Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Los Angeles. It manages $4.74 billion of regulatory assets for 5,014 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2005 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 49 other states.
Santa Barbara Asset Management provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, 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.
The assets under management (AUM) of Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC is $4.74 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 130% since the beginning of its operation, and $142.95 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Santa Barbara Asset 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.
The firm provides services to individuals, investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of John Astor Gomez is investment companies with 5 clients and $3.25 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Santa Barbara Asset Management has the 2nd highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $4.73 billion for 5,012 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Santa Barbara Asset Management doesn't advise any private funds.
The company employs 15 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 47 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 6 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 compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.
John Astor Gomez has been acting as President since 1 Mar 2015. David Sung Min Park joined the executive team most recently as the Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Director Of Research.
The principal office where Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 2029 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 90067, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Minneapolis, MN. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.
You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 310-552-5100 or by fax 310-228-5946. The normal business hours are 6:30am - 5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at sbasset.com.