Cougar Global Investments Limited is a large advisory firm based in Toronto. It manages $1.23 billion of regulatory assets for 7,558 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Colorado, Florida, and 4 other states.
Cougar Global Investments Limited provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, 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 Cougar Global Investments Limited is $1.23 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 712% since the beginning of its operation, and $157.8 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has a single stream of revenue. Clients pay Cougar Global Investments Limited for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.
The firm provides services to individuals, investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, and corporations or other businesses. The largest group of clients of Donald G Baker is high net worth individuals with 75 clients and $57.67 million of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Cougar Global Investments Limited has the 4th highest percentage of high net worth individuals out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $163.2 million for 266 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 98% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Cougar Global Investments Limited doesn't advise any private funds.
The company employs 14 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 43 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 6 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 don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.
Donald G Baker has been acting as President since 1 Dec 1993. Atsuko Hiraoka joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Operating Officer.
The principal office where Cougar Global Investments Limited performs its advisory services is located at Scotia Plaza 40 King Street West, Toronto, M5 H 3 Y2, 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 416-368-5255 or by fax 416-368-7738. The normal business hours are 8:45 a.m.- 4:45 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at cougarglobal.com.