Mellon Investments Corporation (Boston)

Name: Mellon Investments Corporation
Address: 201 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02108
Telephone: 617-722-7250

Mellon Investments Corporation is a large advisory firm based in Boston. It manages $442.36 billion of regulatory assets for 3,549 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2019 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 48 other states.

Mellon Investments Corporation 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.

Mellon Investments Corporation: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Mellon Investments Corporation is $442.36 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 1% since the beginning of its operation, and $68.58 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $434.49 billion in discretionary accounts and $7.87 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $123.89 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $187.4 million.

Mellon Investments Corporation has custody of $11.44 billion in cash and securities for 16 clients in total and its related person acts as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 41% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is government bonds, which make up 17% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 9% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Mellon Investments Corporation 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 Mellon Investments Corporation serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, banking or thrift institutions, business development companies, 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 Mellon Investments Corporation is pension and profit sharing plans with 351 clients and $123.23 billion of assets under management. Among the 13 most similar advisory firms, Mellon Investments Corporation has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $432.58 billion for 802 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 2% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Mellon Investments Corporation also advises several private funds. Namely, eleven hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $50,000 to $10,000,000.

Careers at Mellon Investments Corporation

The company employs 520 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 33 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 12 people 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.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Mbc Investments Corporation	Shareholder	1 Jul 1992	75% - 100%	51-0301132
Thomas Loeb	Board of directors & chairman emeritus	1 Jan 2006	Other	2280443
Gregory Allan Brisk	Board of directors	1 Jul 2016	Other	5859270
James Desmond Mac Intyre	President, chief executive officer, chairman of the board of directors	1 Jul 2017	Other	4739791
Adam Brett Joffe	Board of directors, chief business officer	1 Oct 2017	Other	2413671
David Antonio Daglio	Board of directors, chief investment officer - active equity	1 Oct 2017	Other	4588634
Edward Homer Ladd	Board of directors	1 Oct 2017	Other	4299449
Jennifer Cassedy	Chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2018	Other	4333858
John P Shea	Chief financial officer	1 Feb 2018	Other	2053468
Renee Michelle Laroche Morris	Board member	1 Jan 2019	Other	4874458

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation	Shareholder	1 Apr 2017	75% - 100%	13-2614959
Llc Bny Mellon Ihc	Shareholder	1 Apr 2017	75% - 100%	13-2614959

Based in Boston

The principal office where Mellon Investments Corporation performs its advisory services is located at 201 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Philadelphia, PA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 617-722-7250. The normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at bnymellonim.com and its LinkedIn profile.