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Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc (New York)


Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $41.16 billion of regulatory assets for 116 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.

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Fischer Francis Trees & Watts provides 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.

Fischer Francis Trees & Watts: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc is $41.16 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 108% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.


The firm manages $39.99 billion in discretionary accounts and $1.17 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $357.07 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $293.37 million.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc 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.

Careers at Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc

Daniel Albert Klein has been acting as President since 1 Nov 2011. Guy Williams has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Apr 2010. Bnp Paribas Usa Inc. joined the executive team most recently as the Indirect Owner.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Richard Gatts Fischer Managing director/shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Jul 1972 Other 1665479
Stephen Chalmers Francis Shareholder,chief risk oversight officer&vice chairman of boards of directors of charter atlantic corp/applicant 1 Jul 1972 Other 1665478
John Hill Watts Shareholder,chief executive officer &chairman of board of directors of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Jul 1972 Other 1665482
Bnp Paribas Investment Partners Usa Holdings Inc. Direct owner 1 Jul 1973 75% - 100% 13-2725448
Inc. Bnp Paribas Asset Management Usa Holdings Direct owner 1 Jul 1973 75% - 100% 13-2725448
Charter Atlantic Corporation ("Cac") Employee stkhlders of cac own 100% of the class a common stk of cac,which reps 75.1% voting interest & a 40% profit part. in cac 1 Jul 1973 75% - 100% 13-2725448
Willett Sanders Moore Managing director,shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Jan 1976 Other 1665488
Stephen James Constantine Shareholder &member of board of directors of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Sep 1981 Other 1847247
Onder John Olcay Shareholder&vicechairman for the boards of directors of cac/applicant 1 Jul 1983 Other 1847244
Adnan Akant Managing director/shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Apr 1984 Other 1847245
Liaquat Ali Ahamed Shareholder&member of boards of director for cac/applicant 1 Apr 1988 Other 1847254
Simon G Hard Shareholder & member of board of directors of charter atlantic corporation/applicant of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Nov 1989 Other 4347792
Stephen Paul Casper Shareholder, cfo& member of boards of director for charter atlantic corp & applicant 1 Feb 1990 Other 2073412
David Jay Marmon Managing director/shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Oct 1990 Other 1454237
Patricia Lurel Cook Managing director/shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Jun 1991 Other 1066107
Stewart Martin Russell Managing director/shareholder of charter atlantic corportation/applicant 1 Apr 1992 Other 1528758
Jean Yves Thouvenin Shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Nov 1992 Other 1505368
Robin Sue Meister Chief compliance officer / chief legal officer / secretary 1 Sep 1998 Other 4347379
Gilles Marie Vaugrigneuse Member of the boards of directors of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Nov 1999 Other 4347779
Vivien Joseph Levy Garboua Member of the board of directors of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Nov 1999 Other 4347784
Richard Samuel Williams Shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Jan 2000 Other 4347770
Roy Weichien Diao Shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Oct 2000 Other 2581047
Michael Louis Wyne Shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant, 1 Oct 2000 Other 1847252
Ulrich Koall Shareholder of charter atlantic corporation /applicant 1 Oct 2000 Other 4347773
Katherine Margaret Williams Shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Oct 2000 Other 4347778
Deborah Hazell Managing director/shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Jun 2002 Other 4649392
Kevin Corrigan Managing director, shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Jun 2002 Other 4649483
Cathleen Mary Mcquillen Chief financial officer of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Feb 2003 Other 1214479
John Patrick Carey Managing director, shareholder of charter atlantic corporation /applicant 1 Mar 2003 Other 1933290
Ken Katayama Managing director,shareholder of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Mar 2003 Other 4380217
Liaquat Ali Ahamed Shareholder&member of board of directors for cac/app 1 Apr 2004 Other 1847254
Stephen Paul Casper Chief executive officer,shareholder,member of board of directors for charter atlantic corp &appl 1 Apr 2004 Other 2073412
Stephen James Constantine Shareholder &member of board of directors of charter atlantic corporation/applicant 1 Apr 2004 Other 1847247
Gilles Glicenstein Member of the board of directors of cac/applicant 1 Sep 2005 Other 4589338
Philippe Jacques Lespinard Deputy chief executive officer, member of board of directors 1 Jul 2006 Other 4347161
Jeff Trongone Chief financial officer of cac/applicant, member of board of directors 1 Aug 2006 Other 4336443
Pascal Biville Chairman, director 1 Dec 2006 Other 5268697
Pascal Didier Roland Biville Chairman, director 1 Dec 2006 Other 5268697
Pierre Marc Lapomme Member of board of directors of cac/applicant 1 Dec 2006 Other 2230684
Guy De Froment Member of board of directors of cac/applicant 1 Dec 2006 Other 4347877
Barua Kausik Managing director of applicant 1 May 2007 Other 5494060
Kenneth Odonnell Managing director of applicant 1 May 2007 Other 3183335
Alan Hendrik Cauberghs Managing director of applicant 1 May 2007 Other 5495025
Nicolas Chaput Managing director of applicant 1 Jun 2007 Other 5373628
Richard Scott Hollander Member of board of directors of cac/applicant 1 Jan 2008 Other 724511
Deborah Hazell Chief executive officer and member of board of directors 1 Feb 2008 Other 4649392
Pascal Biville Chairman of board of directors of cac/applicant 1 Feb 2009 Other 5268697
Michel Stavros Anastassiades President/chief executive officer of cac and member of board of directors of cac, executive chairman of applicant's board 1 Feb 2009 Other 5641797
Telemaque Argyriou Chief operating officer 1 Dec 2009 Other 5775768
Guy Williams Chief investment officer 1 Apr 2010 Other 5775766
Alnoor M Premji Member of board of directors 1 Apr 2010 Other 5401301
John Joseph Barletta Chief financial officer / treasurer 1 Jul 2011 Other 4782310
Daniel Albert Klein Director/vice president 1 Nov 2011 Other 6011117
Philippe Marchessaux Director 1 Nov 2011 Other 5122339
William G De Vijlder Director 1 Nov 2011 Other 5104919
Robert Trevor Harrison Director, chief executive officer, president 1 Apr 2012 Other 6071820
Amanda Raynor Chief operating officer 1 Jul 2015 Other 6631474
Daniel Albert Klein Director / chief executive officer / president 1 Oct 2015 Other 6011117
Robert William Hawley Director 1 Jan 2016 Other 828024

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 7 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Bnp Paribas Bnp paribas is a publicly owned limited liability banking corporation organized in the republice of france. 1 Jul 1999 25% - 50% 94-1677765
Bnp Paribas S.A. Indirect owner 1 Jun 2001 75% - 100% 94-1677765
Bnp Paribas Bnp paribas is a publicly owned limited liability banking corporation organized in the republic of france, indirect owner 1 Jun 2001 75% - 100% 94-1677765
Paribas North America Inc. Indirect owner 1 Dec 2006 75% - 100% 13-1929559
Bnp Paribas Usa Inc. Indirect owner 1 Dec 2006 75% - 100% 13-1929559
Bnp Paribas Usa Inc. Indirect owner 1 Jan 2017 75% - 100% 13-1929559
Corp. Bnp Paribas Us Wholesale Holdings Indirect owner 1 Jan 2017 75% - 100% 74-1953834

Based in New York

The principal office where Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc performs its advisory services is located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166, 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 212-681-3181. The normal business hours are 9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at bnpp-ip.com.


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