Octagon Credit Investors, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $22.22 billion of regulatory assets for 70 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.
Octagon Credit Investors provides portfolio management for investment companies, 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.
The assets under management (AUM) of Octagon Credit Investors, LLC is $22.22 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 495% since the beginning of its operation, and $20.78 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Octagon Credit Investors, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.
The firm provides services to insurance companies, investment companies, and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of James Peter Ferguson is pooled investment vehicles with 41 clients and $19.18 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Octagon Credit Investors has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $20.15 billion for 65 clients. 61% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Octagon Credit Investors also advises several private funds. Namely, two hedge funds, seven other private funds, one private equity fund, and twenty seven securitized asset funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $14,400 to $5,000,000.
The company employs 67 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 43 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.
There are 5 people 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 Peter Ferguson has been acting as President since 1 Dec 1998. Sungho Matthew Lee joined the executive team most recently as the Head Of Research, Member.
The principal office where Octagon Credit Investors, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 250 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10177, 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 212-400-8400 or by fax 212-400-8401. The normal business hours are 9am - 5pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at octagoncredit.com.