Qic Us Investment Services Inc (El Segundo)

Name: Qic Us Investment Services Inc
Address: 222 North Pacific Coast Highway, El Segundo, CA, 90245
Telephone: 310-955-1670

Qic Us Investment Services Inc is a large advisory firm based in El Segundo. It manages $4.23 billion of regulatory assets for 5 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012.

Qic Us Investment Services 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.

Qic Us Investment Services: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Qic Us Investment Services Inc is $4.23 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 35% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.78 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.59 billion in discretionary accounts and $2.64 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $794.9 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $880.61 million.

Qic Us Investment Services has custody of $2.18 billion in cash and securities for 4 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 58% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is non-exchange traded securities, which make up 42% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Qic Us Investment Services Inc 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 Claire Marite Blake serves?

The firm provides services to other investment advisers and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Claire Marite Blake is pooled investment vehicles with 4 clients and $2.46 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Qic Us Investment Services has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $4.23 billion for 5 clients. 20% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Qic Us Investment Services also advises several private funds. Namely, two other private funds and two private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $25,000,000.

Careers at Qic Us Investment Services Inc

The company employs 25 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 72 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.

Claire Marite Blake has been acting as President since 1 Feb 2012. Adriaan Christopher Ryder has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Sep 2011. Daniel Albert Rowan joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Adriaan Christopher Ryder	Chief investment officer	1 Sep 2011	Other	6186387
Qic Us Management Inc	Direct owner	1 Feb 2012	75% - 100%	30-0657627
David E Clarke	Chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2012	Other	6025208
Claire Marite Blake	Director	1 Feb 2012	Other	6025714
Carleen Gay Fitzsimon	Company secretary	1 Feb 2012	Other	6027578
Paul Robert Leitch	Vice president	1 Feb 2012	Other	6027577
David James Addis	Vice president	1 Feb 2012	Other	6027576
Douglas Francis Mctaggart	Director and president	1 Feb 2012	Other	6025713
Willem Gabriel Jordaan	Vice president	1 Feb 2012	Other	6025716
Damien John Frawley	Director and president	1 Jul 2012	Other	6095386
Brian John Delaney	Executive director - strategy, clients and global markets	1 Oct 2012	Other	5657045
Mark David Mcdonald	Executive director, operations and technology	1 Apr 2015	Other	6480719
Glenn Alfred Jackson	Executive director, human resources	1 Apr 2015	Other	6480720
Gregory James Karns	Director	1 Apr 2016	Other	6689288
William Stephen Whatmore	Director	1 Apr 2016	Other	6692177
Francis Bernard O'sullivan	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2016	Other	6689011
Patrice Anne Derrington	Director	1 Oct 2017	Other	5791344
Leonie Lorraine Wilkinson	Executive director - global clients and marketing	1 Jul 2018	Other	7010897
Michelle Joy Elizabeth Thomsen	General counsel	1 Aug 2018	Other	7180743
Daniel Albert Rowan	Chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2019	Other	7149653

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Qic Limited	Indirect owner	1 Feb 2012	75% - 100%	foreign
The State Of Queensland Australia	Indirect owner	1 Feb 2012	75% - 100%	foreign

Based in El Segundo

The principal office where Qic Us Investment Services Inc performs its advisory services is located at 222 North Pacific Coast Highway, El Segundo, CA 90245, 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 310-955-1670 or by fax 310-955-1701. The normal business hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at qic.com and its LinkedIn profile.