Water Street Healthcare Partners, LLC (Chicago)


Water Street Healthcare Partners, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Chicago. It manages $2.13 billion of regulatory assets for 6 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Illinois.

Water Street Healthcare Partners 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.

Water Street Healthcare Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Water Street Healthcare Partners, LLC is $2.13 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 84% since the beginning of its operation, and $56.51 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $2.13 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $354.52 million each.
Water Street Healthcare Partners has custody of $2.13 billion in cash and securities for 6 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Water Street Healthcare Partners, 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 Water Street Healthcare Partners serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Water Street Healthcare Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 6 clients and $2.13 billion of assets under management. Among the 12 most similar advisory firms, Water Street Healthcare Partners has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.13 billion for 6 clients. 17% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Water Street Healthcare Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, six private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $10,000 to $10,000,000.

Careers at Water Street Healthcare Partners, LLC

The company employs 28 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 71 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
Timothy Allan Dugan Managing member 1 May 2005 75% - 100% 6014637
James Grover Connelly Managing member 1 May 2005 Other 6014644
Jeffrey Vaughan Holway Chief financial officer / chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2005 Other 6014641

Based in Chicago

The principal office where Water Street Healthcare Partners, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 444 W. Lake St., Chicago, IL 60606 1336, 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 312-506-2900 or by fax 312-506-2901. The normal business hours are 8:30 am - 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at waterstreet.com.