Kepos Capital LP (New York)

Name: Kepos Capital LP
Address: 11 Times Square, 35 Th Floor, New York, NY, 10036
Telephone: 212-588-7400

Kepos Capital LP is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $3.29 billion of regulatory assets for 14 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2011.

Kepos Capital provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Kepos Capital: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Kepos Capital LP is $3.29 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 9389% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.6 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $3.29 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $235.19 million each.

Kepos Capital has custody of $3.29 billion in cash and securities for 13 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in cash and cash equivalents the most. They account for 100% of the total AUM.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Kepos Capital LP 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.

What kind of clients Kepos Capital serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Kepos Capital is pooled investment vehicles with 14 clients and $3.11 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Kepos Capital has the 4th lowest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $3.11 billion for 14 clients. 64% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Kepos Capital also advises several private funds. Namely, six hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $5,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Kepos Capital LP

The company employs 40 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 50 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.

Mark Monroe Carhart has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Mar 2010. Simon Raykher joined the executive team most recently as the Member, Kepos Partners Llc.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Kepos Capital Gp Llc	General partner	1 Mar 2010	Other	27-1617903
Mark Monroe Carhart	Chief investment officer	1 Mar 2010	25% - 50%	1999089
Giorgio De Santis	Director of research	1 Mar 2010	25% - 50%	4464850
Robert Bruce Litterman	Chair of risk committee	1 Mar 2010	Other	1651126
Matthew N Deschamps	Member, kepos partners llc	1 Mar 2010	Other	2774810
Kepos Partners Mm Llc	Managing member of kepos partners llc	1 Mar 2010	Other	90-0603200
Adrien Francois Vesval	Portfolio manager	1 Mar 2010	Other	6043319
Brian Thomas Daly	Chief legal officer; chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2010	Other	5884087
Joseph Carmen Deluca	Chief strategist	1 Mar 2010	Other	4109004
Kepos Alpha Fund Mm Llc	Managing member of kepos partners llc	1 Mar 2010	Other	90-0603200
Noel Patrick Flynn	Chief financial officer	1 Jun 2010	Other	2724028
Matthew N Deschamps	Chief operating officer and chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2012	Other	2774810
Matthew N Deschamps	Chief operating officer	1 Dec 2012	Other	2774810
Simon Raykher	General counsel and chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2012	Other	4928897
Simon Raykher	Member, kepos partners llc	1 Jan 2013	Other	4928897

Based in New York

The principal office where Kepos Capital LP performs its advisory services is located at 11 Times Square, 35 Th Floor, New York, NY 10036, 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 212-588-7400. The normal business hours are 9.00 am to 5.00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at keposcapital.com.