Aviva Investors Americas LLC is a large advisory firm based in Chicago. It manages $7.74 billion of regulatory assets for 32 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Illinois and New York.
Aviva Investors Americas provides portfolio management for investment companies, 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.
The assets under management (AUM) of Aviva Investors Americas LLC is $7.74 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 475% since the beginning of its operation, and $6.98 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Aviva Investors Americas 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.
The firm provides services to insurance companies, investment companies, and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Aviva Investors Americas is pooled investment vehicles with 15 clients and $6.36 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Aviva Investors Americas has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $7.54 billion for 29 clients. 75% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Aviva Investors Americas also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund, one real estate fund, and one other private fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $500,000 to $5,000,000.
The company employs 56 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 30 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.
James Philip Shields joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.
The principal office where Aviva Investors Americas LLC performs its advisory services is located at 225 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.
You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 312-873-5800 or by fax 312-873-5899. The normal business hours are 8:00am - 5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at avivainvestorsamericas.com.