Folger Hill Asset Management LP (New York)

Name: Folger Hill Asset Management LP
Address: 900 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10022
Telephone: 212-407-9100

Folger Hill Asset Management LP is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.59 billion of regulatory assets for 7 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Massachusetts.

Folger Hill Asset Management provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Folger Hill Asset Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Folger Hill Asset Management LP is $1.59 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -50% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.16 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.59 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $227.26 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 82% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 16% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in other assets form 2% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has a single stream of revenue. Clients pay Folger Hill Asset Management LP for their services and products based on 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 Folger Hill Asset Management serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Folger Hill Asset Management is pooled investment vehicles with 6 clients and $1.22 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Folger Hill Asset Management has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.22 billion for 6 clients. 29% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Folger Hill Asset Management also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $5,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Folger Hill Asset Management LP

The company employs 89 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 51 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No 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 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
Folger Hill Asset Management Llc	General partner	1 Sep 2014	Other	47-1659492
Lam Holding Llc	Limited partner	1 Sep 2014	50% - 75%	80-0930698
Solomon Jamshid Kumin	Member - folger hill gp llc (relying adviser)	1 Sep 2014	25% - 50%	4011449
Solomon Jamshid Kumin	Limited partner / chief executive officer	1 Oct 2014	25% - 50%	4011449
Todd Emerson Rapp	Chief risk officer	1 Oct 2014	Other	3263160
John Charles Larre	Chief financial officer	1 Oct 2014	Other	2434603
Lisa Anna Baroni	Chief compliance officer / deputy general counsel	1 Nov 2014	Other	6433029
Jason Forrest Ketchen	General counsel	1 Dec 2014	Other	6136629
Lauri A Scoran	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2018	Other	2060170
Matthew Benjamin Smith	Authorized person	1 Jul 2018	Other	4183833

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 6 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Leucadia National Corporation	Member	1 Jun 2013	75% - 100%	13-2615557
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.	Member	1 Jun 2013	75% - 100%	13-2615557
Lam Holding Llc	Member	1 Aug 2014	50% - 75%	80-0930698
Solomon Jamshid Kumin	Member/elected manager	1 Aug 2014	25% - 50%	4011449
Richard Brian Handler	Elected manager	1 Aug 2014	Other	1563245
Brian Paul Friedman	Elected manager	1 Aug 2014	Other	1298550

Based in New York

The principal office where Folger Hill Asset Management LP performs its advisory services is located at 900 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Boston, MA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-407-9100 or by fax 212-872-1473. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at folgerhill.com.