Kudu Investment Management LLC (New York)

Kudu Investment Management LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $287.64 million of regulatory assets for 2 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015.

Kudu Investment Management 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.

Kudu Investment Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Kudu Investment Management LLC is $287.64 million. The company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

Kudu Investment Management has custody of $179.64 million in cash and securities for 2 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has a single stream of revenue. Clients pay Kudu Investment Management LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management. 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 Jonathan Adam Cramer serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Jonathan Adam Cramer is pooled investment vehicles with 2 clients and $287.64 million of assets under management. Among the 5 most similar advisory firms, Kudu Investment Management has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $287.64 million for 2 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Kudu Investment Management also advises several private funds. Namely, two private equity funds.

Careers at Kudu Investment Management LLC

The company employs 7 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 86 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.

Jonathan Adam Cramer has been acting as President since 1 Feb 2018. Seungjun Christopher Shin joined the executive team most recently as the Member.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Fidante Partners Us Llc	Member	1 Dec 2014	50% - 75%	36-4801144
Robert Scott Jakacki	Member / co-chief executive officer / chief investment officer	1 Dec 2014	Other	2223676
Nicholas (Nmn) Platt	Member / chief compliance officer / chief operating officer	1 Dec 2014	Other	5875942
Gavin Winston Mcleod	Member / chief financial officer	1 Dec 2014	Other	5636101
Charles Anthony Ruffel	Member / co-chief executive officer / executive chairman	1 Dec 2014	Other	5874566
Rancho Family Trust	Member	1 Dec 2014	Other	foreign entity
Inc. White Mountains Capital	Member	1 Feb 2018	25% - 50%	57-1163892
Llc Ocm Kim Holdings	Member	1 Feb 2018	25% - 50%	82-4232678
Jonathan Adam Cramer	Director	1 Feb 2018	Other	4057220
George Manning Rountree	Director	1 Feb 2018	Other	5655569
Wesley Conger Bell	Director	1 Feb 2018	Other	6912751
Brian Keith Laibow	Director	1 Feb 2018	Other	6482909
Sherman Joey Lau	Director	1 Feb 2018	Other	5821799
Emily Monique Stephens	Director	1 Feb 2018	Other	6403426
Lee Davison Beck	Member	1 Apr 2018	Other	2225933
Seungjun Christopher Shin	Member	1 Apr 2019	Other	7094873

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 10 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Challenger Group Holdings Ltd	Shareholder	1 Sep 1997	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Challenger Fm 2 Holdings Pty Ltd	Shareholder	1 Jan 2004	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Cfsg Holdings No. 2 (Victoria) Pty Ltd	Shareholder	1 Jan 2004	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Challenger Limited	Shareholder	1 Jan 2004	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Inc. Guilford Holdings	Shareholder	1 Aug 2006	75% - 100%	20-5264121
Challenger Funds Management Holdings Pty Ltd	Shareholder	1 Aug 2007	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Matthew (Nmn) Eady	Director	1 Feb 2010	75% - 100%	6451179
Mceskm Pty Ltd.	Trustee	1 Mar 2010	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Fidante Partners Holdings Pty Ltd	Member	1 Dec 2014	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Ltd. White Mountains Insurance Group	Shareholder	1 Sep 2017	75% - 100%	94-2708455

Based in New York

The principal office where Kudu Investment Management LLC performs its advisory services is located at 286 Madison Ave., Suite 2002 (20 Th Floor), New York, NY 10017, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-257-6422. The normal business hours are 9am - 5pm on Monday - Friday.