Silk Invest Limited (London)


Silk Invest Limited is a large advisory firm based in London. It manages $106.93 million of regulatory assets for 6 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Ohio.

Silk Invest Limited provides portfolio management for investment companies and portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Silk Invest Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Silk Invest Limited is $106.93 million. The firm's AUM has gone down by -10% since the beginning of its operation, and $65.51 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $104.03 million in discretionary accounts and $2.9 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $20.81 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $2.9 million.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Silk Invest Limited 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.

What kind of clients Daniel Pontoppidan Broby serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Daniel Pontoppidan Broby is pooled investment vehicles with 5 clients and $65.51 million of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Silk Invest Limited has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $106.93 million for 6 clients. 61% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Silk Invest Limited doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Silk Invest Limited

The company employs 18 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 61 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.

Daniel Pontoppidan Broby has been acting as President since 1 Apr 2009. Rosemont Partners Iii L.P. joined the executive team most recently as the Shareholder.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Zin El Abidin Bekkali Chief executive officer & group cio 1 May 2008 50% - 75% 6100125
Hajar Mouatassin Director 1 May 2008 Other 6100131
Heinz Josef Hockmann Board member 1 Aug 2008 Other 4374327
Waseem Khan Chief investment officer - pe 1 Feb 2009 Other 6106295
Baldwin J Berges Managing partner 1 Apr 2009 Other 6100126
Fernando Jorge Da Sousa Cruz Pereira Shareholder 1 Apr 2009 Other 6100128
Abdeltif Stitou Chief operating officer & chief compliance officer 1 Apr 2009 Other 6100133
Gordian Group S.A. Shareholder 1 Apr 2009 Other foreign
Daniel Pontoppidan Broby Director 1 Apr 2009 Other 6100130
Rosemont Partners Iii L.P. Shareholder 1 Jul 2013 25% - 50% 27-3667035
Rosemont Partners Iii. Lp. Shareholder 1 Jul 2013 25% - 50% 27-3667035
Silk Investment Management Ltd Shareholder 1 Jul 2013 50% - 75% 08368137

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 4 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Zin El Abidin Bekkali Shareholder 1 Jan 2013 25% - 50% 6100125
Llc Rosemont Investment Partners Iii Gp 1 Jul 2013 Other 27-3666961
Rosemont Investment Partners Llc Gp 1 Jul 2013 75% - 100% 27-3666961
Rosemont Investment Partners Iii Llc Gp 1 Jul 2013 Other 27-3667035

Based in London

The principal office where Silk Invest Limited performs its advisory services is located at 68 Lombard Street, London, Ec3 V 9 Lj, which is also the mailing address of the firm. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 00 44 208 088 1040 or by fax 00 44 207 933 8611. The normal business hours are 9:00am - 5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at silkinvest.com.