The BALLIE GIFFORD GROUP is a privately held investment adviser that advises $283.74Bn in regulatory assets under management held in 3 SEC fund types across 5 investment strategies. BALLIE GIFFORD GROUP is a Hybrid A hybrid fund manager is a manager whose total assets under management are spread across multiple investment vehicle types rather than concentrated in one. Fund Manager. Assets increased by 21.67% over the last 5-years.
The Group has been registered with the SEC for 41.79 years and is comprised of 3 filing and 0 relying advisers. They operate out of 3 office locations with their Headquarters at CALTON SQUARE 1 GREENSIDE ROW, EDINBURGH, -. The Group has been subject to regulatory enforcement actions. They are regulated by 30 US and Non-US bodies.
They have 1,671 employees comprised of 210 investment and 1,461 non-investment staff. The total number of Employees increased by 22.33% over the last 5-years.
Their $283.74Bn in assets advised are owned by 96 private funds, 94 public funds and BDCs and 176 other accounts. Assets of Investment Companies (IC) clients own $138.58Bn or 48.84% of Total Assets and Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC) own $67.64Bn or 23.84% of Total Assets.
The Group's top investment strategies include Long/Short Equity, Multi Strat and FI/Credit - Diverse, representing 86.69%, 10.41% and 2.25% of total assets, respectively.
They advise 9 types of clients, top clients are Investment Companies (IC) and Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC).
The Group uses 16 Fund Administrators, 3 Fund Auditors, 0 Prime Brokers, 10 Custodians and 13 Marketers. It does not report a third-party Fund Administrator in 0 private funds with $0 in assets.
The Group discloses fixed fees, management fees and performance-based fees.
BALLIE GIFFORD GROUP names 0 sub-advisers to 0 different funds advised by the group. The Group has been named as the sub-adviser to 0 funds.
They have a HIGH-WATCH risk business model that requires a high degree of process maturity to manage operational risk. A Manager Group has a "High Complexity" when 25% or more of 63 business conditions measured require a high level of process maturity to manage the risk. The "Watch" suffix indicates that one or more of the following business conditions carry a high-complexity score: 1) % Fund Assets Valued Internally, 2) prior Regulatory Violations, 3) Unqualified Audits, 4) Multi-Functional C-Suite and 5) Business Concentration Risk with an Auditor or Administrator.
In BALLIE GIFFORD GROUP's case, they have 25 business conditions that require high process maturity and 2 Watch Factors.