Meridian Diversified Fund Management, LLC (Albany)

Meridian Diversified Fund Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Albany. It manages $717.58 million of regulatory assets for 7 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2004 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.

Meridian Diversified Fund Management provides 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.

Meridian Diversified Fund Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Meridian Diversified Fund Management, LLC is $717.58 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -52% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $717.58 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $102.51 million each.

Meridian Diversified Fund Management has custody of $186.29 million in cash and securities for 2 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Meridian Diversified Fund Management, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

Careers at Meridian Diversified Fund Management, LLC

Donald James Halldin has been acting as President since 1 Jun 2001. Kevin Charles Joseph joined the executive team most recently as the General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
William Henry Lawrence	Chief executive officer & chief investment officer	1 Oct 1996	50% - 75%	1453586
Donald James Halldin	President	1 Oct 1996	25% - 50%	1396468
John Lawrence Sica	Director of research	1 Jan 2001	Other	4701091
William Henry Lawrence	Chairman, chief executive officer & chief investment officer	1 Apr 2001	Other	1453586
Donald James Halldin	Vice chairman	1 Apr 2001	Other	1396468
William And Gloria Lawrence Family Llc	Member	1 Apr 2001	50% - 75%	14-1834084
Sica Family Llc	Member	1 Apr 2001	Other	14-1834083
William Henry Lawrence	Chief executive officer & chief investment officer	1 Jun 2001	50% - 75%	1453586
Donald James Halldin	President	1 Jun 2001	25% - 50%	1396468
John Lawrence Sica	Partner, director of research	1 Jun 2001	Other	4701091
Timothy Michael Hickey	Chief financial officer	1 Aug 2001	Other	4701093
Peter Murphy Brown	General counsel & secretary	1 Mar 2002	Other	4332859
James Patrick Nunan	Director of marketing and client service	1 Dec 2002	Other	4701746
Laura Katherine Smith	Managing director, operations	1 Jan 2003	Other	2770695
Robert Joseph Murphy	Senior vice president - research	1 Jan 2003	Other	1251111
Howard Barry Fischer	Senior vice president - research	1 Jan 2003	Other	4701181
Michael Thomas Dieschbourg	Managing director	1 Jul 2004	Other	1177925
John Lawrence Sica	President, managing director of research	1 Jan 2007	Other	4701091
Robert Joseph Murphy	Partner - research	1 Jan 2007	Other	1251111
Howard Barry Fischer	Partner - research	1 Jan 2007	Other	4701181
Peter Murphy Brown	Partner	1 Jan 2008	Other	4332859
Jonathan Patrick Whalen	Chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2008	Other	5501686
Eduardo Morales Deschapelles	Partner	1 Feb 2008	Other	1917004
Kevin Charles Joseph	General counsel & chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2010	Other	5868285

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
John Lawrence Sica	Member	1 Apr 2001	25% - 50%	4701091
Heather Ann Sica	Member	1 Apr 2001	25% - 50%	5434699

Based in Albany

The principal office where Meridian Diversified Fund Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 20 Corporate Woods Boulevard, Albany, NY 12211 2396, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 518-432-1600 or by fax 518-465-8680. The normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday.