Sustainable Insight Capital Management, LLC (New York)


Sustainable Insight Capital Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $189.55 million of regulatory assets for 14 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2013 and has operated in the jurisdictions of New York and North Carolina.

Sustainable Insight Capital 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.

Sustainable Insight Capital Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Sustainable Insight Capital Management, LLC is $189.55 million. The firm's AUM has grown by 94% since the beginning of its operation, and $8.94 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $143.74 million in discretionary accounts and $45.81 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $11.98 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $22.9 million.
Sustainable Insight Capital Management has custody of $136.12 million in cash and securities for 10 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 98% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 2% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has a single stream of revenue. Clients pay Sustainable Insight Capital Management, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management. 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 Kevin Edward Parker serves?

The firm provides services to pooled investment vehicles and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Kevin Edward Parker is pooled investment vehicles with 10 clients and $136.12 million of assets under management. Among the 14 most similar advisory firms, Sustainable Insight Capital Management has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $143.74 million for 12 clients. 3% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Sustainable Insight Capital Management also advises several private funds. Namely, ten other private funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Sustainable Insight Capital Management, LLC

The company employs 8 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 63 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 compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Kevin Edward Parker has been acting as President since 1 Dec 2012. Cork Inc. joined the executive team most recently as the Member.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Llc Sicm Management Member 1 Dec 2012 50% - 75% 46-1744917
Pacific Sequoia Holdings Llc Member 1 Dec 2012 Other 81-0616286
Llc Spering Member 1 Dec 2012 Other 38-1359217
Kevin Edward Parker Chief executive officer/director 1 Dec 2012 Other 1412389
William Bernard Orum Director 1 Dec 2012 Other 4567370
Robert Manilla Director 1 Dec 2012 Other 6172658
George Finley Parker General counsel/chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2012 Other 2783679
John Russell Nolan Chief operating officer 1 Dec 2012 Other 1334244
Llc Sustainable Insight Capital Management Owner (sustainable insight capital management (australia) pty limited) 1 Jan 2013 75% - 100% 166616
Llc Sustainable Insight Capital Management Partner (sustainable insight capital management llp) 1 Feb 2013 75% - 100% 166616
John D Willis Director, partner (sustainable insight capital management llp) 1 May 2013 Other 6207741
Capricorn Investment Group Llc Member 1 Jul 2013 Other 147417
George Finley Parker Chief operating officer, general counsel & chief compliance officer 1 May 2014 Other 2783679
Cork Inc. Member 1 Aug 2016 Other 81-3540845

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 5 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Jeffrey Stuart Skoll Managing member 1 May 2003 75% - 100% 5582101
Jeffrey Stuart Skoll Managing member 1 Oct 2003 75% - 100% 5582101
Jeffrey Stuart Skoll Member 1 Sep 2007 50% - 75% 5582101
The Kresge Foundation Managing member 1 Dec 2012 75% - 100% 38-1359217
Dermot F Desmond Shareholder 1 Aug 2016 75% - 100% 5036521

Based in New York

The principal office where Sustainable Insight Capital Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 261 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Winston Salem, NC. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 646-790-4800. The normal business hours are 9 am - 5 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at sicm.com.