Gso Capital Advisors LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $11.32 billion of regulatory assets for 28 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2009.
Gso Capital Advisors provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. 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 Gso Capital Advisors LLC is $11.32 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 3053% since the beginning of its operation, and $6.54 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Gso Capital Advisors LLC 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.
The firm provides services to insurance companies, pooled investment vehicles, banking or thrift institutions, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Hamilton Evans James is banking or thrift institutions with 8 clients and $4.29 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Gso Capital Advisors has the highest percentage of banking or thrift institutions out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $9.87 billion for 21 clients. 46% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Gso Capital Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund.
The company employs 323 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 45 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.
There’s a single person 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.
Hamilton Evans James has been acting as President since 1 Nov 2009. Blackstone Holdings Iv Gp L.P. joined the executive team most recently as the Limited Partner.
The principal office where Gso Capital Advisors LLC performs its advisory services is located at 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Baltimore, MD. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.
You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212 503-2100 or by fax 212 503-6924. The normal business hours are 8:30 am - 5:30 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at gsocap.com.