friday.