Agfe LLP (London)


Agfe LLP is an adviser based in London. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012.

Agfe provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, security ratings or pricing services, and valuations of illiquid portfolios and financial advisory services. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Agfe LLP for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and fixed fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Agfe serves?

The firm provides services to pooled investment vehicles and corporations or other businesses. The largest group of clients of Agfe is pooled investment vehicles with 1 clients and $0 of assets under management. Among the 3 most similar advisory firms, Agfe has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

95% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Agfe doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Agfe LLP

The company employs 22 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 86 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.

Michele Bisceglia joined the executive team most recently as the Partner.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Agfe Management Limited Corporate member 1 Jul 2010 75% - 100% foreign
Paul D Rolles Chief executive officer 1 Feb 2011 Other 6027317
R. Gudrun Steele Partner, general counsel and chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2011 Other 6027325
Richard W Atterbury Partner and chairman 1 Feb 2011 Other 6027299
James F Wright Partner 1 Feb 2011 Other 6027328
Holger Beyer Partner and chief financial officer 1 Feb 2011 Other 6027302
Robin Michaels Partner 1 Feb 2011 Other 6027313
Baljit S Sanghera Partner 1 Feb 2011 Other 6027324
Brent Colin Williams Managing partner 1 Apr 2011 Other 3074161
Natalie E Howard Partner 1 Apr 2011 Other 6027308
Stephen Allan White Partner 1 Apr 2011 Other 1430459
Philip J Pearson Partner 1 Nov 2011 Other 6027315
Andrew Martin Rose Partner 1 Nov 2011 Other 1225688
Karl Patrick Essig Partner 1 May 2012 Other 1107831
Gholam Reza Bakhtiar Partner 1 May 2012 Other 6072126
Gerhard Oberholzer Partner 1 Apr 2013 Other 6186424
Daniel Varick Maynard Partner 1 May 2013 Other 1707850
James Alasdair Hugh Skillen Partner 1 Nov 2013 Other 6270221
Kevin Robert Cook Partner 1 Nov 2013 Other 6270222
Matthew James Longhurst Partner 1 Nov 2013 Other 6270223
Emma Margareta Hallgren Partner 1 Oct 2016 Other 6792554
Michele Bisceglia Partner 1 Apr 2019 Other 7116877
Xin Yu Zhang Partner 1 Apr 2019 Other 7116879

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 7 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Agfe Group Limited Shareholder 1 Dec 2007 75% - 100% foreign
Paul D Rolles Shareholder 1 Dec 2007 75% - 100% 6027317
Michael Edward Platt Member 1 Aug 2008 25% - 50% 4698658
Bluecrest Capital Management Llp Shareholder 1 Dec 2008 25% - 50% foreign
Bluecrest Capital Management Llp Member 1 Feb 2011 25% - 50% 148823
Robert John Heaselgrave Member 1 Jul 2014 50% - 75% 6166876
Catherine Mary Kerridge Member 1 Jul 2014 50% - 75% 5779028

Based in London

The principal office where Agfe LLP performs its advisory services is located at 55 Baker Street, London, W1 U 8 Ew, 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 (0)20 3219 5000 or by fax 44 (0)20 3219 5030. The normal business hours are 8:30am-6:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at agfe.com.