Corecommodity Management, LLC (Stamford)

Name: Corecommodity Management, LLC
Address: 680 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT, 06901
Telephone: 203-708-6500

Corecommodity Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Stamford. It manages $2.25 billion of regulatory assets for 24 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Connecticut.

Corecommodity Management 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.

Corecommodity Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Corecommodity Management, LLC is $2.25 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 28% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.03 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $2.25 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $93.74 million each.

Corecommodity Management has custody of $302.64 million in cash and securities for 3 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in government bonds the most. They account for 87% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 8% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 5% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Corecommodity Management, LLC 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 Corecommodity Management serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Corecommodity Management is pooled investment vehicles with 13 clients and $964.3 million of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Corecommodity Management has the 4th lowest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.59 billion for 16 clients. 38% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Corecommodity Management also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Corecommodity Management, LLC

The company employs 30 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 37 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.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Adam Christopher Dechiara	Co-president	1 Nov 2003	Other	2447074
Bradford L Klein	Co-president	1 Nov 2003	Other	4702999
Inc. Jefferies Group	Managing member	1 Nov 2003	75% - 100%	95-4719745
Jefferies Group Llc	Managing member	1 Nov 2003	75% - 100%	95-4719745
Michael Samuel Kaplan	Director of operations	1 Jan 2004	Other	4768527
Todd Alan Streichler	Director of finance	1 Mar 2004	Other	4801796
Andrew Robert Kaplan	Executive vice president, general counsel & secretary	1 Apr 2004	Other	2032288
Michael Sanders Sheehy	Senior vice president & chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2007	Other	5398226
Satyanarayan Reddy Chada	President, investor solutions group	1 Oct 2012	Other	2929504
Corecommodity Capital Llc	Managing member	1 Sep 2013	75% - 100%	46-3299010

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 6 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Leucadia National Corporation	Member	1 Jun 2013	75% - 100%	13-2615557
Coremanagement Llc	Managing member	1 Sep 2013	50% - 75%	46-3298598
Bradford L Klein	Member	1 Sep 2013	50% - 75%	4702999
Adam Christopher Dechiara	Member	1 Sep 2013	50% - 75%	2447074
Jefferies Group Llc	Member	1 Sep 2013	50% - 75%	95-4719745
Lam Holding Llc	Member	1 Feb 2014	50% - 75%	80-0930698

Based in Stamford

The principal office where Corecommodity Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 680 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901, 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 203-708-6500. The normal business hours are 9:30 am to 4:30 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at corecommodityllc.com.