Gs Investment Strategies, LLC (New York)

Name: Gs Investment Strategies, LLC
Address: 200 West Street, New York, NY, 10282
Telephone: 212-902-1000

Gs Investment Strategies, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $4.81 billion of regulatory assets for 45 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2006.

Gs Investment Strategies provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and selection of other advisers. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Gs Investment Strategies: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Gs Investment Strategies, LLC is $4.81 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 149% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.8 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $4.81 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $106.94 million each.

Gs Investment Strategies has custody of $3.92 billion in cash and securities for 45 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Gs Investment Strategies, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management 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.

What kind of clients Gs Investment Strategies serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Gs Investment Strategies is pooled investment vehicles with 56 clients and $4.81 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Gs Investment Strategies has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $4.81 billion for 56 clients. 64% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Gs Investment Strategies also advises several private funds. Namely, thirty one hedge funds, five other private funds, and five private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $10,000,000.

Careers at Gs Investment Strategies, LLC

The company employs 36 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 78 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 compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Jacqueline Dupree Arthur joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Operating Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Peter Steven Kraus	Co-head investment management division (co-chief executive officer)	1 Apr 2003	Other	1605655
Ellen Porges	Chief legal officer	1 Dec 2006	Other	4881379
Inc. The Goldman Sachs Group	Member	1 Dec 2006	75% - 100%	13-4019460
Ellen Randy Porges	Chief legal officer	1 Dec 2006	Other	4881379
Michael J Richman	Chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2006	Other	4693512
Marc Adam Spilker	Chief executive officer	1 Dec 2006	Other	2875526
David Marc Weil	Chief financial officer	1 Dec 2006	Other	2489714
Theodore Thomas Sotir	Chief operating officer	1 Dec 2006	Other	1559726
Marc Adam Spilker	Chief operating officer, investment management division	1 Jun 2007	Other	2875526
Edward Codd Forst	Co-head investment management division (co-chief executive officer)	1 Oct 2007	Other	2344926
Megan Mehlhope Taylor	Chief financial officer	1 Nov 2007	Other	4147414
Edward Codd Forst	Head, investment management division (chief executive officer)	1 Apr 2008	Other	2344926
Timothy Joseph Oneill	Co-head, investment management division (co-chief executive officer)	1 Jul 2008	Other	1656306
Marc Adam Spilker	Co-head, investment management division (co-chief executive officer)	1 Jul 2008	Other	2875526
Eric Scott Lane	Co-chief operating officer, investment management division	1 Apr 2009	Other	2789031
Stephen John Mcguinness	Co-chief operating officer, investment management division	1 Apr 2009	Other	1478789
Edward C Forst	Co-head, investment management division (co-chief executive officer)	1 Feb 2010	Other	2344926
Judith L. Shandling	Chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2010	Other	5775386
Judith Leah Shandling	Chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2010	Other	5775386
Eric Scott Lane	Co-head, investment management division (co-chief executive officer)	1 Dec 2011	Other	2789031
Gavin Gerard O'connor	Chief operating officer	1 Jan 2014	Other	6471222
Gsam Holdings Llc	Member	1 Feb 2016	75% - 100%	13-4019460
Jacqueline Dupree Arthur	Chief operating officer	1 Jan 2017	Other	5304336

Based in New York

The principal office where Gs Investment Strategies, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, 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 212-902-1000 or by fax 212-357-5281. The normal business hours are 9 am - 5 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at 360.gs.com and its LinkedIn profile.