Sapience Investments, LLC (Newport Beach)

Sapience Investments, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Newport Beach. It manages $647.75 million of regulatory assets for 24 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2016 and has operated in the jurisdiction of California.

Sapience Investments provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, 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.

Sapience Investments: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Sapience Investments, LLC is $647.75 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 200% since the beginning of its operation, and $163.16 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $647.75 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $26.99 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 98% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 2% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Sapience Investments, LLC 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.

What kind of clients Sapience Investments serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Sapience Investments is pension and profit sharing plans with 7 clients and $269.17 million of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Sapience Investments has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $647.75 million for 24 clients. 25% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Sapience Investments doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Sapience Investments, LLC

The company employs 11 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 64 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.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Lp Estancia Capital Partners	Managing member/owner	1 Feb 2016	75% - 100%	27-0665503
Darrin Charles Jeffries	Manager	1 Feb 2016	Other	6443104
Danny Allan Kang	Manager	1 Feb 2016	Other	2680496
Michael Casares Mendez	Manager	1 Feb 2016	Other	2273279
Nathan Ellis Statler	Chief compliance officer	1 Sep 2016	Other	6689053
Scott Lee Partridge	Chief financial officer	1 Sep 2016	Other	4546381
Danny Allan Kang	Board member	1 Sep 2016	Other	2680496
Michael Casares Mendez	Board member	1 Sep 2016	Other	2273279
Scott Louis Partridge	Chief financial officer	1 Sep 2016	Other	6711096
Samir Sikka	Chief executive officer / chief investment officer	1 Sep 2016	50% - 75%	2936776
William Edward Rauh	Board member	1 May 2017	Other	6932363

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Llc Estancia Gp	General partner	1 Jul 2009	Other	27-0665256
Michael Casares Mendez	Managing member/owner	1 Jul 2009	50% - 75%	2273279
Llc Estancia Managing Directors	Managing member / owner	1 Jul 2009	75% - 100%	27-2804671

Based in Newport Beach

The principal office where Sapience Investments, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 520 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, 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 949 662 1011 or by fax 949 999 2118. The normal business hours are 8am - 4pm on Monday - Friday.