Csim Investment Management LLC (Plymouth Meeting)

Csim Investment Management LLC is a large advisory firm based in Plymouth Meeting. It manages $9.57 billion of regulatory assets for 79 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2017 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington.

Csim Investment Management provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, 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.

Csim Investment Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Csim Investment Management LLC is $9.57 billion. $1.18 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $9.23 billion in discretionary accounts and $335.5 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $119.88 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $167.75 million.

Csim Investment Management has custody of $626.41 million in cash and securities for 5 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 95% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is other assets, which make up 4% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 1% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Csim Investment Management LLC 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 Csim Investment Management serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Csim Investment Management is state or municipal government entities with 17 clients and $3.12 billion of assets under management. Among the 13 most similar advisory firms, Csim Investment Management has the 3rd highest percentage of state or municipal government entities out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $9.26 billion for 76 clients. 13% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Csim Investment Management also advises several private funds. Namely, one real estate fund and one other private fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000.

Careers at Csim Investment Management LLC

The company employs 70 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 59 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.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Dean Eliot Frankel	Global head, real estate securities	1 Jun 1998	Other	5654257
Mark Benedict Greco	Managing director, private real estate	1 Dec 2003	Other	4778418
Frank John Ferro	General counsel	1 Nov 2004	Other	4937585
David Lawrence Rabin	Managing director, private real estate	1 Jun 2006	Other	1323666
Scott Frederick Maguire	Managing director/global head of client service and marketing	1 Apr 2007	Other	1548274
Robert Joseph Law	Chief financial officer and chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2008	Other	5499049
Eric Todd Briddell	Chief executive officer and chief investment officer	1 Mar 2010	Other	4342926
Scott Thomas Crowe	Chief investment strategist	1 Jul 2015	Other	5009209
Csim Holdings Llc	Member	1 Sep 2017	75% - 100%	82-2740355
Centersquare Investment Management Holdings Llc	Member	1 Sep 2017	75% - 100%	82-2740355
Deborah Ann Flickinger	Chief operating officer	1 Nov 2017	Other	1521551

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 7 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Lovell Minnick Equity Partners Iv A Lp	Owner	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	46-5084347
Lovell Minnick Equity Partners Iv Lp	Owner	1 Jan 2014	50% - 75%	46-5097191
Lovell Minnick Equity Advisors Iv Lp	Owner	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	46-5104838
Fund Iv Ugp Llc	Owner	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	46-5118150
Lovell Minnick Partners Llc	Owner	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	20-0493456
Lm Centersquare Holdings Llc	Owner	1 Aug 2017	75% - 100%	82-2451805
Lm Centersquare Investment Holdings Iv A Inc.	Owner	1 Aug 2017	25% - 50%	82-2463813

Based in Plymouth Meeting

The principal office where Csim Investment Management LLC performs its advisory services is located at 630 West Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Newport Beach, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 610-834-9500 or by fax 610-834-9505. The normal business hours are 8:30am-5:30pm on Monday - Friday.