Ajo, LP (Philadelphia)

Name: Ajo, LP
Address: 230 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102 4102
Telephone: 215.546.7500

Ajo, LP is a large advisory firm based in Philadelphia. It manages $20.41 billion of regulatory assets for 144 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Ajo provides 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.

Ajo: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Ajo, LP is $20.41 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 5% since the beginning of its operation, and $4.74 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $20.41 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $141.75 million each.

Ajo has custody of $1.43 billion in cash and securities for 9 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 98% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is investment and business development companies, which make up 1% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 1% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ajo, LP 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 Ajo serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, banking or thrift institutions, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Ajo is state or municipal government entities with 29 clients and $7.79 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Ajo has the highest percentage of state or municipal government entities out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $19.33 billion for 126 clients. 18% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Ajo also advises several private funds. Namely, nine hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Ajo, LP

The company employs 61 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 59 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
Theodore Rosen Aronson	Managing principal; limited partner	1 Aug 1984	25% - 50%	814306
Martha Elizabeth Ortiz	Principal; limited partner	1 Jan 1993	Other	4338766
Paul Edmondson Dodge	Principal; limited partner	1 Jan 2000	Other	4338786
Stefani Cranston	Principal;limited partner	1 Jan 2001	Other	4330924
Gina Marie Nardi Moore	Principal;limited partner	1 Jan 2001	Other	4330934
Gregory John Rogers	Principal;limited partner	1 Jan 2001	Other	4330937
Do Not Use Duplicate Record	Principal; limited partner	1 Jan 2001	Other	4330937
Llc Ajo	General partner	1 Dec 2002	Other	23-2312104
Joseph Francis Dietrick	Principal;limited partner;chief compliance officer;clo	1 Jun 2004	Other	2981979
Robert Brian Wenzinger	Principal;limited partner	1 Jan 2005	Other	4907877
Douglas Donald Dixon	Prinicipal; limited partner	1 Jan 2005	Other	4907875
Shafiq Kamrudin Ebrahim	Principal; limited partner	1 Jan 2010	Other	5756424
Arup Kumar Datta	Principal; limited partner	1 Jun 2012	Other	2264910
James Sergius Lobb	Principal; limited partner	1 Jul 2012	Other	1032348
Cesar Augusto Orosco	Principal; limited partner	1 Jan 2015	Other	4843583

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Theodore Rosen Aronson	Member	1 Dec 2002	75% - 100%	814306

Based in Philadelphia

The principal office where Ajo, LP performs its advisory services is located at 230 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102 4102, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Boston, MA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 215.546.7500 or by fax 215.546.7506. The normal business hours are 8am to 6pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at ajopartners.com and its LinkedIn profile.