Capital Guardian Trust Company is a large advisory firm based in Los Angeles. It manages $45.76 billion of regulatory assets for 936 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 47 other states.
Capital Guardian Trust Company provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, and portfolio management for wrap fee and managed account programs. 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 Capital Guardian Trust Company is $45.76 billion. The firm's AUM has gone down by -64% since the beginning of its operation, and $4.64 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Capital Guardian Trust Company 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.
The firm provides services to individuals, investment companies, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Michael Anthony Felix is pension and profit sharing plans with 30 clients and $16.8 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Capital Guardian Trust Company has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $44.38 billion for 905 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 3% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Capital Guardian Trust Company also advises several private funds. Namely, eight other private funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $5,000,000 for each fund.
The company employs 8 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 38 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 compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.
Michael Anthony Felix has been acting as President since 1 Jun 2002. Canise Marie Arredondo joined the executive team most recently as the Director.
The principal office where Capital Guardian Trust Company performs its advisory services is located at 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 1406, 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 (213) 486-9200. The normal business hours are 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at thecapitalgroup.com.