Sageview Advisory Group, LLC (Irvine)

Name: Sageview Advisory Group, LLC
Address: 1920 Main St., Irvine, CA, 92614
Telephone: 949-955-1395

Sageview Advisory Group, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Irvine. It manages $101.53 billion of regulatory assets for 2,717 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2005 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, and 35 other states.

Sageview Advisory Group provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, and educational seminars and workshops. It prepares financial plans for less than 10 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm also engages as actuarial services.

Sageview Advisory Group: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Sageview Advisory Group, LLC is $101.53 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 3961% since the beginning of its operation, and $301 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $3.57 billion in discretionary accounts and $97.96 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $2.9 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $66.01 million.

Investments

The firm invests in investment and business development companies the most. They account for 80% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 10% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 9% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Sageview Advisory Group, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, 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 Sageview Advisory Group serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Sageview Advisory Group is corporations or other businesses with 1,160 clients and $93.26 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Sageview Advisory Group has the highest percentage of corporations or other businesses out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $101.53 billion for 1,980 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Sageview Advisory Group doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Sageview Advisory Group, LLC

The company employs 145 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 50 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 73 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 receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Randall Craig Long	Member	1 Apr 1998	75% - 100%	1147693
Matthew Craig Hammonds	Chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2005	Other	2458125
Brock Martin Becker	Chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2013	Other	4425823
Jonathan Tyler Upham	Member	1 Feb 2015	Other	2957743
Michael T Byun	Chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2018	Other	5020261
Brock Martin Becker	Chief compliance officer	1 Sep 2019	Other	4425823
Sharina Maria Merid	Chief compliance officer	1 Sep 2019	Other	5155888

Based in Irvine

The principal office where Sageview Advisory Group, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 1920 Main St., Irvine, CA 92614, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Portland, OR. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 949-955-1395 or by fax 949-955-1991. The normal business hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at sageviewadvisory.com.