Gerding Edlen Investment Management, LLC (Portland)


Gerding Edlen Investment Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Portland. It manages $1.56 billion of regulatory assets for 5 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012.

Gerding Edlen Investment Management 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.

Gerding Edlen Investment Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Gerding Edlen Investment Management, LLC is $1.56 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 438% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $1.56 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $311.23 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Gerding Edlen Investment Management, 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 Gerding Edlen Investment Management serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Gerding Edlen Investment Management is pooled investment vehicles with 5 clients and $1.56 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Gerding Edlen Investment Management has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.56 billion for 5 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Gerding Edlen Investment Management also advises several private funds. Namely, five real estate funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $5,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Gerding Edlen Investment Management, LLC

The company employs 18 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 100 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
Patrick James Wilde Vice president of development 1 Apr 2002 Other 5871781
Damin Price Tarlow Vice president 1 May 2002 Other 5871339
Brent Joray Gaulke Vice president of development and acquisitions 1 Aug 2006 Other 5871337
Daniel Joseph Rinella Controller 1 Oct 2009 Other 5871338
Stephanie Fabian Asset management 1 Jan 2012 Other 6044719
Kelly Thomas Saito Managing member 1 Sep 2012 50% - 75% 5871334
Molly Hering Bordonaro Managing memebr 1 Sep 2012 Other 5871336
Gerding Edlen Development Member (also known as gedi, inc.) 1 Sep 2012 25% - 50% 155170
Mark Charles Edlen Executive officer 1 Sep 2012 Other 5871333
Roger Lee Krage Chief compliance officer, senior vice president 1 Sep 2012 Other 5871335

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 4 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Mark Charles Edlen Ceo 1 Feb 1996 50% - 75% 5871333
Kelly Thomas Saito President 1 May 2002 Other 5871334
Roger Lee Krage Senior vice president 1 Feb 2004 Other 5871335
Molly Hering Bordonaro Senior vice president 1 Dec 2012 Other 5871336

Based in Portland

The principal office where Gerding Edlen Investment Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 1477 Nw Everett St, Portland, OR 97209, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in San Francisco, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 503-299-6000 or by fax 503-299-6703. The normal business hours are 8:00 - 5:00 on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at gerdingedlen.com.