Global Retirement Partners LLC (San Rafael)

Global Retirement Partners LLC is a large advisory firm based in San Rafael. It manages $40.11 billion of regulatory assets for 8,974 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 45 other states.

Global Retirement Partners provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, and selection of other advisers. It prepares financial plans for more than 10 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Global Retirement Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Global Retirement Partners LLC is $40.11 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 100% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $6.64 billion in discretionary accounts and $33.47 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.21 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $9.6 million.

Investments

The firm invests in investment and business development companies the most. They account for 89% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 10% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in other assets form 1% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Global Retirement Partners LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, and fixed 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 James Houston Williams serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of James Houston Williams is pension and profit sharing plans with 3,490 clients and $38.55 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Global Retirement Partners has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $40.11 billion for 8,974 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Global Retirement Partners doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Global Retirement Partners LLC

The company employs 241 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 98 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 236 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 15 people 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.

Global Retirement Partners LLC is owned by Evangelia Kalivas. James Houston Williams has been acting as President since 1 Jul 2014. David Andrew Reich joined the executive team most recently as the President.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
William Robert Chetney	Ceo	1 Jul 2014	75% - 100%	1598915
James Houston Williams	President	1 Jul 2014	Other	1482414
Cosmo Charles Gould	Cco	1 Sep 2014	Other	5033874
Evangelia Kalivas	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	2018109
Jeffrey Stuart Greenberg	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	1425654
John Roger Prichard	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	1152877
William Robert Chetney	Ceo	1 Jul 2015	Other	1598915
Blake Alexander Thibault	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	3195827
John Mckenzie Clark	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	4902420
David Michael Kulchar	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	1127082
Barbara Jean Delaney	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	1380247
Chad James Larsen	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	1763185
Gogan & Williams	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	143380
Joseph Fredrick Denoyior	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	2136470
Mark Douglas Temple	Owner	1 Jul 2015	Other	1689281
Salvatore Stephen Zambito	Coo	1 Nov 2015	Other	2453248
Geoffrey Robert White	Managing member	1 Dec 2017	Other	2882857
Cosmo Charles Gould	Ceo, cco	1 May 2018	Other	5033874
Salvatore Stephen Zambito	President, coo	1 May 2018	Other	2453248
Cosmo Charles Gould	President, cco	1 Sep 2018	Other	5033874
Geoffrey Robert White	Ceo	1 Sep 2018	Other	2882857
Russell Alan Frierson	Coo	1 Sep 2018	Other	2436724
Salvatore Stephen Zambito	Chief administrative officer	1 Sep 2018	Other	2453248
Joseph Fredrick Denoyior	Managing member	1 Mar 2019	25% - 50%	2136470
Jeffrey Daniel Hamblen	Managing member	1 Mar 2019	Other	1101452
Jennifer Marie Owen	Managing member	1 Mar 2019	Other	5173721
Test	Owner	1 Aug 2019	75% - 100%	01-2222222
David Andrew Reich	President	1 Sep 2019	Other	4787396
Hub International Limited	Managing member	1 Sep 2019	75% - 100%	75-3243028
Adam Sokolic	Vice president	1 Sep 2019	Other	5445751

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 12 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Hockey Intermediate Inc.	Shareholder	1 Oct 2013	75% - 100%	80-0951815
Hub Holdings Llc	Shareholder	1 Oct 2013	75% - 100%	61-1740650
Hockey Parent Inc.	Member	1 Oct 2013	75% - 100%	46-3406642
Hockey Parent Holdings L.P.	Shareholder	1 Oct 2013	75% - 100%	35-2489369
Hockey Investments L.P.	Limited partner	1 Oct 2013	75% - 100%	30-0794036
Llc Hockey Parent Holdings Gp	General partner	1 Oct 2013	Other	46-3710421
L.P. Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners Vii	Limited partner	1 Oct 2013	Other	98-0611116
Llc Hockey Investments Gp	General partner	1 Oct 2013	Other	46-3343993
L.P. Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners Vii (Parallel)	Member	1 Oct 2013	Other	98-0611117
L.P. Hellman & Friedman Investors Vii	General partner	1 Oct 2013	Other	98-0611123
Ltd. H&F Corporate Investors Vii	General partner	1 Oct 2013	Other	98-0611118
James Houston Williams	Class a shareholder	1 Apr 2015	50% - 75%	1482414

Based in San Rafael

The principal office where Global Retirement Partners LLC performs its advisory services is located at 4340 Redwood Highway, San Rafael, CA 94903, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Denver, CO. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 415-526-2753 or by fax 415-492-1229. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday.