Precision Capital Advisors, LLC (New York)

Name: Precision Capital Advisors, LLC
Address: 399 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10022
Telephone: 212 476-9300

Precision Capital Advisors, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.31 billion of regulatory assets for 28 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012.

Precision Capital Advisors 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.

Precision Capital Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Precision Capital Advisors, LLC is $1.31 billion. The firm's AUM has gone down by -8% since the beginning of its operation, and $112.04 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.23 billion in discretionary accounts and $71.59 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $45.73 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $71.59 million.

Precision Capital Advisors has custody of $19.87 million in cash and securities for 3 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 100% of the total AUM.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Precision Capital Advisors, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, 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 Precision Capital Advisors serves?

The firm provides services to pooled investment vehicles and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Precision Capital Advisors is pooled investment vehicles with 27 clients and $1.23 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Precision Capital Advisors has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.31 billion for 28 clients. 18% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Precision Capital Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund, one real estate fund, five other private funds, eighteen private equity funds, and two venture capital funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $200,000 to $1,000,000.

Careers at Precision Capital Advisors, LLC

The company employs 8 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 63 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
Gina Marie Laversa	Managing member	1 Mar 2004	50% - 75%	2372647
Todd Kesselman	Managing member	1 Mar 2004	50% - 75%	2897424
David Cohen	Chief financial officer, chief operating officer & chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2007	Other	5789014
Amy Kesselman And Avi Katz Trustees The 2016 Todd Kesselman Grantor Trust	Member of certain relying advisors	1 Dec 2007	50% - 75%	26-6047646
Amy Kesselman Trustee The Todd Kesselman Grantor Trust	Member of certain relying advisors - see schedule d misc for further details	1 Dec 2007	50% - 75%	26-6047646
Stephen Laversa Jp Morgan Trust Company Trustees The Gina Laversa 2012 Dynasty Trust	Member of certain relying advisors	1 Jan 2013	25% - 50%	36-7609802
Amy Kesselman And Avi Katz Trustees The 2016 Todd Kesselman Grantor Trust	Member of pico holdings management, llc	1 Dec 2015	Other	26-6047646
Gina Marie Laversa	Member of pico holdings management, llc	1 Dec 2015	Other	2372647
Stephen Laversa Jp Morgan Trust Company Trustees The Gina Laversa 2012 Dynasty Trust	Member of pico holdings management, llc	1 Dec 2015	Other	36-7609802
Elie C. Wurtman 2015 Children's Trust	Member of pico holdings management, llc	1 Dec 2015	50% - 75%	47-7107539
Elie Charles Wurtman	Member of pico holdings management, llc	1 Dec 2015	50% - 75%	2588332
Amy Kesselman Trustee The Todd Kesselman Grantor Trust	Member of pico holdings management, llc	1 Dec 2015	Other	26-6047646
Amy Kesselman And Avi Katz Trustees The 2016 Todd Kesselman Grantor Trust	Member of pico holdings management iii, llc	1 May 2017	Other	26-6047646
Gina Marie Laversa	Member of pico holdings management iii, llc	1 May 2017	Other	2372647
Stephen Laversa Jp Morgan Trust Company Trustees The Gina Laversa 2012 Dynasty Trust	Member of pico holdings management iii, llc	1 May 2017	Other	36-7609802
Elie C. Wurtman 2015 Children's Trust	Member of pico holdings management iii, llc	1 May 2017	50% - 75%	47-7107539

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Amy Kesselman And Avi Katz Trustees The 2016 Todd Kessleman Grantor Trust	Manager of certain relying advisors - see schedule d misc for further details	1 Dec 2007	50% - 75%	26-6047646
Amy Kesselman Trustee The Todd Kessleman Grantor Trust	Manager of certain relying advisors - see schedule d misc for further details	1 Dec 2007	50% - 75%	26-6047646
Stephen Laversa Jp Morgan Trust Company Trustees The Gina M. Laversa 2012 Dynasty Trust	Manager of certain relying advisors - see schedule d misc for further details	1 Jan 2013	25% - 50%	36-7609802

Based in New York

The principal office where Precision Capital Advisors, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 399 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, 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 212 476-9300 or by fax 212 355-3250. The normal business hours are 9 am - 6 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at precisioncapital.com.