Ardsley Advisory Partners (Stamford)

Name: Ardsley Advisory Partners
Address: 262 Harbor Drive, Stamford, CT, 06902
Telephone: 203-564-4200

Ardsley Advisory Partners is a large advisory firm based in Stamford. It manages $895.32 million of regulatory assets for 7 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Connecticut.

Ardsley Advisory Partners provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Ardsley Advisory Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Ardsley Advisory Partners is $895.32 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -26% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $895.32 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $127.9 million each.

Ardsley Advisory Partners has custody of $122.86 million in cash and securities for 4 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ardsley Advisory Partners 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 Ardsley Advisory Partners serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Ardsley Advisory Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 7 clients and $895.32 million of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Ardsley Advisory Partners has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $895.32 million for 7 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Ardsley Advisory Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, eight hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Ardsley Advisory Partners

The company employs 13 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 54 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.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Philip Jay Hempleman	Managing partner	1 Dec 1986	50% - 75%	1891533
Philip Hempleman	Managing partner	1 Dec 1986	25% - 50%	1891533
Kevin Michael Mccormack	Partner	1 Dec 1986	Other	4349001
Sean James Thomann	Partner	1 May 1987	Other	1238304
Thomas M Kyle	Partner	1 Jul 1993	Other	2016449
George Arthur Gorman	Partner	1 Mar 1994	Other	4349014
Wayne Wilkey	Partner	1 Dec 1996	Other	2319982
Joel Charles Ackerman	Partner	1 Oct 1997	Other	2142792
Kirk Daniel Balzer	Partner	1 Jan 1998	Other	2166167
Alexander Charles Mcaree	Partner	1 Aug 2000	Other	2175495
Michael Francis Lins	Partner	1 Oct 2000	Other	2838162
Suzanne Jeanne Currie	Partner	1 Jan 2001	Other	844831
Steven Nicholas Napoli	Partner, chief financial officer, chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2001	Other	2239285
Steven Napoli	Cfo	1 Nov 2001	Other	2239285
Robert Bruce Corman	Partner	1 Nov 2001	Other	3027366
Jeffrey Phillip Knightly	Partner	1 Jan 2002	Other	2683623
Charles Joseph Rose	Partner	1 Jun 2002	Other	730446
Andrea Lyn Dotter	Partner	1 Apr 2004	Other	3005256
Spencer Jay Hempleman	Partner	1 Jan 2006	Other	4011098
Spencer J Hempleman	Partner	1 Jan 2006	Other	4011098
Benjamin Ian Block	Partner	1 Jun 2007	Other	5956330
Zhenhai Nmn Yang	Partner	1 May 2008	Other	4693579

Based in Stamford

The principal office where Ardsley Advisory Partners performs its advisory services is located at 262 Harbor Drive, Stamford, CT 06902, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 203-564-4200 or by fax 203-355-0715. The normal business hours are 9:00am - 5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at ardsley.com/.