Wainwright Investment Counsel LLC (Boston)

Name: Wainwright Investment Counsel LLC
Address: One Boston Place, Boston, MA, 02108
Telephone: 617-531-3100

Wainwright Investment Counsel LLC is a large advisory firm based in Boston. It manages $3.46 billion of regulatory assets for 167 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alaska, Arizona, California, and 25 other states.

Wainwright Investment Counsel provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, selection of other advisers, educational seminars and workshops, and asset allocation strategy. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Wainwright Investment Counsel: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Wainwright Investment Counsel LLC is $3.46 billion. The firm's AUM has gone down by -1% since the beginning of its operation, and $319.33 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $36.34 million in discretionary accounts and $3.42 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.3 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $24.62 million.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 49% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 26% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in investment and business development companies form 14% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Wainwright Investment Counsel LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Eric Paul Bertonazzi serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, 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 Eric Paul Bertonazzi is state or municipal government entities with 13 clients and $2.05 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Wainwright Investment Counsel has the highest percentage of state or municipal government entities out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $3.07 billion for 163 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 9% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Wainwright Investment Counsel also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $100,000 for each fund.

Careers at Wainwright Investment Counsel LLC

The company employs 22 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 41 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 11 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 3 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 receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Wainwright Investment Counsel LLC is owned by Robert Lee Clark. Eric Paul Bertonazzi has been acting as President since 1 Apr 1999. Margaret Lorene Leonard joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Saro Joseph Picciotto	Chief executive officer	1 Apr 1999	Other	1912352
Eric Paul Bertonazzi	President	1 Apr 1999	Other	2590583
Gustavo Adolfo Aristizabal	Chief operating officer	1 Apr 1999	Other	2735053
Katharine Cushing	Member	1 Apr 1999	Other	1270394
Stephen Robert Yardumian	Treasurer	1 Apr 1999	Other	2936673
Inc. H.C. Wainwright & Co.	Investor	1 Apr 1999	25% - 50%	375
Robert Joseph Bertoldi	Board member	1 Oct 1999	Other	1242258
Llc Clark & Barrett Associaton	Shareholder	1 Mar 2002	25% - 50%	000813751
Robert Lee Clark	Member - board of managers	1 Apr 2002	Other	47834
Inc. H.C. Wainwright & Co.	Shareholder	1 Jun 2002	Other	375
Anne Paul Buckley	Chief administrative officer	1 Jan 2003	Other	1781079
Paul George Martins	Chief financial officer	1 Feb 2003	Other	1189296
Stephen Dalton Barrett	Shareholder	1 Oct 2003	Other	13479
Anne Paul Buckley	Coo / cco	1 Oct 2004	Other	1781079
Stephen Dalton Barrett	Member of board of managers	1 Jan 2005	Other	13479
Maxwell James Mahoney	Chief compliance officer	1 May 2010	Other	3121146
Brian Claude Germani	Chief compliance officer	1 Oct 2012	Other	6134181
Brian C. Germani	Chief compliance officer	1 Oct 2012	Other	6134181
Richard Lewis Zack	Chief risk officer	1 Oct 2012	Other	2651386
Eric Paul Bertonazzi	Chairman, chief executive officer & chief investment officer, member of board of managers	1 Jul 2013	Other	2590583
Gustavo Adolfo Aristizabal	President, chief operating officer & corporate secretary, member of board of managers	1 Jul 2013	Other	2735053
Paul George Martins	Chief financial officer & chief administrative officer, member of board of managers	1 Jul 2013	Other	1189296
Richard Lewis Zack	Chief risk officer & chief legal officer	1 Jul 2013	Other	2651386
Matthew Kirk Seney	Deputy chief investment officer	1 Jul 2013	Other	4075881
Jeffrey David Fabrizio	Director of research	1 Jul 2013	Other	2998973
Robert Lee Clark	Owner	1 Dec 2013	Other	47834
Mary Toumpas	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2015	Other	343341
Gustavo Adolfo Aristizabal	President, chief operating officer & corporate secretary, member of board of managers	1 Nov 2015	Other	2735053
Margaret Lorene Leonard	Chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2015	Other	2054939

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 7 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Robert Lee Clark	President of h.c.wainwright & co., inc., board member of wainwright investment counsel, llc	1 Jul 1966	25% - 50%	47834
Stephen Dalton Barrett	Ceo of h.c. wainwright & co., inc., board member of wainwright investment counsel, llc	1 Sep 1990	25% - 50%	13479
H.C. Wainwright Holding Corporation	Sole shareholder of h.c. wainright & co., inc.	1 Aug 1995	75% - 100%	00-0453821
Llc Zg Consulting	Shareholder	1 Jul 2001	25% - 50%	59-3647044
Bryan Joseph Zwan	Shareholder	1 Jul 2001	75% - 100%	4498552
Robert Lee Clark	Shareholder	1 Mar 2002	50% - 75%	47834
Stephen Dalton Barrett	Shareholder	1 Mar 2002	50% - 75%	13479

Based in Boston

The principal office where Wainwright Investment Counsel LLC performs its advisory services is located at One Boston Place, Boston, MA 02108, 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 617-531-3100 or by fax 617-531-3140. The normal business hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at winvcounsel.com/.