Amerra Capital Management, LLC (New York)

Amerra Capital Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.93 billion of regulatory assets for 18 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010 and has operated in the jurisdictions of New York and Texas.

Amerra Capital 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.

Amerra Capital Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Amerra Capital Management, LLC is $1.93 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 763% since the beginning of its operation, and $267.85 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.84 billion in discretionary accounts and $93.42 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $108.25 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $93.42 million.

Amerra Capital Management has custody of $1.93 billion in cash and securities for 18 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 74% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is non-exchange traded securities, which make up 16% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 10% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Amerra Capital 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.

What kind of clients Stephen Jon Darke serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Stephen Jon Darke is pooled investment vehicles with 17 clients and $1.92 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Amerra Capital Management has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.92 billion for 17 clients. 17% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Amerra Capital Management also advises several private funds. Namely, seventeen private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $1,000,000 to $360,000,000.

Careers at Amerra Capital Management, LLC

The company employs 34 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 56 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 4 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.

Stephen Jon Darke has been acting as President since 1 Apr 2015. L.P. Amerra Capital Management joined the executive team most recently as the Member.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Craig Armen Tashjian	Managing director & manager	1 Feb 2009	Other	4032419
Nancy Lynn Obler Kaufman	Managing director & manager	1 Feb 2009	Other	4032484
Bobby Liu	General counsel/chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2009	Other	4771903
Philip Matthew Sivin	Manager	1 Feb 2009	Other	4362220
Walter Herman Pye	Manager	1 Feb 2009	Other	5257933
Hugh Roy Lamle	Manager	1 Feb 2009	Other	301153
Macquarie Americas Corp.	Member	1 Feb 2009	25% - 50%	13-4184042
Tashjian Capital Llc	Member	1 Feb 2009	25% - 50%	xxx-xx-xxxx
Obler Capital Llc	Member	1 Feb 2009	Other	xxx-xx-xxxx
Pat Morabito	Chief operating officer	1 Apr 2009	Other	2330146
Llc M & L Capital	Member	1 Apr 2009	Other	xxx-xx-xxxx
Pat (Nmn) Morabito	Chief financial officer/chief operating officer	1 Apr 2009	Other	2330146
Llc M.D. Sass Finstrat Amerra Capital Holdings	Managing member	1 Jul 2009	25% - 50%	26-4241782
Stephen Buttons	Chief financial officer	1 Jan 2012	Other	6046791
L.P. Amerra Capital Management	Member	1 Jan 2015	75% - 100%	32-0463833
Stephen Jon Darke	Director	1 Apr 2015	Other	5269777

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 40 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Macquarie Equities (Us) Holding Pty Limited	Owner	1 Aug 1994	75% - 100%	foreign
Martin Douglas Sass	Member	1 Apr 2002	50% - 75%	411144
Hugh Roy Lamle	Member	1 Apr 2002	50% - 75%	301153
Macquarie Corporate International Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 Feb 2007	75% - 100%	98-0530186
Macquarie Group Limited	Owner	1 Feb 2007	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Bank Limited	Owner	1 Feb 2007	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Group (Us) Holdings No.1 Pty Ltd.	Owner	1 Apr 2007	75% - 100%	98-0530184
Macquarie Capital International Holdings Pty Ltd.	Owner	1 Nov 2007	75% - 100%	98-0530186
Macquarie Capital Group Pty Ltd	Owner	1 Nov 2007	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Financial Holdings Limited	Owner	1 Nov 2007	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Group Limited	Owner	1 Nov 2007	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 Nov 2007	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Financial Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 Nov 2007	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie B.H. Pty Ltd	Owner	1 Nov 2007	75% - 100%	foreign
L.P. M.D. Sass Macquarie Financial Strategies	Managing member	1 Feb 2009	75% - 100%	20-0479884
Llc M.D. Sass Financial Strategies Investment Vehicle	Limited partner	1 Feb 2009	25% - 50%	20-0767140
Llc M.D. Sass Financial Strategies Gp	General partner	1 Feb 2009	Other	20-0479384
Inc. Macquarie Holdings (Usa)	Managing member	1 Feb 2009	75% - 100%	13-3789912
Llc M.D. Sass Financial Holdings	Member	1 Feb 2009	25% - 50%	20-0078345
Macquarie Funding Holdings Inc.	Owner	1 Feb 2009	75% - 100%	20-5913559
Macquarie Americas Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 Feb 2009	75% - 100%	98-0530183
Macquarie Bank Limited	Owner	1 Feb 2009	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie B.H. Pty Ltd	Owner	1 Feb 2009	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Group Limited	Owner	1 Feb 2009	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Funding Holdings Llc	Owner	1 Feb 2009	75% - 100%	20-5913559
Macquarie Americas Holdings Pty Ltd.	Owner	1 Feb 2009	75% - 100%	98-0530183
Macquarie Americas Holdings Pty Ltd.	Owner	1 Aug 2010	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Services (Usa) Llc	Owner	1 Dec 2011	75% - 100%	27-3610899
Macquarie Financial Holdings (Usa) Llc	Owner	1 Oct 2013	75% - 100%	13-3789912
Macquarie Equities (Us) Holding Pty Limited	Owner	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Corporate International Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	98-0530186
Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Financial Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Group Limited	Owner	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie America Holdings Inc.	Owner	1 Mar 2014	75% - 100%	26-3769039
Macquarie Ficc Holdings Usa Inc.	Owner	1 May 2014	75% - 100%	46-5516386
Llc Amerra Capital Management Gp	General partner	1 Jan 2015	Other	35-2530564
Llc M.D. Sass Finstrat Amerra Capital Holdings	Limited partner	1 Jan 2015	25% - 50%	26-4241782
Macquarie Americas Corp.	Limited partner	1 Jan 2015	25% - 50%	13-4184042
Tashjian Capital Llc	Limited partner	1 Jan 2015	25% - 50%	xxx-xx-xxxx

Based in New York

The principal office where Amerra Capital Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 1140 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY 10036, 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 212-710-8033, 212-710-8034 or by fax 212-764-2240. The normal business hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday.