Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership (San Francisco)


Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership is a large advisory firm based in San Francisco. It manages $94.52 million of regulatory assets for 3 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2006 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California and Massachusetts.

Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership provides 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.

Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership is $94.52 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 52% since the beginning of its operation, and $94.52 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


The firm manages $94.52 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $31.51 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership 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 Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership is pooled investment vehicles with 3 clients and $94.52 million of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $94.52 million for 3 clients. 66% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership

The company employs 5 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 60 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
Ernst Hans Von Metzsch Limited partner 1 Oct 2005 25% - 50% 2622962
Llc Cambrian Capital General partner 1 Oct 2005 Other 03-0514043
Ernst H. Von Metzsch Principal 1 Oct 2005 25% - 50% 2622962
Roland A Von Metzsch Principal 1 Oct 2005 25% - 50% 4425469
Karen Anne Durante Chief compliance officer 1 Oct 2005 Other 1489594
Matthew Miles Mcgrath Director of client services 1 Sep 2006 Other 2548759
John Hambury Hill Research analyst 1 Jan 2009 Other 3074970
Neal Scott Jacobs Research analyst 1 Jan 2010 Other 2526790
Llc Deventer Limited partner 1 Jan 2010 25% - 50% 27-2418556
Dennis Jay Chou Director of operations 1 Jan 2011 Other 6466874
Matthew Miles Mcgrath Chief operating officer 1 Mar 2012 Other 2548759
Gregory Paul Anderson Chief financial officer/chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2013 Other 2621912

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 5 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Ernst Hans Von Metzsch Managing member 1 Apr 2003 50% - 75% 2622962
Ernst H. Von Metzsch Managing member 1 Apr 2003 50% - 75% 2622962
Roland A Von Metzsch Managing member 1 Jul 2003 50% - 75% 4425469
Roland Alexander Von Metzsch Managing member 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% 4425469
Roland A Von Metzsch Managing member 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% 4425469

Based in San Francisco

The principal office where Cambrian Capital Limited Partnership performs its advisory services is located at 230 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Manchester, MA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 415-658-3000. The normal business hours are 8:00am - 4:00pm on Monday - Friday.