Safanad Inc. (New York)

Name: Safanad Inc.
Address: 505 5 Th Avenue, New York, NY, 10017 4902
Telephone: 1-212-468-5600

Safanad Inc. is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.1 billion of regulatory assets for 91 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.

Safanad 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.

Safanad: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Safanad Inc. is $1.1 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 317% since the beginning of its operation, and $763.65 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.1 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $12.1 million each.

Safanad has custody of $1.1 billion in cash and securities for 91 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Safanad Inc. 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 Ziad Mohamad Hussein Dannaoui serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Ziad Mohamad Hussein Dannaoui is pooled investment vehicles with 91 clients and $1.1 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Safanad has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.1 billion for 91 clients. 42% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Safanad also advises several private funds. Namely, eleven real estate funds and three private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $250,000 to $2,550,800.

Careers at Safanad Inc.

The company employs 21 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 81 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.

Ziad Mohamad Hussein Dannaoui has been acting as President since 1 Jun 2017. John Rutledge has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Jan 2017. Lubna Suliman Al Olayan joined the executive team most recently as the Director.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Vincent Thaddeus Pica (Ii)	President and director	1 Jun 2009	Other	1500485
John Mark Benn	Chief financial officer and director	1 Jun 2009	Other	6363160
David Wall	Head, investment assessment, safanad inc.	1 Jun 2009	Other	6459588
Timothy Patrick O'shea	General counsel of safanad inc.	1 Sep 2009	Other	6363332
Raymond E. Wirta	Advisor to safanad inc. and related affiliates on real estate strategies	1 Sep 2009	Other	4355619
Paul Damian Gyra	Chief operating officer, chief compliance officer and director	1 Feb 2013	Other	4335490
Safanad Corporate Holdings Limited	Sole shareholder	1 Feb 2013	75% - 100%	0000000000
Gregory L Bronson	Director of the safanad real estate board	1 Dec 2014	Other	4813966
Joseph Frederick Azrack	Executive chariman of the safanad real estate board	1 Jan 2015	Other	2272339
Craig Kahler	Director, private equity	1 May 2015	Other	6628414
Sherwin Darius Jannat	Chief legal officer and chief compliance officer and borad of directors member	1 Nov 2015	Other	6583990
Christopher Anthony Aiken	Senior director, real estate	1 May 2016	Other	4015185
John Rutledge	Chief investment officer	1 Jan 2017	Other	1350735
Ziad Mohamad Hussein Dannaoui	Director	1 Jun 2017	Other	6774633
Timothy Roger Fuzesi	Senior director, real estate	1 Jul 2017	Other	4833083
Kris Tate Haber	Chief operating officer	1 Sep 2018	Other	2421004

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 19 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Kamal Abdullah Bahamdan	Sole shareholder	1 Jun 2006	75% - 100%	6363365
Abdullah Salem Bahamdan	Sole shareholder	1 Aug 2007	75% - 100%	6917937
Kb Group Holdings Ltd.	Shareholder	1 Jun 2009	25% - 50%	none
Kamal Abdullah Bahamdan	Director and ceo	1 Jun 2009	Other	6363365
Safanad Limited	Sole shareholder	1 Jul 2009	75% - 100%	00000000
Kamal Abdullah Bahamdan	Shareholder	1 Jul 2009	25% - 50%	6363365
Abdullah Salem Bahamdan	Director	1 Jul 2009	Other	6917937
Mohammed Hussein A Alamoudi	Sole shareholder	1 Oct 2009	75% - 100%	6918771
Bahamdan Investment Group	Shareholder	1 Jan 2010	25% - 50%	00000
Abinara Limited	Shareholder	1 Nov 2010	25% - 50%	000000
Safanad Limited	Sole shareholder	1 Feb 2013	75% - 100%	none
Jason Tadwell Milazzo	Director	1 Jun 2013	Other	2258490
Abdulkareem Abu Alnasr	Director	1 Jan 2015	Other	6917944
Kb Group Holdings Ltd.	Shareholder	1 May 2015	25% - 50%	000000000
Ziad Mohamad Hussein Dannaoui	President	1 Jul 2016	Other	6774633
Martin Lee Edelman	Director	1 Jan 2017	Other	4606482
John Mark Benn	Cfo	1 Jan 2018	Other	6363160
Joseph Frederick Azrack	Director	1 Jan 2018	Other	2272339
Lubna Suliman Al Olayan	Director	1 Nov 2018	Other	7049129

Based in New York

The principal office where Safanad Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 505 5 Th Avenue, New York, NY 10017 4902, 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 1-212-468-5600 or by fax 1-212-468-5649. The normal business hours are 9:00 am-6:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at safanad.com.