Verition Fund Management LLC (Greenwich)

Name: Verition Fund Management LLC
Address: One American Lane, Greenwich, CT, 06831 9998
Telephone: 203-742-7700

Verition Fund Management LLC is a large advisory firm based in Greenwich. It manages $3 billion of regulatory assets for 7 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Connecticut and Washington.

Verition Fund Management provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Verition Fund Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Verition Fund Management LLC is $3 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 214% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.7 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $3 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $428.32 million each.

Verition Fund Management has custody of $3 billion in cash and securities for 7 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Verition Fund 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 Verition Fund Management serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Verition Fund Management is pooled investment vehicles with 7 clients and $3 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Verition Fund Management has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $3 billion for 7 clients. 71% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Verition Fund Management also advises several private funds. Namely, five hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $5,000,000.

Careers at Verition Fund Management LLC

The company employs 77 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 65 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.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Josh David Goldstein	Chief operating officer, chief compliance officer, president	1 Oct 2008	Other	5199973
Theodore Hagan	Chief financial officer	1 Oct 2008	Other	5708594
Nicholas Matthew Maounis	Member	1 Oct 2008	75% - 100%	1399459
Inc. Verition Fund Management Ny	Sole member	1 Apr 2016	75% - 100%	81-1929173
Verition Fund Management Llc	Voting, non-economic member of hao advisors, llc	1 Dec 2016	50% - 75%	156610
Chen Zhang	Chief investment officer of hao advisors, llc	1 Dec 2016	25% - 50%	4461389
William Arthur Anderson	Chief financial officer of verition fund management llc	1 Jun 2017	Other	6603679
Amy Lucille Barrett	Chief compliance officer of verition fund management llc	1 Aug 2017	Other	6849103
Verition Fund Management Llc	Sole member, aabako asset management llc	1 May 2018	75% - 100%	156610

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Nicholas Matthew Maounis	President, secretary, director and shareholder	1 Apr 2016	75% - 100%	1399459

Based in Greenwich

The principal office where Verition Fund Management LLC performs its advisory services is located at One American Lane, Greenwich, CT 06831 9998, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 203-742-7700 or by fax 203-742-7790. The normal business hours are 8am-6pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at verition.com/.