Vss Fund Management LLC (New York)

Name: Vss Fund Management LLC
Address: 390 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10022
Telephone: 212-935-4990

Vss Fund Management LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $516.33 million of regulatory assets for 12 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.

Vss Fund Management provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Vss Fund Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Vss Fund Management LLC is $516.33 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -68% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $516.33 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $43.03 million each.

Vss Fund Management has custody of $516.33 million in cash and securities for 12 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Vss Fund Management LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Vss Fund Management serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Vss Fund Management is pooled investment vehicles with 12 clients and $516.33 million of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Vss Fund Management has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $516.33 million for 12 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Vss Fund Management also advises several private funds. Namely, six other private funds and six private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $220,999 to $20,000,000.

Careers at Vss Fund Management LLC

The company employs 20 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 75 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.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
John Stuart Suhler	Founding partner, president	1 Oct 1981	Other	3248291
Jeffrey Taylor Stevenson	Managing partner	1 May 1982	Other	3248287
John Robert Sinatra	Chief financial officer	1 Feb 1996	Other	1913716
Scott Joseph Troeller	Partner	1 Aug 1996	Other	2287719
Veronis Suhler Stevenson Holdings Llc	Owner	1 Aug 2004	75% - 100%	30-0002059
John Robert Sinatra	Chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2012	Other	1913716
Monica Pelaez Mcginley	Chief compliance officer	1 Oct 2015	Other	4189139
Andrew Goscinski	Chief financial officer	1 Apr 2016	Other	2844579
Andrew Scott Klick	Chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2016	Other	2186884
Jacqueline Jacobs	Chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2017	Other	6893232

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Jeffrey Taylor Stevenson	Owner, managing partner	1 Aug 2004	75% - 100%	3248287

Based in New York

The principal office where Vss Fund Management LLC performs its advisory services is located at 390 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, 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 212-935-4990 or by fax 212-381-8168. The normal business hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at vss.com and its LinkedIn profile.