Grain Management, LLC (Washington)


Grain Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Washington. It manages $685.86 million of regulatory assets for 2 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2018 and has operated in the jurisdictions of District of Columbia and Florida.

Grain Management provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and manage two pooled asset acquisition vehicles that invest primarily in cell towers, spectrum licenses and similar assets. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Grain Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Grain Management, LLC is $685.86 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 230% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $685.86 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $342.93 million each.
Grain Management has custody of $4.94 million in cash and securities for 2 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Grain Management, LLC 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 Grain Management serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Grain Management is pooled investment vehicles with 2 clients and $685.86 million of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Grain Management has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $685.86 million for 2 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Grain Management also advises several private funds. Namely, two private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $5,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Grain Management, LLC

The company employs 28 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 46 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.

Lettice Emily Delittle joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
David Jonathan Grain Chief executive officer 1 Mar 2010 Other 1510452
Llc Grain Capital Owner 1 Mar 2010 75% - 100% 20-4240873
Michael Mckenzie Managing director 1 Sep 2012 Other 6914467
Paul Licursi Managing director, chief financial officer 1 May 2017 Other 6914463
Chad Austin Crank Managing director 1 Dec 2017 Other 4671769
Curtis Flippen Chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2018 Other 3269185
Lettice Emily Delittle Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2018 Other 5704886

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
David Jonathan Grain Owner 1 Jan 2006 75% - 100% 1510452

Based in Washington

The principal office where Grain Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 1900 K Street Nw, Washington, DC 20006, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Sarasota, FL. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 202-779-9043 or by fax 202-779-9041. The normal business hours are 9:00 - 5:00 on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at graingp.com.