Bailard, Inc. is a large advisory firm based in Foster City. It manages $3.64 billion of regulatory assets for 1,858 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 48 other states.
Bailard provides financial planning services, 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, publication of newsletters, and educational seminars and workshops. It prepares financial plans for more than 100 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.
The assets under management (AUM) of Bailard, Inc. is $3.64 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 131% since the beginning of its operation, and $504.11 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Bailard, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, fixed fees, and performance-based 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.
The firm provides services to individuals, investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, state or municipal government entities, and sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions. The largest group of clients of Thomas Edwards Bailard is high net worth individuals with 574 clients and $2.39 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Bailard has the 4th highest percentage of high net worth individuals out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $3.64 billion for 855 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Bailard also advises several private funds. Namely, two hedge funds and two other private funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $100,000 to $5,000,000.
The company employs 63 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 90 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 36 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.
There are 2 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 don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.
Thomas Edwards Bailard has been acting as President since 1 Nov 1988. Fuju Wu joined the executive team most recently as the Treasurer.
The principal office where Bailard, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 950 Tower Ln, Foster City, CA 94404 2131, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in San Francisco, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.
You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 650-571-5800 or by fax 650-573-7128. The normal business hours are 7:30am-5:30pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at bailard.com and its LinkedIn profile.