Qs Investors, LLC (New York)

Qs Investors provides portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, selection of other advisers, and non-discretionary advice; model-only portfolios and/or trade recommendations; licensing of commercially available indices. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Qs Investors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Qs Investors, LLC is $19.07 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 18933% since the beginning of its operation, and $967.99 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $15.28 billion in discretionary accounts and $3.79 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $140.18 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $210.51 million.

Qs Investors has custody of $3.94 billion in cash and securities for 2 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 61% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is other assets, which make up 20% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in investment and business development companies form 11% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Qs Investors, LLC 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 Joseph Patrick Larocque serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies, other investment advisers, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Joseph Patrick Larocque is investment companies with 47 clients and $12.25 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Qs Investors has the 3rd highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $18.55 billion for 120 clients. 19% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

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

Careers at Qs Investors, LLC

The company employs 75 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 55 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There’s a single person 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.

Joseph Patrick Larocque has been acting as President since 1 May 2014. Rosemary Macedo has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Mar 2010. Janet Carol Campagna joined the executive team most recently as the Director.

Direct owners and executive officers

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Based in New York

The principal office where Qs Investors, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 880 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022, 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 212-886-9200 or by fax 212-886-9201. The normal business hours are 8:00 to 5:00 on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at qsinvestors.com and its LinkedIn profile.

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