Arena Investors, LP (New York)

Arena Investors, LP is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.02 billion of regulatory assets for 15 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdictions of New York and Texas.

Arena Investors 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.

Arena Investors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Arena Investors, LP is $1.02 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 425% since the beginning of its operation, and $40.31 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $845.74 million in discretionary accounts and $178.17 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $93.97 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $29.7 million.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 95% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 5% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Arena Investors, LP for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management 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 Jonathan Daniel Short serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Jonathan Daniel Short is insurance companies with 6 clients and $632.45 million of assets under management. Among the 6 most similar advisory firms, Arena Investors has the highest percentage of insurance companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $824.6 million for 10 clients. 10% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Arena Investors also advises several private funds. Namely, two hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $5,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Arena Investors, LP

The company employs 45 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 36 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. Only one employee is registered as an investment adviser representative 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.

Jonathan Daniel Short has been acting as President since 1 Mar 2016. James Anthony Hartmann joined the executive team most recently as the Cco.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Lawrence David Cutler	Coo & cco	1 Jun 2015	Other	4404656
Daniel Bernard Zwirn	Ceo & cio	1 Jun 2015	Other	2388847
Llc Arena Investors Gp	Owner & gp	1 Jun 2015	75% - 100%	47-4123568
Paul Sealy	Cfo	1 Aug 2015	Other	6095932
James Anthony Hartmann	Cco	1 Sep 2015	Other	2705002
Jonathan Daniel Short	President	1 Mar 2016	Other	1530434

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 4 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Llc Westaim Arena Holdings Ii	Owner	1 Jun 2015	75% - 100%	47-4144893
Inc. Westaim Arena Holdings	Owner	1 Jun 2015	75% - 100%	38-3971359
The Westaim Corporation	Owner	1 Jun 2015	75% - 100%	foreign entity
The Westaim Corporation Of America Inc.	Owner & member of westaim arena holdings ii, llc	1 Jun 2015	75% - 100%	38-3971359

Based in New York

The principal office where Arena Investors, LP performs its advisory services is located at 405 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10174, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Mill Valley, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-612-3203 or by fax 212-612-3207. The normal business hours are 8am - 6pm on Monday - Friday.