Indus Capital Partners, LLC (New York)

Name: Indus Capital Partners, LLC
Address: 888 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY, 10019
Telephone: 212-909-2888

Indus Capital Partners, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $5.35 billion of regulatory assets for 36 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2005 and has operated in the jurisdiction of California.

Indus Capital Partners provides 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.

Indus Capital Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Indus Capital Partners, LLC is $5.35 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 50% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.09 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $5.35 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $148.65 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 99% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 1% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Indus Capital Partners, LLC 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 Indus Capital Partners serves?

The firm provides services to pooled investment vehicles and sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions. The largest group of clients of Indus Capital Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 33 clients and $4.6 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Indus Capital Partners has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $4.93 billion for 34 clients. 69% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Indus Capital Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, twelve hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000.

Careers at Indus Capital Partners, LLC

The company employs 89 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 34 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
Sheldon Fenton Kasowitz	Managing member	1 Jul 2000	25% - 50%	1585590
David Nathan Kowitz	Managing member	1 Jul 2000	25% - 50%	1387271
Byron Edward Gill	Member	1 Jul 2000	Other	3025797
James Joseph Shannon	Member	1 Jul 2000	Other	4894798
Leonard Bessett Desomma	Partner	1 Jul 2000	Other	2468595
Barry Michael Skalka	Partner, chief operating officer	1 Jul 2000	Other	1139513
David Lawrence Elisofon	Partner	1 Jun 2002	Other	2283695
James Gallagher	Managing director, risk management, operations and information systems	1 Oct 2002	Other	4027532
James Peter Gallagher	Managing director, risk management, operations and information systems	1 Oct 2002	Other	4027532
Matthew John Sippel	Member	1 Jun 2004	Other	2126586
Ethan Seath Devine	Member	1 Jan 2005	Other	3276845
John Donovan Pinkel	Member	1 Jan 2005	Other	1452028
Howard Martin Smith	Member	1 Jan 2005	Other	5028847
Howard Smith	Partner, senior research analyst	1 Jan 2005	Other	5028847
James Joseph Weiner	Member, chief financial officer	1 Jul 2005	Other	5029033
James Weiner	Managing director, chief financial officer	1 Jul 2005	Other	5029033
Brian Flaviano Guzman	Member, general counsel	1 Aug 2005	Other	2012585
Brian F Guzman	Managing director, counsel / chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2005	Other	2012585
Eugene Salamon	Member	1 Apr 2006	Other	5142084
Eugene Aaron Salamon	Member	1 Apr 2006	Other	5142084
Jonas C Katz	Vice president, chief compliance officer	1 May 2006	Other	5141475
Jonas Caliban Katz	Vice president, chief compliance officer	1 May 2006	Other	5141475
Michael Ernest Guarasci	Member, chief operating officer	1 Dec 2007	Other	3266924
Stuart William Hendry	Managing director, head of operations	1 Jan 2008	Other	5268880
Siddharth Velakacharla	Member	1 Jan 2010	Other	5769547
Harold Wolfgang Ehrlich	Member	1 Jan 2011	Other	1128660
Angelo Crupi	Chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2012	Other	5654290
Tariq Ahmad	Member	1 Jul 2012	Other	6032850
Kathleen Mary Olin	Chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2012	Other	6106807
Ali Gholi Hedayat	Member	1 Jun 2013	Other	6220032
Lee Guan Kelvin Koh	Member	1 Mar 2015	Other	2998906
Zlata H Gleason	Member	1 Jan 2016	Other	5075785

Based in New York

The principal office where Indus Capital Partners, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 888 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in San Francisco, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-909-2888 or by fax 212-909-2878. The normal business hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at induscap.com.