Global Portfolio Strategies, Inc. (Hartford)


Global Portfolio Strategies, Inc. is a large advisory firm based in Hartford. It manages $4.26 billion of regulatory assets for 409 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2005 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 49 other states.

Global Portfolio Strategies provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, selection of other advisers, and services provided to non-qualified retirement plan sponsors. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Global Portfolio Strategies: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Global Portfolio Strategies, Inc. is $4.26 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 63% since the beginning of its operation, and $415.96 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.11 billion in discretionary accounts and $3.15 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $2.81 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $210.28 million.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 96% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is investment and business development companies, which make up 4% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Global Portfolio Strategies, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and fixed 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 Sean Samuel Mclaughlin serves?

The firm provides services to pooled investment vehicles and corporations or other businesses. The largest group of clients of Sean Samuel Mclaughlin is corporations or other businesses with 73 clients and $987.23 million of assets under management. Among the 12 most similar advisory firms, Global Portfolio Strategies has the highest percentage of corporations or other businesses out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.4 billion for 76 clients. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Global Portfolio Strategies doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Global Portfolio Strategies, Inc.

The company employs 61 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 21 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 4 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 compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Sean Samuel Mclaughlin has been acting as President since 1 Jan 2012. Pamela Ann Gedman joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
John Yong Kim Director 1 Mar 2002 Other 2010539
George L Palms President 1 Jun 2003 Other 1715920
Prudential Retirement Financial Services Holding Llc Sole shareholder 1 Apr 2004 75% - 100% 22-3703799
Scott Garrett Sleyster Director 1 Apr 2004 Other 3237223
Michael Robert Zarelli Director 1 Apr 2004 Other 1780900
C Edward Chaplin Treasurer 1 Apr 2004 Other 2744560
George Phillip Waldeck Director 1 Apr 2004 Other 1282305
Kevin M. Lalor Director 1 Apr 2004 Other 4676766
Steven Wieler Functions as chief legal officer 1 Apr 2004 Other 4794791
Medina Katura Jett Chief compliance officer 1 Apr 2004 Other 4790252
James Michael Oconnor Director 1 Apr 2004 Other 1128952
Steven Edward Wieler Functions as chief legal officer 1 Apr 2004 Other 4794791
John Thomas Fleurant Director and chief financial officer 1 Dec 2004 Other 2683258
Christine Cannon Marcks Director 1 Mar 2005 Other 2801693
Antoinette Cecilia Lazarus Chief compliance officer 1 Sep 2005 Other 1532100
Joseph Edward Hess Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2007 Other 5273849
Joseph Hess Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2007 Other 5273849
Carlos Robert Mello Director 1 Sep 2007 Other 4474539
Bradford Clair Melius Functions as chief legal officer 1 Apr 2008 Other 4046871
Jill Spencer Honeycomb Director 1 Feb 2009 Other 2304605
John James Kalamarides Director 1 Dec 2009 Other 4430734
Scott Gaul Director and chief financial officer 1 Dec 2009 Other 5773507
Robert Nicholas Merritt Functions as chief legal officer 1 Apr 2010 Other 2473097
Laura Naujokas Stern Director 1 May 2010 Other 4359984
Michael Brandt Director 1 Dec 2010 Other 5908009
Robert Mclaughlin Chief financial officer 1 Mar 2011 Other 5902823
Michael Anthony Pignatella Corporate counsel 1 Dec 2011 Other 6012162
George A Castineiras Chairman and director 1 Dec 2011 Other 2108311
James Wallace Mcinnes Director 1 Dec 2011 Other 3184116
Sean Samuel Mclaughlin Director 1 Jan 2012 Other 5491240
Dean Michael Molinaro Director 1 Aug 2012 Other 4616291
Vincent Anthony Grillo President and director 1 Aug 2012 Other 5862994
Joelle Renee Conley Director 1 Sep 2013 Other 5852266
Susan Elizabeth Unvarsky Director 1 Mar 2014 Other 2925588
Margaret Goodwin Mcdonald Director 1 Jun 2014 Other 6370244
Stanley Andrew Lezon Chief financial officer 1 Jun 2014 Other 5355637
James Wallace Mcinnes Chairman and director 1 Jan 2015 Other 3184116
Jacqueline Jenkins Director 1 Jun 2015 Other 6514162
Jacqueline Dicks Jenkins Director 1 Jun 2015 Other 6514162
Bradley Alan Geissbuhler Director 1 Dec 2015 Other 3115312
Brady Alan Geissbuhler Director 1 Dec 2015 Other 3115312
John James Kalamarides Chairman and director 1 Sep 2016 Other 4430734
Bradford Clair Melius Corporate counsel 1 Nov 2016 Other 4046871
Michael Gerard Williamson President 1 Sep 2017 Other 1828711
Harry Arthur Dalessio Chairman and director 1 Sep 2017 Other 2649914
Srinivas Dharam Reddy Director 1 Sep 2017 Other 2843385
Snezana Zlatar Director 1 Apr 2018 Other 5107688
Pamela Ann Gedman Chief compliance officer 1 Sep 2018 Other 4415014
Peter Jozef Puzio Chief operations officer and director 1 Sep 2018 Other 2863743

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Inc. Prudential Financial Sole member 1 Apr 2004 75% - 100% 22-3703799

Based in Hartford

The principal office where Global Portfolio Strategies, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at C/O Prudential Financial, Hartford, CT 06103, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Iselin, NJ. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 860-534-7790 or by fax 860-534-8756. The normal business hours are 8:00 am to 4:45 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at prudential.com/prs.