Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC (Los Angeles)

Name: Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC
Address: 515 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Telephone: 310-282-8820

Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Los Angeles. It manages $8.18 billion of regulatory assets for 42 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York.

Colony Capital Investment Advisors provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and adviser to an insurance policy separate account portfolio and its wholly owned subsidiary.. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Colony Capital Investment Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC is $8.18 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -29% since the beginning of its operation, and $719.36 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $8.18 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $194.67 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 89% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 7% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in non-investment grade corporate bonds form 2% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Richard Brett Saltzman serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Richard Brett Saltzman is pooled investment vehicles with 42 clients and $8.14 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Colony Capital Investment Advisors has the 5th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $8.14 billion for 42 clients. 24% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Colony Capital Investment Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund and forty one real estate funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $10,000,000.

Careers at Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC

The company employs 457 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 34 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.

Richard Brett Saltzman has been acting as President since 1 Apr 2015. Llc Colony Capital Investment Advisors joined the executive team most recently as the Member.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Nsam Europe S.àr.L.	Sole owner of colony northstar n luxembourg s.àr.l.	1 Jun 2014	75% - 100%	foreign
Daniel Ross Gilbert	Dir. colony northstar uk ltd	1 Jun 2014	Other	2193269
Jonathan David Farkas	Dir., colony northstar n luxembourg s.àr.l., colony northstar uk	1 Jun 2014	Other	6226846
Steven Bradley Kauff	Dir., colony northstar n luxembourg s.àr.l., colony northstar uk	1 Jun 2014	Other	4605730
David Scott Fallick	Director of colony northstar n - luxembourg s.àr.l.	1 Jun 2014	Other	1718984
Llc Healthcare Jv Gp	General partner of healthcare opportunity jv, lp	1 Jun 2014	Other	43-5650830
James Francis Flaherty	Limited partner of healthcare opportunity jv, lp	1 Jun 2014	Other	2426563
Llc Nsam P Holdings	Limited partner of healthcare opportunity jv, lp	1 Jun 2014	25% - 50%	36-4790632
Llc Colony Capital Operating Company	Sole member, nsam p-holdings, llc	1 Jun 2014	75% - 100%	45-2443407
Graeme Macarthur	Director of the jersey relying advisers	1 Jun 2014	Other	6336174
Antonia Burgess	Director of the jersey relying advisers	1 Jun 2014	Other	6336230
Llc Col Invest Italy	Sole owner of col invest italy s.r.l.	1 Jul 2014	75% - 100%	32-0442891
Thomas Joseph Barrack	Chief executive officer	1 Apr 2015	Other	1277846
Richard Brett Saltzman	President	1 Apr 2015	Other	711874
Mark Melvin Hedstrom	Chief financial officer, senior vice president, treasurer & secretary	1 Apr 2015	Other	5077054
Jonathan Howard Grunzweig	Senior vice president	1 Apr 2015	Other	6026997
Ronald Mark Sanders	General counsel	1 Apr 2015	Other	5077056
Leon Schwartzman	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2015	Other	3111460
Llc Colony Capital Investment Holdco	Sole member	1 Apr 2015	75% - 100%	47-3464516
Leon Nmn Schwartzman	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2015	Other	3111460
Darren James Tangen	Vice president	1 Apr 2015	Other	4235602
Kevin Patrick Traenkle	Chief investment officer of colony northstar, inc.	1 Apr 2015	Other	6748578
Llc Colony Realty Member	Member, colony realty partners, llc	1 Apr 2015	50% - 75%	20-5254688
Llc Colony Capital Investment Advisors	Sole member, cdcf iv investment advisor, colony industrial investment advisor, colony northstar advisors, cni advisor holdings	1 Apr 2015	75% - 100%	175506
David Takashi Hamamoto	Executive vice chairman of colony northstar, inc.	1 Jan 2016	Other	1736682

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 6 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Colony Capital	Member	1 Apr 2015	75% - 100%	27-0419483
Llc Colony Capital Operating Company	Member	1 Apr 2015	75% - 100%	45-2443407
Llc Colony Capital Op Subsidiary	Member	1 Apr 2015	75% - 100%	37-1779288
Inc. Colony Northstar	Member	1 Apr 2015	75% - 100%	27-0419483
Llc Colony Capital Investment Advisors	Member	1 Jan 2017	75% - 100%	175506
Llc Cni Advisor Holdings	Shareholder	1 Jan 2017	75% - 100%	81-4880602

Based in Los Angeles

The principal office where Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 515 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Boston, MA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 310-282-8820 or by fax 310-460-7956. The normal business hours are 7:00am to 7:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at colonyinc.com.