Gc Advisors LLC (Chicago)

Name: Gc Advisors LLC
Address: 150 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606
Telephone: 312-205-5050

Gc Advisors LLC is a large advisory firm based in Chicago. It manages $45.96 billion of regulatory assets for 83 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Illinois, New York, and North Carolina.

Gc Advisors 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.

Gc Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Gc Advisors LLC is $45.96 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 41452% since the beginning of its operation, and $24.45 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $21.35 billion in discretionary accounts and $24.61 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $388.19 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $879.03 million.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 97% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 3% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Gc Advisors 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 David B Golub serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, pooled investment vehicles, business development companies, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of David B Golub is pooled investment vehicles with 65 clients and $41.31 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Gc Advisors has the 5th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $45.96 billion for 83 clients. 34% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Gc Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, twenty seven hedge funds and five securitized asset funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $2,000,000.

Careers at Gc Advisors LLC

The company employs 380 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 33 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.

David B Golub has been acting as President since 1 Apr 2011. Lp Gcdm Holdings joined the executive team most recently as the Member.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Llc Whitehall Capital Investors N	Member	1 Sep 2008	50% - 75%	35-2324743
Llc Cdg2005	Member	1 Sep 2008	25% - 50%	26-2824533
Lawrence Eric Golub	Chairman	1 Sep 2008	Other	1311171
David B Golub	Vice chairman	1 Sep 2008	Other	1767789
Daniel Leyden	Chief financial officer	1 Sep 2008	Other	5631031
Matthew Stephen Hardin	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2009	Other	2366634
Daniel Allan Leyden	Chief financial officer	1 Apr 2010	Other	5631031
Francis Patrick Straub Iii	Chief financial officer, chief administrative officer	1 May 2010	Other	5544060
Francis Patrick Straub	Cfo	1 May 2010	Other	5544060
David B Golub	President	1 Apr 2011	Other	1767789
Gila Rivka Cohen	Chief administrative officer	1 Jul 2011	Other	2944328
Joshua Mark Levinson	Deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2011	Other	5973336
Llc Whitehall Capital Investors Pe	Member	1 Dec 2011	50% - 75%	61-1153469
Llc Cdgpe	Member	1 Dec 2011	25% - 50%	39-2070684
Llc Gc Pe Holdings	Member	1 Sep 2012	75% - 100%	46-1164795
Lawrence Eric Golub	Chairman, chief executive officer, co-general counsel	1 Dec 2012	Other	1311171
Joshua Mark Levinson	Co-general counsel and chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2012	Other	5973336
Pierre Olivier Lamoureux	Chief financial officer	1 Feb 2018	Other	4816563
Lp Gcdm Holdings	Member	1 Aug 2018	75% - 100%	83-1325039

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 26 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Cdg Exempt 2005 Trust	Member	1 Mar 2005	75% - 100%	26-6136563
Stephen Alan Kepniss	Trustee	1 Mar 2005	Other	1391511
Bragol Exempt N Trust	Member	1 Jan 2007	75% - 100%	26-6174801
Stephen Alan Kepniss	Trustee	1 Jan 2008	Other	1391511
Bragol Exempt Pe Trust	Member	1 Dec 2011	75% - 100%	26-6174872
Cdg Exempt 2005 Pe Trust	Member	1 Dec 2011	75% - 100%	26-6174478
Stephen Alan Kepniss	Trustee	1 Dec 2011	Other	1391511
Lawrence Eric Golub	Manager	1 Jun 2012	Other	1311171
David B Golub	Manager	1 Jun 2012	Other	1767789
Llc Whitehall Capital Investors New Pe	Member	1 Sep 2012	50% - 75%	61-1698778
Lawrence Eric Golub	Manager	1 Sep 2012	Other	1311171
Bragol Exempt Pe Trust	Member	1 Sep 2012	75% - 100%	26-6174872
Llc Cdgpe	Member	1 Sep 2012	25% - 50%	39-2070684
David B Golub	Manager	1 Sep 2012	Other	1767789
David B Golub	Manager	1 Jan 2014	Other	1767789
Cdg Exempt 2005 Pe Trust	Member	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	11-1234567
The Bragol Trust Ii	Member	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	13-7373610
Llc Cdg 2013 Pe	Member	1 Jan 2014	25% - 50%	42-1778585
Cdg Exempt 2013pe Trust	Member	1 Jan 2014	Other	35-7045743
David Finegold	Trustee	1 Jan 2014	Other	6463961
Cdg Exempt 2005 Trust	Member	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	25-6136563
Bragol Trust Ii	Member	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	13-7373610
Lawrence Eric Golub	Trustee	1 Jan 2014	Other	1311171
Llc Gcdm Holdings Gp	General partner	1 Jul 2018	Other	83-1336881
Stephen Alan Kepniss	Trustee	1 Jul 2018	Other	1391511
Gc Pe Holdings Llc	Limited partner	1 Aug 2018	75% - 100%	46-1164795

Based in Chicago

The principal office where Gc Advisors LLC performs its advisory services is located at 150 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 312-205-5050 or by fax 312-205-5050. The normal business hours are 9:00am - 5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at golubcapital.com.