Bienville Capital Management, LLC (New York)

Name: Bienville Capital Management, LLC
Address: 521 5 Th Avenue, New York, NY, 10175
Telephone: (212) 226-7348

Bienville Capital Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $2.04 billion of regulatory assets for 511 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2009 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, California, Connecticut, New York, and Texas.

Bienville Capital Management provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, and consulting. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Bienville Capital Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Bienville Capital Management, LLC is $2.04 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 5386% since the beginning of its operation, and $97.43 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.02 billion in discretionary accounts and $1.02 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $5.21 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $3.23 million.

Bienville Capital Management has custody of $620.24 million in cash and securities for 45 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 49% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 15% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 14% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Bienville Capital 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.

What kind of clients Bienville Capital Management serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, and corporations or other businesses. The largest group of clients of Bienville Capital Management is corporations or other businesses with 10 clients and $823.64 million of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Bienville Capital Management has the highest percentage of corporations or other businesses out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.03 billion for 100 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 3% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Bienville Capital Management also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds, one real estate fund, and two private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $1,000,000.

Careers at Bienville Capital Management, LLC

The company employs 21 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 52 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 6 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
Michael Cullen Thompson	Member / managing partner	1 Jan 2009	25% - 50%	4491764
William Herbert Stimpson	Member	1 Jan 2009	25% - 50%	4282607
Llc Moonpie Management	Member	1 Jan 2009	25% - 50%	26-4022016
Donald Stoltz	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2009	Other	4512913
Brandon Downey Pilot	Member / analyst	1 May 2016	Other	5944655
Alan Jeffrey Speer	Chief financial officer	1 Jan 2017	Other	6768277
Abigail J Penzell	General counsel / chief compliance officer	1 May 2018	Other	5165074

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Ralph Faden Reynolds	Member	1 Jan 2009	75% - 100%	2135791

Based in New York

The principal office where Bienville Capital Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 521 5 Th Avenue, New York, NY 10175, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number (212) 226-7348 or by fax (917) 210-4299. The normal business hours are 9 am to 5 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at bienvillecapital.com.