Kames Capital Plc (Edinburgh)


Kames Capital Plc is an adviser based in Edinburgh. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2017.

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Kames Capital Plc provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, 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.


Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Kames Capital Plc 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.

Careers at Kames Capital Plc

The company employs 313 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 32 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.

Stephen James Marshall Jones has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Mar 2013 and Martin Hichael Arthur Davis is the Chief Executive Officer of Kames Capital Plc family office. O'donnell Na John joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Kames Capital Holdings Limited Direct parent 1 Sep 2009 75% - 100% foreign entity
Helen Clarkson Mullin Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2010 Other 6841738
Allison Janet Talbot Chief legal officer 1 Aug 2010 Other 6841742
Alison Janet Talbot Chief legal officer 1 Aug 2010 Other 6841742
Stephen James Marshall Jones Chief investment officer 1 Mar 2013 Other 6841737
Martin Hichael Arthur Davis Chief executive officer 1 Oct 2013 Other 6841736
Martin Michael Arthur Davis Chief executive officer 1 Oct 2013 Other 6841736
Gregory Robert Cooper Chief operations officer 1 Jun 2016 Other 6841745
Pamela Christina Ogg Chief financial officer 1 Dec 2016 Other 6841746
O'donnell Na John Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2018 Other 6897035
O'donnell Henry John Chief compliance officer/ chief risk officer 1 Jan 2018 Other 6897035
Wouter Joris Johannes Peters Executive committee member 1 Jan 2018 Other 6932003
Rishi Raj Sharma Santokhi Executive committee member 1 Jan 2018 Other 6932012
Olaf Van Den Heuvel Executive committee member 1 Jan 2018 Other 6931989
Eric Van Der Maarel Executive committee member 1 Jan 2018 Other 4363796

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 5 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Aegon Asset Management Holding B.V. Shareholder 1 Sep 2009 75% - 100% foreign entity
Aegon Nv Shareholder 1 Sep 2009 75% - 100% 98-0339423
Sarah Anne Cecil Russell Director/elected manager 1 Nov 2010 Other 5120890
Martin Michael Arthur Davis Director/elected manager 1 Apr 2014 Other 6841736
Stephen James Marshall Jones Director/elected manager 1 Dec 2017 Other 6841737

Based in Edinburgh

The principal office where Kames Capital Plc performs its advisory services is located at 3 Lochside Crescent, Edinburgh, Eh12 9 Sa, which is also the mailing address of the firm. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 00 44 131 338 4748. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (uk) on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at kamescapital.com.