Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC (Los Angeles)


Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Los Angeles. It manages $8.18 billion of regulatory assets for 42 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York.

Colony Capital Investment Advisors provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and adviser to an insurance policy separate account portfolio and its wholly owned subsidiary.. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Colony Capital Investment Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC is $8.18 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -29% since the beginning of its operation, and $719.36 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $8.18 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $194.67 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 89% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 7% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in non-investment grade corporate bonds form 2% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, 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 Richard Brett Saltzman serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Richard Brett Saltzman is pooled investment vehicles with 42 clients and $8.14 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Colony Capital Investment Advisors has the 5th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $8.14 billion for 42 clients. 24% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Colony Capital Investment Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund and forty one real estate funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $10,000,000.

Careers at Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC

The company employs 457 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 34 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.

Richard Brett Saltzman has been acting as President since 1 Apr 2015. Llc Colony Capital Investment Advisors joined the executive team most recently as the Member.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Nsam Europe S.àr.L. Sole owner of colony northstar n luxembourg s.àr.l. 1 Jun 2014 75% - 100% foreign
Daniel Ross Gilbert Dir. colony northstar uk ltd 1 Jun 2014 Other 2193269
Jonathan David Farkas Dir., colony northstar n luxembourg s.àr.l., colony northstar uk 1 Jun 2014 Other 6226846
Steven Bradley Kauff Dir., colony northstar n luxembourg s.àr.l., colony northstar uk 1 Jun 2014 Other 4605730
David Scott Fallick Director of colony northstar n - luxembourg s.àr.l. 1 Jun 2014 Other 1718984
Llc Healthcare Jv Gp General partner of healthcare opportunity jv, lp 1 Jun 2014 Other 43-5650830
James Francis Flaherty Limited partner of healthcare opportunity jv, lp 1 Jun 2014 Other 2426563
Llc Nsam P Holdings Limited partner of healthcare opportunity jv, lp 1 Jun 2014 25% - 50% 36-4790632
Llc Colony Capital Operating Company Sole member, nsam p-holdings, llc 1 Jun 2014 75% - 100% 45-2443407
Graeme Macarthur Director of the jersey relying advisers 1 Jun 2014 Other 6336174
Antonia Burgess Director of the jersey relying advisers 1 Jun 2014 Other 6336230
Llc Col Invest Italy Sole owner of col invest italy s.r.l. 1 Jul 2014 75% - 100% 32-0442891
Thomas Joseph Barrack Chief executive officer 1 Apr 2015 Other 1277846
Richard Brett Saltzman President 1 Apr 2015 Other 711874
Mark Melvin Hedstrom Chief financial officer, senior vice president, treasurer & secretary 1 Apr 2015 Other 5077054
Jonathan Howard Grunzweig Senior vice president 1 Apr 2015 Other 6026997
Ronald Mark Sanders General counsel 1 Apr 2015 Other 5077056
Leon Schwartzman Chief compliance officer 1 Apr 2015 Other 3111460
Llc Colony Capital Investment Holdco Sole member 1 Apr 2015 75% - 100% 47-3464516
Leon Nmn Schwartzman Chief compliance officer 1 Apr 2015 Other 3111460
Darren James Tangen Vice president 1 Apr 2015 Other 4235602
Kevin Patrick Traenkle Chief investment officer of colony northstar, inc. 1 Apr 2015 Other 6748578
Llc Colony Realty Member Member, colony realty partners, llc 1 Apr 2015 50% - 75% 20-5254688
Llc Colony Capital Investment Advisors Sole member, cdcf iv investment advisor, colony industrial investment advisor, colony northstar advisors, cni advisor holdings 1 Apr 2015 75% - 100% 175506
David Takashi Hamamoto Executive vice chairman of colony northstar, inc. 1 Jan 2016 Other 1736682

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 6 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Inc. Colony Capital Member 1 Apr 2015 75% - 100% 27-0419483
Llc Colony Capital Operating Company Member 1 Apr 2015 75% - 100% 45-2443407
Llc Colony Capital Op Subsidiary Member 1 Apr 2015 75% - 100% 37-1779288
Inc. Colony Northstar Member 1 Apr 2015 75% - 100% 27-0419483
Llc Colony Capital Investment Advisors Member 1 Jan 2017 75% - 100% 175506
Llc Cni Advisor Holdings Shareholder 1 Jan 2017 75% - 100% 81-4880602

Based in Los Angeles

The principal office where Colony Capital Investment Advisors, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 515 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Boston, MA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 310-282-8820 or by fax 310-460-7956. The normal business hours are 7:00am to 7:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at colonyinc.com.