Scout Investments, Inc. (Kansas City)

Name: Scout Investments, Inc.
Address: 1201 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO, 64106
Telephone: 800-521-1195

Scout Investments, Inc. is a large advisory firm based in Kansas City. It manages $25.69 billion of regulatory assets for 234 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2011 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 49 other states.

Scout Investments provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, 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.

Scout Investments: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Scout Investments, Inc. is $25.69 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 31% since the beginning of its operation, and $538.65 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $25.69 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $109.79 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in sovereign bonds the most. They account for 49% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is government bonds, which make up 10% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in other assets form 5% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Scout Investments, Inc. 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.

What kind of clients John Mariner Kemper serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, insurance companies, investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of John Mariner Kemper is investment companies with 11 clients and $7.97 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Scout Investments has the highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $25.69 billion for 234 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Scout Investments also advises several private funds. Namely, three other private funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Scout Investments, Inc.

The company employs 58 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 41 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 10 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 compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

John Mariner Kemper has been acting as President since 1 Jul 2009. Susan Lavelle Walzer joined the executive team most recently as the Director.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
John Charles Pauls	Secretary	1 Aug 2001	Other	4381271
James Lee Moffett	Evp & chief international strategist, director	1 Aug 2004	Other	4377502
William Berkley Greiner	President, chief investment officer, director	1 Aug 2004	Other	716284
John Mariner Kemper	Director	1 Jul 2009	Other	2364766
Peter James Desilva	Director	1 Jul 2009	Other	1740057
Umb Financial Corporation	Shareholder	1 Jul 2009	75% - 100%	43-0903811
Benjamin David Wiesenfeld	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2009	Other	4953234
Michael Dennis Hagedorn	Director	1 Jul 2009	Other	5286551
Clyde Francis Wendel	Director	1 Jul 2009	Other	4341727
Andrew Iseman	Chairman	1 Aug 2010	Other	2337042
David Warren Lubchenco	Director	1 Aug 2010	Other	2277212
Scott A Betz	Treasurer	1 Feb 2011	Other	5907642
David Bruce Mckinney	Director	1 Feb 2012	Other	4360839
Brian J Walker	Director	1 Aug 2014	Other	6472711
Jennifer M Payne	Director	1 Jan 2016	Other	6629944
Shannon A Johnson	Director	1 Jan 2016	Other	6630893
Darren Herrmann	Director	1 Jan 2016	Other	2554119
Scott A Betz	Treasurer, coo and chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2016	Other	5907642
James Cooper Abbott	Chairman	1 Nov 2017	Other	4441987
Eric Christian Wilwant	Director	1 Nov 2017	Other	2256062
Courtland Wolfe James	Director	1 Nov 2017	Other	3226536
Inc. Carillon Tower Advisers	Shareholder	1 Nov 2017	75% - 100%	174904
Charles Michael Edwards	Director	1 Nov 2017	Other	5342028
Chang Shin	Cco	1 Feb 2018	Other	2605773
Charles Michael Edwards	President	1 Oct 2018	Other	5342028
Susan Lavelle Walzer	Director	1 Aug 2019	Other	2976646

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Raymond James Financial	Shareholder	1 Dec 2014	75% - 100%	59-1517485

Based in Kansas City

The principal office where Scout Investments, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 1201 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64106, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Columbus, IN. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 800-521-1195 or by fax 816-842-1027. The normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at scoutinv.com and its LinkedIn profile.