The VAN ECK GROUP is a privately held investment adviser that advises $287.61Bn in regulatory assets under management held in 3 SEC fund types across 6 investment strategies. VAN ECK GROUP is a Public Fund A public fund manager is a manager whose >=75% of total assets under management are in public funds (broadly accessible, exchange-listed investment vehicles available to retail investors with typically low minimums and clear, widely available information) Manager. Assets increased by 467.76% over the last 5-years.
The Group has been registered with the SEC for 41.74 years and is comprised of 2 filing and 0 relying advisers. They operate out of 1 office location with their Headquarters at 666 THIRD AVENUE 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY. The Group has been subject to regulatory enforcement actions. They are regulated by 9 US and Non-US bodies.
They have 502 employees comprised of 73 investment and 429 non-investment staff. The total number of Employees increased by 28.06% over the last 5-years.
Their $287.61Bn in assets advised are owned by 13 private funds, 84 public funds and BDCs and 1 other account. Assets of Investment Companies (IC) clients own $286.72Bn or 99.69% of Total Assets and Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC) own $846.52mn or 0.29% of Total Assets.
The Group's top investment strategies include Long/Short Equity, FI/Credit - Diverse and Multi Strat, representing 81.47%, 16.47% and 1.31% of total assets, respectively.
They advise 3 types of clients, top clients are Investment Companies (IC) and Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC).
The Group uses 3 Fund Administrators, 2 Fund Auditors, 0 Prime Brokers, 5 Custodians and 2 Marketers. It does not report a third-party Fund Administrator in 55 private funds with $118.83Bn in assets.
The Group discloses advisory fees, management fees and performance-based fees.
VAN ECK 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 VAN ECK GROUP's case, they have 16 business conditions that require high process maturity and 1 Watch Factors.