Caledonia Us, LP (New York)


Caledonia Us, LP is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $2.5 billion of regulatory assets for 8 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2018.

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Caledonia Us 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.

Caledonia Us: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Caledonia Us, LP is $2.5 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 220% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.38 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


The firm manages $2.5 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $312.91 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Caledonia Us, LP 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 Mark Alexander Nelson serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Mark Alexander Nelson is pooled investment vehicles with 8 clients and $2.5 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Caledonia Us has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.5 billion for 8 clients. 75% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Caledonia Us also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $5,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Caledonia Us, LP

The company employs 33 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 36 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.

Mark Alexander Nelson has been acting as President since 1 Oct 2017. Nathan Edward Easter joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Bernard David Stanton Chief compliance officer 1 Oct 2017 Other 6314328
Mark Alexander Nelson Chairman 1 Oct 2017 Other 6314329
James William Vicars Co-chief investment officer 1 Oct 2017 Other 6314331
Michael John Messara Co-chief investment officer 1 Oct 2017 Other 6314332
Luke Anthony Stevens Chief financial officer 1 Oct 2017 Other 6314333
Matthew Moses General counsel 1 Oct 2017 Other 6860795
David Brinton Scully Vice chairman 1 Oct 2017 Other 1993892
Llc Caledonia Us Gp General partner 1 Oct 2017 Other 82-3410423
Llc Caledonia (Private) Investments Us Limited partner 1 Jan 2018 Other 46-5479642
Manderrah Pty Limited As Trustee For Gjj Family Trust Limited partner 1 Jan 2018 25% - 50% foreign entity
Alfred Global Holdings Pty Limited As Trustee For Messara Family Trust Limited partner 1 Jan 2018 25% - 50% foreign entity
Heather Nicole Hilgers Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2018 Other 6208708
Nathan Edward Easter Chief financial officer 1 Aug 2019 Other 5682948

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 6 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
James William Vicars Shareholder 1 Oct 2013 25% - 50% 6314331
Mark Alexander Nelson Shareholder 1 Oct 2013 25% - 50% 6314329
Ian David Darling Shareholder 1 Oct 2013 25% - 50% 6319528
Michael Gordon Darling Shareholder 1 Oct 2013 25% - 50% 6319527
Caledonia (Private) Investments Pty Limited Sole member 1 Apr 2014 75% - 100% 161331
Caledonia (Private) Investments Pty Limited Sole member 1 Oct 2017 75% - 100% 161331

Based in New York

The principal office where Caledonia Us, LP performs its advisory services is located at 650 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, 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 1-347-287-3760 or by fax 1-347-287-3768. The normal business hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at caledoniafund.com.