Mellon Investments Corporation is a large advisory firm based in Boston. It manages $442.36 billion of regulatory assets for 3,549 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2019 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 48 other states.
Mellon Investments Corporation provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, 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.
The assets under management (AUM) of Mellon Investments Corporation is $442.36 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 1% since the beginning of its operation, and $68.58 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Mellon Investments Corporation 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.
The firm provides services to insurance companies, investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, banking or thrift institutions, business development companies, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, state or municipal government entities, and sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions. The largest group of clients of Mellon Investments Corporation is pension and profit sharing plans with 351 clients and $123.23 billion of assets under management. Among the 13 most similar advisory firms, Mellon Investments Corporation has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $432.58 billion for 802 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 2% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Mellon Investments Corporation also advises several private funds. Namely, eleven hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $50,000 to $10,000,000.
The company employs 520 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 33 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 12 people with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.
The principal office where Mellon Investments Corporation performs its advisory services is located at 201 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Philadelphia, PA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.
You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 617-722-7250. The normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at bnymellonim.com and its LinkedIn profile.