Strategic Value Partners, LLC (Greenwich)


Strategic Value Partners, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Greenwich. It manages $8.92 billion of regulatory assets for 40 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2005.

Strategic Value Partners 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.

Strategic Value Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Strategic Value Partners, LLC is $8.92 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 318% since the beginning of its operation, and $8.75 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $8.92 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $222.99 million each.
Strategic Value Partners has custody of $8.83 billion in cash and securities for 37 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in non-exchange traded securities the most. They account for 56% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is investment grade corporate bonds, which make up 30% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in other assets form 14% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Strategic Value Partners, LLC 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 Strategic Value Partners serves?

The firm provides services to pooled investment vehicles and corporations or other businesses. The largest group of clients of Strategic Value Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 39 clients and $8.92 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Strategic Value Partners has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $8.92 billion for 40 clients. 78% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Strategic Value Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, six hedge funds and four private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $5,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Strategic Value Partners, LLC

The company employs 114 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 39 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.

James F. Dougherty joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Victor Sanjay Khosla Chief executive officer 1 Apr 2002 Other 2172675
Jean Louis Marie Lelogeais Executive officer 1 Apr 2002 Other 5065924
Victor S Khosla Chief executive officer 1 Apr 2002 Other 2172675
Geoffrey Adam Gold Executive officer 1 Apr 2002 Other 2330033
Vivianne Hernandez Executive officer 1 Apr 2002 Other 2329997
Thomas Charles Hendrick Executive officer 1 Sep 2003 Other 2152147
Gregory Anthony Hartmann General counsel 1 Jun 2004 Other 4300042
Robert Shustak Chief operating officer 1 Aug 2005 Other 4339263
Lewis Benjamin Schwartz Chief financial officer 1 Sep 2005 Other 4937162
Craig Erin Klein Controller 1 Oct 2005 Other 3253836
Llc Midwood Holdings Sole managing member 1 Nov 2005 Other 20-3842961
Lp Midwood Member 1 Nov 2005 75% - 100% 20-3843301
Elizabeth Ross Uhl Chief compliance officer 1 Nov 2005 Other 2233780
Edward Charles Kelly Chief operating officer 1 Feb 2006 Other 5037756
Edward C. Kelly Chief operating officer 1 Feb 2006 Other 5037756
Robert Shustak Co-chief operating officer 1 Feb 2006 Other 4339263
Kevin Martin Lydon Executive officer 1 Mar 2007 Other 2935104
Aine Marie Santry General counsel 1 Jun 2007 Other 1725385
David Benjamin Charnin General counsel and chief compliance officer 1 Sep 2011 Other 5979561
Stephen John Mcguinness Executive officer 1 Aug 2012 Other 1478789
James F. Dougherty Chief financial officer 1 Dec 2014 Other 6429067

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Victor Sanjay Khosla Majority owner 1 Nov 2005 50% - 75% 2172675
Victor S Khosla Majority owner 1 Nov 2005 50% - 75% 2172675

Based in Greenwich

The principal office where Strategic Value Partners, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 100 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830, 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 203-618-3500 or by fax 203-618-3515. The normal business hours are 9:00 am - 5:30 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at svpglobal.com/.