Great American Advisors, Inc. (Cincinnati)

Name: Great American Advisors, Inc.
Address: Great American Tower, Cincinnati, OH, 45202
Telephone: 800-216-3354

Great American Advisors, Inc. is an adviser based in Cincinnati. It manages $20.6 million of regulatory assets for 16 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2008 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Arizona, Georgia, Kentucky, and 8 other states.

Great American Advisors provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses 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.

Great American Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Great American Advisors, Inc. is $20.6 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -11% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $20.6 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.29 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Great American Advisors, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and fixed 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.

Careers at Great American Advisors, Inc.

James Lee Henderson has been acting as President since 1 Aug 1996. Athena Marie Purdon joined the executive team most recently as the Assitant Treasurer/Fin Op.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Great American Financial Resources	Shareholder	1 Dec 1993	75% - 100%	06-1356481
Mark Francis Muething	Clo/vp/dir/sec	1 Dec 1993	Other	2487310
James Lee Henderson	Ceo/president/gp/crop/dir	1 Aug 1996	Other	2487314
Peter James Nerone	Vice president/gp/mp/op/rop/ct	1 Dec 1996	Other	1953641
Paul Robert Ohlin	Treasurer/finop	1 Aug 1998	Other	3155567
Shawn Michael Mihal	Chief compliance officer/anti-money laundering compliance officer	1 Oct 2004	Other	3262384
James Thomas Mcvey	Chief marketing officer/dir	1 Jan 2005	Other	2566455
David Andrew Girmann	Chief marketing officer	1 Jan 2009	Other	2686321
Milissa Marie Brennan	Chief compliance officer/anti-money laundering compliance officer	1 Aug 2010	Other	2719738
Athena Marie Purdon	Assitant treasurer/fin op	1 Jan 2011	Other	3262378

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 4 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
American Financial Corporation	Shareholder	1 Nov 1973	75% - 100%	31-0624874
Great American Insurance Company	Shareholder	1 Dec 1992	75% - 100%	31-0501234
Afc Holding Company	Shareholder	1 Apr 1995	75% - 100%	31-1422526
American Financial Group	Shareholder	1 Dec 1997	75% - 100%	31-1544320

Based in Cincinnati

The principal office where Great American Advisors, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at Great American Tower, Cincinnati, OH 45202, 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 800-216-3354 or by fax 513-412-5109. The normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at www.gaadvisors.com.