Arden Asset Management LLC (Philadelphia)


Arden Asset Management LLC is a large advisory firm based in Philadelphia. It manages $9.31 billion of regulatory assets for 32 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2006.

Arden Asset Management provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, 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.

Arden Asset Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Arden Asset Management LLC is $9.31 billion. The firm's AUM has gone down by -11% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $2.54 billion in discretionary accounts and $6.77 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $84.62 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $3.38 billion.
Arden Asset Management has custody of $298.63 million in cash and securities for 12 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Arden Asset Management LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

Careers at Arden Asset Management LLC

The company employs 377 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 21 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 6 people 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.

Henry Patterson Davis has been acting as President since 1 Mar 2001. Ian Mcdonald has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Jan 2007 and Averell Harriman Mortimer is the Chief Executive Officer of Arden Asset Management LLC family office. Standard Life Aberdeen Plc joined the executive team most recently as the Shareholder.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Averell Harriman Mortimer Chief executive officer 1 Oct 1993 Other 2233005
Henry Patterson Davis President 1 Mar 2001 Other 4473590
Henry P Davis Managing director 1 Mar 2001 Other 4473590
Clement W. Wong Chief financial officer 1 Aug 2001 Other 4473596
Stephen Connell Cordy Managing director 1 Nov 2002 Other 2037051
Allan Chamecki Brik Managing director 1 Apr 2003 Other 2689501
Steven Dov Lando General counsel 1 May 2003 Other 4783327
Ian Mcdonald Executive director 1 Dec 2003 Other 4783329
Leslie J. Osborn Chief compliance officer 1 Sep 2004 Other 4580474
Natalie A. Birrell Chief operating officer 1 Sep 2005 Other 4342297
Inc. Arden Asset Management Member 1 Jan 2006 75% - 100% 13-3734541
Nancy Y Gudaitis Managing director 1 Jan 2006 Other 2661906
John Drew Rogers Managing director 1 Mar 2006 Other 2172334
Ian Mcdonald Chief investment officer 1 Jan 2007 Other 4783329
Vikas Kapoor Managing director 1 Jan 2007 Other 2639880
Paul Adam Ehrhardt Chief operating officer 1 May 2007 Other 2345766
Steven Dov Lando General counsel/chief compliance officer 1 Mar 2008 Other 4783327
Thomas Gordon Kennedy Chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2008 Other 2760150
Matthew Joseph Bianco Managing director 1 May 2009 Other 2155399
Allison Clare Walker Managing director 1 Jul 2009 Other 4538023
Shakil Ahmed Riaz Managing director 1 Jul 2009 Other 5699308
Craig Raymond Krawiec Chief operating officer 1 Jan 2011 Other 5887849
Coby Lynn Mcdonald Managing director 1 Apr 2011 Other 4011499
Paul Stuart Platkin Managing director 1 Oct 2011 Other 4679631
Danny Chanuk Ha General counsel 1 Mar 2012 Other 6046587
Andrew Matthew Katz Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2013 Other 6176531
Michael Robert Horsburgh Managing director 1 Jan 2013 Other 603763
Andrew Michael Katz Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2013 Other 6176531
Thomas Francis Murray Managing director 1 May 2014 Other 2377615
Darren Wolf Managing director and director of research 1 Feb 2015 Other 6473291
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. Member 1 Dec 2015 75% - 100% 111069
Beverley (Nmn) Hendry President 1 Dec 2015 Other 4375005
Christopher Thomas Demetriou Chief financial officer 1 Dec 2015 Other 6564801
Jeffrey Lawrence Cotton Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2015 Other 4713561
Alan Robin Goodson Vice president 1 Dec 2015 Other 4492919
Jennifer Ann Nichols Vice president 1 Dec 2015 Other 5376493
Andrew Alasdair Smith President 1 Dec 2015 Other 4909668
Sofia Rosala Vice president, cco 1 Dec 2015 Other 3184911
Lisa Kupper Secretary 1 Dec 2015 Other 6291029
Ralph Emerson Bassett Vice president 1 Dec 2015 Other 6519917
Christopher Michael Edwards Vice president 1 Dec 2015 Other 5873271
Gene R. Janvier Vice president 1 Dec 2015 Other 4537626
Andrea Lee Melia Vice president 1 Dec 2015 Other 2174935
Charles Tan Vice president 1 Dec 2015 Other 6418914
Marika Irma Tooze Vice president 1 Dec 2015 Other 6148744
Geoffrey Allan Trzepacz Chief operating officer 1 Dec 2016 Other 6740094

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 7 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Aberdeen Asset Management Plc Shareholder 1 Jan 1994 75% - 100% n/a
The Mortimer Family 2009 Trust Shareholder 1 Aug 2003 25% - 50% 26-6525456
Averell Harriman Mortimer Trustee 1 Aug 2003 75% - 100% 2233005
Averell H. Mortimer 2003 Grat Shareholder 1 Aug 2003 25% - 50% xxx-xx-xxxx
The Mortimer Family 2003 Trust Shareholder 1 Aug 2003 25% - 50% 26-6525456
Hume Richmond Steyer Trustee 1 Jan 2009 Other 5897824
Standard Life Aberdeen Plc Shareholder 1 Aug 2017 75% - 100% n/a

Based in Philadelphia

The principal office where Arden Asset Management LLC performs its advisory services is located at 1735 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Stamford, CT. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 215-405-5700 or by fax 215-405-5780. The normal business hours are 8:30 am - 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at ardenasset.com.