O'shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC (Stamford)


O'shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Stamford. It manages $5.15 billion of regulatory assets for 2,793 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2007 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 49 other states.

O'shaughnessy Asset Management 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.

O'shaughnessy Asset Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of O'shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC is $5.15 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -14% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.31 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $5.15 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.84 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 99% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 1% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay O'shaughnessy Asset 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 Christopher Stratton Loveless serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, 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 Christopher Stratton Loveless is pooled investment vehicles with 9 clients and $2.11 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, O'shaughnessy Asset Management has the 4th lowest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $5.15 billion for 2,793 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

O'shaughnessy Asset Management also advises several private funds. Namely, one other private fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at O'shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC

The company employs 32 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 56 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 18 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 compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Christopher Stratton Loveless has been acting as President since 1 Jul 2007. Travis Brent Fairchild joined the executive team most recently as the Portfolio Manager/Member.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Llc O'shaughnessy Family Partners Managing member 1 May 2007 50% - 75% 26-1640010
Royal Bank Of Canada Member(passive) 1 May 2007 Other 13-5357855
Christopher Stratton Loveless President/member 1 Jul 2007 Other 2533067
James Patrick O'shaughnessy Ceo, cio, chairman, lead portfolio manager & manager of the managing member 1 Jul 2007 Other 1890402
Ari Mark Rosenbaum Director of financial advisory services/member 1 Jul 2007 Other 2994350
Llc O'shaugnessy Family Partners Owner 1 Jul 2007 75% - 100% 00-0000000
James Patrick Oshaughnessy Chief compliance officer/president 1 Jul 2007 Other 1890402
William Mccarley Latimer Chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2007 Other 2648223
Tom Wayne Rawlings Chief operating officer 1 Jul 2007 Other 5080094
Erin Marie Foley Director of trading/member 1 Sep 2007 Other 2673962
Inc. Bear Stearns Asset Management Member 1 Sep 2007 Other 00-0000000
Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc Member(passive) 1 Sep 2007 Other 113359
Bsam Investments Corp. Member(passive) 1 Sep 2007 Other 26-0406335
Christopher Ira Meredith Senior portfolio manager/director of research & portfolio management/member 1 Oct 2007 Other 4989470
Sandra Marlene Hahncolbert Director of performance analytics and operations 1 Oct 2007 Other 1382422
Scott Edward Loomis Chief financial officer/member 1 Nov 2007 Other 4971096
Raymond Amoroso Iii Chief compliance officer/member 1 Jan 2008 Other 5362699
Francis Daniel Fitzgerald Coo/member 1 Jan 2008 Other 5755971
Raymond Amoroso Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2008 Other 5362699
Sean Patrick Mccaffrey Director of institutional sales 1 Feb 2008 Other 1896917
Royal Bank Of Canada Member(passive) 1 May 2008 Other 13-5357855
Christopher Ira Meredith Portfolio manager 1 Jan 2009 Other 4989470
Scott Michael Bartone Portfolio manager/member 1 Jul 2013 Other 5123973
Ashvin Viswanathan Portfolio manager/member 1 Jul 2013 Other 5809720
Patrick Walker O'shaughnessy Portfolio manager/member 1 Jul 2013 Other 5457732
Scott M Bartone Portfolio manager/member 1 Jul 2013 Other 5123973
Ehren Jonathan Stanhope Client portfolio manager/member 1 Jan 2015 Other 5747833
Claudine Antoinette Spence Director of client service/member 1 Jan 2017 Other 3105453
Joseph Emmanuel Dessalines Director of technology/member 1 Jan 2017 Other 6753194
Travis Brent Fairchild Portfolio manager/member 1 Jan 2018 Other 5958734

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
James Patrick O'shaughnessy Managing member 1 May 2007 50% - 75% 1890402
James Patrick Oshaughnessy Owner 1 Jun 2007 75% - 100% 1890402
The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. 100% shareholder 1 Sep 2007 75% - 100% 13-3286161

Based in Stamford

The principal office where O'shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 6 Suburban Avenue, Stamford, CT 06901 2012, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Washington D.C., DC. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 203-975-3333 or by fax 203-975-3310. The normal business hours are 8:30 am - 5:30 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at osam.com.