Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC (New York)

Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $2.5 billion of regulatory assets for 438 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2002 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, and 10 other states.

Spears Grisanti & Brown provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, and 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.

Spears Grisanti & Brown: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC is $2.5 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 60% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $2.5 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $5.7 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, 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.

Careers at Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC

George Weissman has been acting as President since 1 Jun 1999. Susan Irene Grant joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
William Gerli Spears	Director and principal	1 Jun 1999	Other	431579
George Weissman	Director	1 Jun 1999	Other	4364271
Vance Carrier Brown	Principal	1 Jun 1999	25% - 50%	1554157
Christopher Couming Grisanti	Principal	1 Jun 1999	25% - 50%	4364281
Llc Spears Family Partnership	Member	1 Jun 1999	25% - 50%	06-1550839
Albert Benchimol	Director	1 Jan 2001	Other	4379507
Partner Reinsurance Company Of The U.S.	Member	1 Jan 2001	Other	13-3031176
David Richard Salomon	Chief operating officer and chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2003	Other	1707799
Jared Sasha Leon	Principal	1 Jan 2005	Other	2640062
Susan Irene Grant	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2006	Other	1438692

Based in New York

The principal office where Spears Grisanti & Brown LLC performs its advisory services is located at 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.