Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) LP (New York)


Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) LP is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $7.49 billion of regulatory assets for 11 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2011 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.

Arrowgrass Capital Partners (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.

Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us): assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) LP is $7.49 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 98% since the beginning of its operation, and $7.49 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $7.49 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $680.64 million each.
Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) has custody of $7.49 billion in cash and securities for 11 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) 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 Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) is pooled investment vehicles with 11 clients and $7.49 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $7.49 billion for 11 clients. 73% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $250,000 to $5,000,000.

Careers at Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) LP

The company employs 27 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.

Nicholas Graham Niell has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Feb 2008. James Francis O'connor joined the executive team most recently as the President And Director Of General Partner.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Sung Wook Michael Chung Partner 1 Feb 2008 Other 5823556
Nicholas Graham Niell Chief investment officer 1 Feb 2008 Other 5823541
Simon Henry Kenner Chief executive officer, chief risk officer 1 Feb 2008 Other 5823536
Arrowgrass Capital Partners Ii Llp Partner 1 Feb 2008 50% - 75% 98-0553593
Dbah Capital Llc Special limited partner 1 Feb 2008 Other 13-3645372
Swati Shashikant Patel General counsel 1 Feb 2008 Other 5823559
Arrowgrass Capital Services (Us) Inc. General partner 1 Aug 2008 Other 13-4365033
Carl Jan Prins Chief financial officer 1 Mar 2010 Other 5823544
James Bradley Coltman Chief operating officer 1 Nov 2010 Other 5903448
Peter Nmn Darrell Partner 1 Dec 2010 Other 4543642
Michael Alan Edwards Partner 1 Dec 2010 Other 4831139
Peter Darrell Partner 1 Dec 2010 Other 4543642
Moana Elizabeth Moore Chief compliance officer 1 May 2011 Other 5925606
Stephen Comer Ellwood Chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2011 Other 2966159
Adele Jennings Day Chief financial officer 1 Jul 2012 Other 6131291
Joshua David Hertz Partner 1 Jan 2014 Other 3272739
Brett Albert Alfred Carron Co-chief operating officer & chief legal officer 1 Aug 2014 Other 6486176
Clement Delville Wood Geraghty Chief compliance officer 1 Mar 2015 Other 6178334
Darren Patrick Rodohan Chief risk officer 1 May 2015 Other 6316449
David Clark Worley Chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2015 Other 2003769
Xavier Botteri Director of general partner 1 Dec 2015 Other 6626746
Anastasia Giannakou Co-chief operating officer 1 May 2016 Other 6655385
Naren Karanam Director of general partner 1 Dec 2016 Other 6770710
James Francis O'connor President and director of general partner 1 May 2018 Other 2963241
Scott Douglas Dragoo Director of general partner 1 May 2018 Other 4778397

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 6 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Nicholas Graham Niell Limited partner 1 Aug 2007 50% - 75% 5823541
Arrowgrass Capital Services (Us) Inc. General partner 1 Aug 2007 Other 13-4365033
Arrowgrass Investment Management Ltd Shareholder 1 Aug 2007 75% - 100% 98-0573766
Nicholas Graham Niell Shareholder 1 Oct 2007 50% - 75% 5823541
Deutsche Bank Ag Member 1 Feb 2008 75% - 100% 13-2944988
Arrowgrass Capital Services (Us) Inc. General partner 1 Feb 2008 Other 13-4365033

Based in New York

The principal office where Arrowgrass Capital Partners (Us) LP performs its advisory services is located at 1330 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY 10019, 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 212-584-1160 or by fax 646-588-0295. The normal business hours are 08:00-18:00 est on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at arrowgrass.com.