Mesa West Capital, LLC (Los Angeles)

Name: Mesa West Capital, LLC
Address: 11755 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90025
Telephone: 310-806-6300

Mesa West Capital, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Los Angeles. It manages $7.28 billion of regulatory assets for 11 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2011 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Illinois, and New York.

Mesa West Capital 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.

Mesa West Capital: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Mesa West Capital, LLC is $7.28 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 785% since the beginning of its operation, and $879.61 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $6.75 billion in discretionary accounts and $525.98 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.69 billion each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $75.14 million.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 99% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 1% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Mesa West Capital, 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 Mesa West Capital serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Mesa West Capital is pooled investment vehicles with 6 clients and $6.94 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Mesa West Capital has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $7.28 billion for 11 clients. 45% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Mesa West Capital also advises several private funds. Namely, one real estate fund and one other private fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $500,000 to $5,000,000.

Careers at Mesa West Capital, LLC

The company employs 36 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 72 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
Llc Mesa West Capital Founders	Member	1 Aug 2004	75% - 100%	55-0885247
Jeffrey Eric Friedman	Principal	1 Aug 2004	Other	2548883
Mark Jon Zytko	Principal	1 Aug 2004	Other	3063443
Inc. Random Properties Acquisition Corp	Member	1 Aug 2004	Other	06-1493712
Llc Walton Mesa Ah Iv	Member	1 Aug 2004	Other	20-0652052
Llc Brener International Group	Member	1 Aug 2004	Other	95-4718217
Krauch William Ryan	Principal/ chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2007	Other	5973480
Thomas Robert Hester	Chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2011	Other	5973478
Lp Columbia Pacific Opportunity Fund	Member	1 Dec 2012	25% - 50%	20-8451143
Llc Mesa West Capital	Sole member mesa west dsa, llc (relying adviser)	1 Apr 2014	75% - 100%	46-5324568
Noah Bilenker	General counsel	1 Jan 2016	Other	6630557
Mesa West Capital Llc	Sole member mesa west cpsa, llc (relying adviser)	1 Feb 2016	75% - 100%	81-4620665
Brett Patrick Burns	Chief compliance officer / chief accounting officer	1 Aug 2016	Other	6710181
Ryan William Krauch	Managing director	1 Mar 2018	Other	5973480
Jeffrey Eric Friedman	Managing director, co-head of measa west capital llc	1 Mar 2018	Other	2548883
Mark Jon Zytko	Managing director, co-head of mesa west capital llc	1 Mar 2018	Other	3063443
Brett Burns	Executive director	1 Mar 2018	Other	6710181
Rebecca Peckham	Chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2018	Other	6778449
Mustufa Salehbhai	Chief legal officer	1 Mar 2018	Other	5066028
Daniel Aaron Simkowitz	Head of morgan stanley investment management	1 Mar 2018	Other	1719867
Inc. Msrei Holding	Sole member	1 Mar 2018	75% - 100%	13-4199868
John Klopp	Head of morgan stanley investment management real assets	1 Mar 2018	Other	5753735
David Grove Stafford	Chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2018	Other	6705156

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 7 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Rbs Financial Products	Shareholder	1 Sep 2005	75% - 100%	06-1346953
Llc Columbia Pacific Advisors	General partner of entity in which interest is owned	1 Dec 2012	Other	142725
Llc Mesa West Capital Founders	Sole member - mesa west dsa, llc (relying adviser)	1 Apr 2014	75% - 100%	55-0885247
L.P. Columbia Pacific Opportunity Fund	Sole member - mesa west dsa, llc (relying adviser)	1 Apr 2014	25% - 50%	20-8451143
Llc Mesa West Capital Founders	Sole member - mesa west cpsa, llc (relying adviser)	1 Feb 2016	75% - 100%	55-0885247
L.P. Columbia Pacific Opportunity Fund	Sole member - mesa west cpsa, llc (relying adviser)	1 Feb 2016	25% - 50%	20-8451143
Morgan Stanley	Shareholder	1 Mar 2018	75% - 100%	36-3145972

Based in Los Angeles

The principal office where Mesa West Capital, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 11755 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Chicago, IL. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 310-806-6300 or by fax 310-806-6301. The normal business hours are 9am - 7pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at mesawestcapital.com.