Lgm Investments Limited (London)

Name: Lgm Investments Limited
Address: 95 Wigmore Street, London, W1 U 1 Fd
Telephone: +44 20 3650 6600

Lgm Investments Limited is an adviser based in London. It manages $2.59 billion of regulatory assets for 16 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014.

Lgm Investments Limited provides portfolio management for investment companies, 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.

Lgm Investments Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Lgm Investments Limited is $2.59 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 99% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.28 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $2.59 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $161.98 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 97% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 3% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Lgm Investments Limited for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Barry Merritt Cooper serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Barry Merritt Cooper is pooled investment vehicles with 11 clients and $2.18 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Lgm Investments Limited has the 5th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.36 billion for 13 clients. 89% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Lgm Investments Limited also advises several private funds. Namely, one other private fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $50,000 for each fund.

Careers at Lgm Investments Limited

The company employs 19 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 84 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.

Barry Merritt Cooper has been acting as President since 1 Apr 2011. Joan Zabida Mohammed joined the executive team most recently as the Director.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Lgm (Bermuda) Limited	Shareholder	1 Feb 1995	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Diane Seymour Williams	Director	1 Sep 2007	Other	4510549
Benjamin Apfel	Head of legal	1 Sep 2007	Other	6526210
Barry Merritt Cooper	Director	1 Apr 2011	Other	53458
Barry Sean Mcinerney	Director	1 Apr 2011	Other	4379798
Scott Joseph Matthews	Director	1 Apr 2011	Other	5686763
Drew Newman	Director	1 Apr 2011	Other	5686765
William Kenneth Smith	Director	1 Apr 2011	Other	5920295
Victor Olubumi Williams	Chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2012	Other	5610789
Scott Joseph Matthews	Chief financial officer	1 Jun 2013	Other	5686763
Thomas Vester Nielsen	Director	1 Sep 2013	Other	6293291
Drew Newman	Chief operating officer	1 Jan 2014	Other	5686765
Anthony Nicholas Cousins	Chief executive officer, director	1 Jan 2014	Other	4346219
Richard Charles Wilson	Chief executive officer & director	1 Dec 2014	Other	4338442
Toby Maude	Chief financial officer	1 Mar 2015	Other	6470737
David Logan	Director	1 Jun 2015	Other	4873948
Nigel David Parry	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2015	Other	4776740
Joan Zabida Mohammed	Director	1 Aug 2017	Other	6690279

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Bank Of Montreal	Sole shareholder of lgm (bermuda) limited	1 Apr 2011	75% - 100%	13-4941092

Based in London

The principal office where Lgm Investments Limited performs its advisory services is located at 95 Wigmore Street, London, W1 U 1 Fd, which is also the mailing address of the firm. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number +44 20 3650 6600 or by fax +44 20 7495 8651. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at lgminvestments.com.