Amerra Capital Management, LLC (New York)


Amerra Capital Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.93 billion of regulatory assets for 18 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010 and has operated in the jurisdictions of New York and Texas.




Amerra Capital Management provides 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.

Amerra Capital Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Amerra Capital Management, LLC is $1.93 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 763% since the beginning of its operation, and $267.85 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


The firm manages $1.84 billion in discretionary accounts and $93.42 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $108.25 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $93.42 million.
Amerra Capital Management has custody of $1.93 billion in cash and securities for 18 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 74% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is non-exchange traded securities, which make up 16% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 10% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Amerra Capital Management, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management 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 Stephen Jon Darke serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Stephen Jon Darke is pooled investment vehicles with 17 clients and $1.92 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Amerra Capital Management has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.92 billion for 17 clients. 17% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Amerra Capital Management also advises several private funds. Namely, seventeen private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $1,000,000 to $360,000,000.

Careers at Amerra Capital Management, LLC

The company employs 34 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 56 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 4 people 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.

Stephen Jon Darke has been acting as President since 1 Apr 2015. L.P. Amerra Capital Management joined the executive team most recently as the Member.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Craig Armen Tashjian Managing director & manager 1 Feb 2009 Other 4032419
Nancy Lynn Obler Kaufman Managing director & manager 1 Feb 2009 Other 4032484
Bobby Liu General counsel/chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2009 Other 4771903
Philip Matthew Sivin Manager 1 Feb 2009 Other 4362220
Walter Herman Pye Manager 1 Feb 2009 Other 5257933
Hugh Roy Lamle Manager 1 Feb 2009 Other 301153
Macquarie Americas Corp. Member 1 Feb 2009 25% - 50% 13-4184042
Tashjian Capital Llc Member 1 Feb 2009 25% - 50% xxx-xx-xxxx
Obler Capital Llc Member 1 Feb 2009 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Pat Morabito Chief operating officer 1 Apr 2009 Other 2330146
Llc M & L Capital Member 1 Apr 2009 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Pat (Nmn) Morabito Chief financial officer/chief operating officer 1 Apr 2009 Other 2330146
Llc M.D. Sass Finstrat Amerra Capital Holdings Managing member 1 Jul 2009 25% - 50% 26-4241782
Stephen Buttons Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2012 Other 6046791
L.P. Amerra Capital Management Member 1 Jan 2015 75% - 100% 32-0463833
Stephen Jon Darke Director 1 Apr 2015 Other 5269777

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 40 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Macquarie Equities (Us) Holding Pty Limited Owner 1 Aug 1994 75% - 100% foreign
Martin Douglas Sass Member 1 Apr 2002 50% - 75% 411144
Hugh Roy Lamle Member 1 Apr 2002 50% - 75% 301153
Macquarie Corporate International Holdings Pty Limited Owner 1 Feb 2007 75% - 100% 98-0530186
Macquarie Group Limited Owner 1 Feb 2007 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Bank Limited Owner 1 Feb 2007 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Group (Us) Holdings No.1 Pty Ltd. Owner 1 Apr 2007 75% - 100% 98-0530184
Macquarie Capital International Holdings Pty Ltd. Owner 1 Nov 2007 75% - 100% 98-0530186
Macquarie Capital Group Pty Ltd Owner 1 Nov 2007 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Financial Holdings Limited Owner 1 Nov 2007 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Group Limited Owner 1 Nov 2007 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited Owner 1 Nov 2007 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Financial Holdings Pty Limited Owner 1 Nov 2007 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie B.H. Pty Ltd Owner 1 Nov 2007 75% - 100% foreign
L.P. M.D. Sass Macquarie Financial Strategies Managing member 1 Feb 2009 75% - 100% 20-0479884
Llc M.D. Sass Financial Strategies Investment Vehicle Limited partner 1 Feb 2009 25% - 50% 20-0767140
Llc M.D. Sass Financial Strategies Gp General partner 1 Feb 2009 Other 20-0479384
Inc. Macquarie Holdings (Usa) Managing member 1 Feb 2009 75% - 100% 13-3789912
Llc M.D. Sass Financial Holdings Member 1 Feb 2009 25% - 50% 20-0078345
Macquarie Funding Holdings Inc. Owner 1 Feb 2009 75% - 100% 20-5913559
Macquarie Americas Holdings Pty Limited Owner 1 Feb 2009 75% - 100% 98-0530183
Macquarie Bank Limited Owner 1 Feb 2009 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie B.H. Pty Ltd Owner 1 Feb 2009 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Group Limited Owner 1 Feb 2009 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Funding Holdings Llc Owner 1 Feb 2009 75% - 100% 20-5913559
Macquarie Americas Holdings Pty Ltd. Owner 1 Feb 2009 75% - 100% 98-0530183
Macquarie Americas Holdings Pty Ltd. Owner 1 Aug 2010 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Services (Usa) Llc Owner 1 Dec 2011 75% - 100% 27-3610899
Macquarie Financial Holdings (Usa) Llc Owner 1 Oct 2013 75% - 100% 13-3789912
Macquarie Equities (Us) Holding Pty Limited Owner 1 Jan 2014 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Corporate International Holdings Pty Limited Owner 1 Jan 2014 75% - 100% 98-0530186
Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited Owner 1 Jan 2014 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Financial Holdings Pty Limited Owner 1 Jan 2014 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie Group Limited Owner 1 Jan 2014 75% - 100% foreign
Macquarie America Holdings Inc. Owner 1 Mar 2014 75% - 100% 26-3769039
Macquarie Ficc Holdings Usa Inc. Owner 1 May 2014 75% - 100% 46-5516386
Llc Amerra Capital Management Gp General partner 1 Jan 2015 Other 35-2530564
Llc M.D. Sass Finstrat Amerra Capital Holdings Limited partner 1 Jan 2015 25% - 50% 26-4241782
Macquarie Americas Corp. Limited partner 1 Jan 2015 25% - 50% 13-4184042
Tashjian Capital Llc Limited partner 1 Jan 2015 25% - 50% xxx-xx-xxxx

Based in New York

The principal office where Amerra Capital Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 1140 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY 10036, 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 212-710-8033, 212-710-8034 or by fax 212-764-2240. The normal business hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday.