Ardian Us LLC (New York)

Name: Ardian Us LLC
Address: 1370 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY, 10019 4602
Telephone: 212-506-5610

Ardian Us LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $505.89 million of regulatory assets for 4 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2013.

Ardian Us 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.

Ardian Us: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Ardian Us LLC is $505.89 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -43% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $505.89 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $126.47 million each.

Ardian Us has custody of $9.91 million in cash and securities for 4 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ardian Us LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. 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.

What kind of clients Ardian Us serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Ardian Us is pooled investment vehicles with 4 clients and $505.89 million of assets under management. Among the 2 most similar advisory firms, Ardian Us has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $505.89 million for 4 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Ardian Us also advises several private funds. Namely, four private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $5,000,000.

Careers at Ardian Us LLC

The company employs 56 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 66 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
Ardian	Sole member of limited liability company	1 Jul 1999	75% - 100%	n/a foreign entity
Michael Patrick Ferragamo	Chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2004	Other	4145232
Benoit Charles Verbrugghe	Head of office/ executive board member	1 Mar 2007	Other	5308013
Aymeric Jean Lepeu	Cfo/ executive board member	1 Jul 2010	Other	5899240
Valdimir Colas	Executive board member	1 Jul 2010	Other	6041298
Vladimir Colas	Executive board member	1 Jul 2010	Other	6041298
Mark Benedetti	Executive board member	1 Nov 2013	Other	6314073
Vincent Pasquale Fandozzi	Member of executive board	1 Oct 2017	Other	2515912

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Ardian Holding	Shareholder	1 Nov 2014	75% - 100%	foreign

Based in New York

The principal office where Ardian Us LLC performs its advisory services is located at 1370 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY 10019 4602, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in San Francisco, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-506-5610. The normal business hours are 9:00 - 5:00 on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at ardian-investment.com/.