San Francisco Sentry Investment Group (San Francisco)

San Francisco Sentry Investment Group is a large advisory firm based in San Francisco. It manages $233.95 million of regulatory assets for 308 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and 3 other states.

San Francisco Sentry Investment Group provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses 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.

San Francisco Sentry Investment Group: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of San Francisco Sentry Investment Group is $233.95 million. The firm's AUM has gone down by -45% since the beginning of its operation, and $659.76 thousand of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $225.82 million in discretionary accounts and $8.13 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $742.84 thousand each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $2.03 million.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 76% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 12% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in investment and business development companies form 7% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has a single stream of revenue. Clients pay San Francisco Sentry Investment Group 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 Richard Edward Dirickson serves?

The firm provides services to individuals and high net worth individuals. The largest group of clients of Richard Edward Dirickson is high net worth individuals with 39 clients and $193.11 million of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, San Francisco Sentry Investment Group has the 2nd highest percentage of high net worth individuals out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $218.06 million for 104 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

San Francisco Sentry Investment Group doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at San Francisco Sentry Investment Group

The company employs 7 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 43 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 4 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 Edward Dirickson has been acting as President since 1 Jul 1990. Scott Francis Young joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Richard Edward Dirickson	Chairman/director	1 Jul 1990	50% - 75%	68537
Richard Edward Dirickson	Chairman/director	1 Jul 1993	Other	68537
William C Kuehne	Associated person	1 Jul 1993	Other	276266
Merrill Lynch Magowan	Associated person	1 Jul 1993	Other	2439220
Alexander Lurie Mazour	Associated person	1 Jul 1993	Other	324270
Alexander Lurie Mazour	Associated person	1 Apr 1997	Other	324270
Leon Arthur Root	Cfo	1 Aug 1998	Other	2731496
Julie Therese Meissner	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2003	Other	3020668
Julie Therese Gularte	Compliance officer	1 Jun 2003	Other	3020668
Scott Francis Young	Chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2017	Other	5310655

Based in San Francisco

The principal office where San Francisco Sentry Investment Group performs its advisory services is located at 100 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, 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 415-229-9000 or by fax 415-434-8043. The normal business hours are 7:00am to 5:00pm on Monday - Friday.