Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl (Paris)


Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl is a large advisory firm based in Paris. It manages $1.39 billion of regulatory assets for 23 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015.

Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl provides portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, and uk listed closed end fund. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl is $1.39 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 160% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.3 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.39 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $60.41 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 43% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 23% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in non-investment grade corporate bonds form 21% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, subscription 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.

What kind of clients Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl is pooled investment vehicles with 11 clients and $1.23 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.35 billion for 13 clients. 96% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl

The company employs 17 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 41 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 20 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.

Gildas Xavier Arnaud Surry joined the executive team most recently as the Shareholder.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Paris Bruxelles Capital Partners Sas Shareholder 1 Jul 2009 75% - 100% foreign entity
Focus Conseil Sas Shareholder 1 Jun 2013 Other foreign entity
Sikafin Sas Shareholder 1 Jun 2013 Other foreign entity
David Alexandre Ben Amou Chief executive officer 1 Jun 2013 Other 6585262
Adrian François Hervé Paturle Executive officer 1 Jun 2013 Other 6587266
Jérôme René Legras Executive officer 1 Jun 2013 Other 6587281
François Xavier Jacques Emanuel Lénier Executive officer 1 Jun 2013 Other 6587274
Laurent Pierre Charles Surjon Shareholder and executive officer 1 Jul 2014 Other 6586711
Philippe David Cazenave Shareholder and executive officer 1 Jul 2014 Other 6586712
Gregory Emmanuel Raab Executive officer 1 Dec 2014 Other 6587279
Guillaume Xavier Carriou Chief compliance officer 1 Apr 2015 Other 6595360
Gildas Xavier Arnaud Surry Shareholder 1 Jun 2015 Other 6585260

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 4 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
David Alexandre Ben Amou Shareholder 1 Dec 2008 25% - 50% 6585262
Jérôme René Legras Shareholder 1 Dec 2008 25% - 50% 6587281
Adrian François Hervé Paturle Shareholder 1 Dec 2009 75% - 100% 6587266
Philip Hall Shareholder 1 Jun 2013 75% - 100% 6587283

Based in Paris

The principal office where Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl performs its advisory services is located at 39, Avenue Pierre 1 Er De Serbie, Paris, 75008, which is also the mailing address of the firm. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number +0033184173607. The normal business hours are 9am-5pm cet on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at axiom-ai.com.