Pinebridge Investments LLC (New York)


Pinebridge Investments LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $42.01 billion of regulatory assets for 379 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Pinebridge Investments provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, and selection of other advisers. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Pinebridge Investments: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Pinebridge Investments LLC is $42.01 billion. The firm's AUM has gone down by -87% since the beginning of its operation, and $12.55 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $41.34 billion in discretionary accounts and $671.17 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $111.42 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $83.9 million.
Pinebridge Investments has custody of $1.01 billion in cash and securities for 2 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in non-investment grade corporate bonds the most. They account for 21% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 12% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 6% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Pinebridge Investments LLC 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 Wayne Michael Verge serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Wayne Michael Verge is pooled investment vehicles with 144 clients and $17.85 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Pinebridge Investments has the 4th lowest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $41.63 billion for 285 clients. 49% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Pinebridge Investments also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds, two other private funds, fifty seven private equity funds, and eight securitized asset funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $25,000,000.

Careers at Pinebridge Investments LLC

The company employs 281 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 48 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 6 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.

Wayne Michael Verge has been acting as President since 1 Jul 2010. Tracie Elizabeth Ahern joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Win Jay Neuger Director, chairman and chief executive officer 1 Mar 1995 Other 4088949
Hans Danielsson Senior managing director 1 Feb 1998 Other 4344565
Jeffrey (Nmn) Hurd Senior managing director 1 Jan 2003 Other 4924658
Robert T Thompson Senior managing director 1 Aug 2005 Other 5111021
Amy Pappas Managing director and chief financial officer 1 Sep 2007 Other 2039815
Joseph R Guarino Chief compliance officer 1 Jun 2008 Other 1804700
Monika Maria Machon Senior managing director 1 Sep 2008 Other 5613802
Ronald Edwin Holmes General counsel 1 Mar 2009 Other 5657462
Pinebridge Investments Holdings Us Llc Direct owner 1 Sep 2009 75% - 100% 26-4672666
Pinebridge Global Investments Llc Direct owner 1 Sep 2009 75% - 100% 26-4672666
Jeffrey Coddington Haywood Vice president and acting chief compliance officer 1 Mar 2010 Other 4914443
Miller Constance Managing director and head of human resources 1 Mar 2010 Other 5779094
Rachel Amos Managing director and general counsel 1 Mar 2010 Other 5779118
Constance Miller Managing director and head of human resources 1 Mar 2010 Other 5779094
Nick Denton Clark Managing director and chief compliance officer 1 Jun 2010 Other 5809878
Nicholas Denton Clark Chief compliance officer 1 Jun 2010 Other 5809878
Wayne Michael Verge Director 1 Jul 2010 Other 5915562
Michael Verge Director 1 Jul 2010 Other 5835230
Winnie King Yan Siu Morrison Director 1 Jul 2010 Other 5835233
George Ronald Hornig Chief operating officer 1 Nov 2010 Other 1817508
Rajesh Swaminathan General counsel 1 Mar 2011 Other 5905993
Pierre Francois Georges Mellinger President of pinebridge investments partners llc 1 Mar 2012 Other 6046292
David Tsiang Jiang Chief executive officer 1 Mar 2012 Other 4373879
Talal Ali Abdulla Al Zain Member of executive committee 1 Apr 2012 Other 6059364
David Tsiang Jiang Director & chief executive officer 1 Dec 2012 Other 4373879
Walter Donovan Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2013 Other 2163204
Paul T Citardi Chief compliance officer - americas 1 Aug 2013 Other 2276499
John Howard Blevins Chief compliance officer - americas 1 Oct 2013 Other 1983887
David Alexander Kolker Director and chief financial officer 1 Jul 2014 Other 3105871
George Ronald Hornig Director & chief executive officer 1 Mar 2015 Other 1817508
Gregory Albert Ehret Director and chief executive officer 1 Apr 2016 Other 4303287
Julian Fernand Sluyters Director and chief operating officer 1 Apr 2016 Other 2209394
Cissie Citardi General counsel 1 Apr 2016 Other 6642613
Michael John Karpik Director and chief operating officer 1 Jan 2018 Other 1709305
Tracie Elizabeth Ahern Chief financial officer 1 Apr 2019 Other 4602831

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 23 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Richard Tzar Kai Li Shareholder 1 Dec 1996 75% - 100% 5735317
Richard Li Tzar Kai Shareholder 1 Dec 1996 75% - 100% 5735317
Aig Capital Corporation Shareholder 1 Dec 2002 75% - 100% 60-0001373
Inc. American International Group Shareholder 1 Dec 2002 75% - 100% 13-2592361
Chiltonlink Limited Shareholder 1 Jul 2009 75% - 100% foreign
Bridge Holdings Company Limited General partner 1 Aug 2009 Other foreign
L.P. Pacific Century Investment Holdings (Cayman Islands) Limited partner 1 Aug 2009 75% - 100% 98-0641095
Pacific Century Partners Gp Limited General partner 1 Aug 2009 Other foreign
Pacific Century Investment Holdings (Cayman Islands) Limited Limited partner 1 Aug 2009 75% - 100% foreign
Pacific Century Investment Holdings No. 1 Limited Shareholder 1 Aug 2009 75% - 100% foreign
L.P. Bridge Partners Shareholder 1 Aug 2009 75% - 100% 98-0641094
Pacific Century Investment Holdings (Usa) Inc. Limited partner 1 Aug 2009 50% - 75% 98-0641355
Pacific Century Investment Holdings (Usa) No. 1 Limited Shareholder 1 Aug 2009 75% - 100% 11-1111111
Pacific Century Investement Holdings (Cayman Islands) Limited Limited partner 1 Aug 2009 50% - 75% 11-1111111
Aig Global Asset Managment Holdings Corp. Shareholder 1 Sep 2009 75% - 100% 13-3870953
Polish Co. 1 Sp. Z.O.O. Shareholder 1 Oct 2009 75% - 100% 98-0639508
Pacific Century Finance (Netherlands) Cooperatief U.A. Shareholder 1 Oct 2009 75% - 100% 11-1111111
L.P. Pinebridge Investments Shareholder 1 Mar 2010 75% - 100% 98-0641094
Bridge Investment Holdings Company Limited Shareholder 1 Mar 2010 75% - 100% 98-0645113
Pinebridge Investments Limited Shareholder 1 Mar 2010 75% - 100% 98-0645113
L.P. Pinebridge Investments Shareholder 1 Dec 2014 75% - 100% 98-0641094
Bridge Holdings Company Limited General partner 1 Dec 2014 Other foreign
L.P. Pacific Century Investment Holdings (Cayman Islands) Limited partner 1 Dec 2014 75% - 100% 98-0641095

Based in New York

The principal office where Pinebridge Investments LLC performs its advisory services is located at 65 East 55 Th Street, New York, NY 10022, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Houston, TX. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 646-857-8000. The normal business hours are 9:00am - 5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at pinebridge.com.