Mizuho Alternative Investments, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.08 billion of regulatory assets for 24 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2008 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California and New York.
Mizuho Alternative Investments provides portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, and non-discretionary investment advisory/ portfolio monitoring/consulting services / investment model licensing to inst. 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.
The assets under management (AUM) of Mizuho Alternative Investments, LLC is $1.08 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -82% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.04 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Mizuho Alternative Investments, 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.
The firm provides services to investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Mizuho Alternative Investments is pooled investment vehicles with 23 clients and $1.04 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Mizuho Alternative Investments has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.08 billion for 24 clients. 92% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Mizuho Alternative Investments also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds and one other private fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $100,000 to $1,000,000.
The company employs 26 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 50 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 receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.
Tetsuji Toda joined the executive team most recently as the President And Chief Executive Officer.
The principal office where Mizuho Alternative Investments, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 757 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, 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 212-282-4739 or by fax 212-282-4104. The normal business hours are 9:00am-5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at mizuhobank.com/mai/index.html.