Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC (New York)

Name: Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC
Address: 1345 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY, 10105
Telephone: 212-969-1000

Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $3.56 billion of regulatory assets for 24 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2009.

Ramius Alternative Solutions provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, 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.

Ramius Alternative Solutions: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC is $3.56 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 43% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $1.15 billion in discretionary accounts and $2.41 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $71.86 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $300.78 million.

Ramius Alternative Solutions has custody of $2.88 billion in cash and securities for 14 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

Careers at Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC

Vadim Zlotnikov has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Sep 2016 and Michael Evan Singer is the Chief Executive Officer of Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC family office. Mark Randall Manley joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Thomas Wolff Strauss	President and chief executive officer	1 Mar 1997	Other	438203
Stephen Lasota	Chief financial officer	1 Feb 2008	Other	5511261
Roger Ethan Anscher	Chief operating officer and general counsel	1 Oct 2008	Other	4926300
Ramius Llc	Member	1 Nov 2009	50% - 75%	151953
John Fiorello	Chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2009	Other	2883294
Inc. Cowen Holdings	Member	1 Nov 2009	50% - 75%	84-1702964
Andrea J.S. Sayago	Chief compliance officer	1 Sep 2011	Other	6042456
Michael G Benwitt	General counsel	1 Jan 2012	Other	6046442
Michael Evan Singer	Chief executive officer	1 Dec 2012	Other	2536117
Vikas Kapoor	Co chief executive officer / member	1 Jan 2013	Other	6139813
Stuart Davies	Co chief executive officer / member	1 Jan 2013	Other	5269344
James David Ryan	Chief financial officer	1 Aug 2015	Other	4269228
Mark Randall Manley	Chief compliance officer	1 Sep 2016	Other	1294370
Laurence Edward Cranch	General counsel	1 Sep 2016	Other	4828314
David Michael Lesser	Assistant secretary	1 Sep 2016	Other	2822514
Edward Joseph Farrell	Chief financial officer	1 Sep 2016	Other	2069171
Vadim Zlotnikov	Chief investment officer	1 Sep 2016	Other	2362840
Alliance Capital Management Llc	Sole member	1 Sep 2016	75% - 100%	11-3559441

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Cowen Group	Parent	1 Nov 2009	75% - 100%	27-0423711
Alliancebernstein L.P.	Sole member	1 Sep 2016	75% - 100%	108477

Based in New York

The principal office where Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC performs its advisory services is located at 1345 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY 10105, 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 212-969-1000 or by fax 212-969-2293. The normal business hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at ramiusmutualfunds.com.