Stepstone Group Real Estate LP (La Jolla)

Name: Stepstone Group Real Estate LP
Address: 4275 Executive Square, La Jolla, CA, 92037
Telephone: 858-558-9700

Stepstone Group Real Estate LP is a large advisory firm based in La Jolla. It manages $5.13 billion of regulatory assets for 170 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015.

Stepstone Group Real Estate provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, and selection of other advisers. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Stepstone Group Real Estate: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Stepstone Group Real Estate LP is $5.13 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 7419% since the beginning of its operation, and $3.09 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $4.63 billion in discretionary accounts and $504.37 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $27.55 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $252.19 million.

Stepstone Group Real Estate has custody of $19.46 million in cash and securities for 161 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 100% of the total AUM.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Stepstone Group Real Estate LP for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based 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 Stepstone Group Real Estate serves?

The firm provides services to pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Stepstone Group Real Estate is pooled investment vehicles with 161 clients and $3.68 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Stepstone Group Real Estate has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $5.13 billion for 183 clients. 30% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Stepstone Group Real Estate also advises several private funds. Namely, thirty eight real estate funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $1,000,000,000.

Careers at Stepstone Group Real Estate LP

The company employs 53 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 66 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.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Jeffrey Manuel Giller	Partner	1 May 2014	Other	6011561
Brendan Coady Macdonald	Partner	1 May 2014	Other	6011562
Josh Garrett Cleveland	Partner	1 May 2014	Other	6011563
Dev Raj Subhash	Partner	1 May 2014	Other	3235709
Jason Paul Ment	Partner, general counsel, chief compliance officer	1 May 2014	Other	5512276
Johnny Dale Randel	Partner, chief financial officer, chief operating officer	1 May 2014	Other	2226857
Stepstone Group Lp	Partner	1 May 2014	50% - 75%	143635
Stepstone Group Real Estate Holdings Llc	General partner	1 May 2014	Other	46-5570869
John William Waters	Principal	1 May 2014	Other	4890247
John P Mcguinness	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2019	Other	6248375

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Stepstone Group Holdings Llc	General partner	1 May 2014	Other	46-1706380

Based in La Jolla

The principal office where Stepstone Group Real Estate LP performs its advisory services is located at 4275 Executive Square, La Jolla, CA 92037, 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 858-558-9700 or by fax 858-558-9701. The normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at stepstoneglobal.com/.