Brencourt Advisors, LLC (New York)


Brencourt Advisors, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $644.45 million of regulatory assets for 12 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001.

Brencourt Advisors provides 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.

Brencourt Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Brencourt Advisors, LLC is $644.45 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -3% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $644.45 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $53.7 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Brencourt 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.

Careers at Brencourt Advisors, LLC

Louis Ricciardelli has been acting as President since 1 Sep 2000. Shaker Choudhury joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Louis Ricciardelli Director 1 Sep 2000 Other 1367401
William Lawrence Collins Chairman & chief executive officer 1 Nov 2000 75% - 100% 844836
Joseph C Novarro Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2001 Other 2256455
Sharon Marie Holden Managing director 1 Jan 2001 Other 1396939
Michael L Palmer Compliance manager 1 Jan 2001 Other 2264841
James Diran Balakian Managing director 1 Mar 2001 Other 1312119
Jeffrey Goolsby Sledge Managing director 1 Mar 2001 Other 1269517
David Mark Woolf Managing director 1 Mar 2001 Other 1375913
Victor Michael Simonte Managing director 1 Jan 2002 Other 2808097
Llc Brencourt Holdings Holding company 1 Jan 2002 75% - 100% 13-4196831
Joseph C Novarro Management committee 1 Jan 2003 Other 2256455
Michael L Palmer Chief financial officer 1 Mar 2003 Other 2264841
Edward John Larmann Compliance officer 1 Jul 2004 Other 4873776
Adam Richard Hopkins Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2008 Other 5512590
Gerald Aquino Chief financial officer 1 Mar 2009 Other 5656485
John Patrick Zito Managing director / management committee 1 Jan 2010 Other 4691894
Jephthah Gerard Dais Chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2010 Other 5769762
Alan John Andreini Chairman 1 Sep 2010 Other 803965
Richard Bani Chief operating officer 1 Apr 2011 Other 1699874
Shaker Choudhury Chief compliance officer 1 Mar 2012 Other 6044986
Richard Bani Chief operating officer and chief financial officer 1 Mar 2012 Other 1699874

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
William Lawrence Collins Owner 1 Jan 2002 50% - 75% 844836

Based in New York

The principal office where Brencourt Advisors, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 280 Park Avenue, West Building, New York, NY 10017, 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 212-313-9700 or by fax 212-313-9789. The normal business hours are 8 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at www.brencourt.com.