The ZAIS GROUP is a privately held investment adviser that advises $8.9Bn in regulatory assets under management held in 3 SEC fund types across 3 investment strategies. ZAIS GROUP is a Private Fund A private fund manager is a manager whose >=75% of total assets under management are in private funds (privately offered pooled vehicles for accredited or qualified investors, generally accessed through placements with higher minimums, restricted eligibility, and negotiated terms) Manager. Assets increased by 43.38% over the last 5-years.
The Group has been registered with the SEC for 28.3 years and is comprised of 1 filing and 6 relying advisers. They operate out of 2 office locations with their Headquarters at 101 CRAWFORDS CORNER ROAD SUITE 1206, HOLMDEL, NJ. The Group has not been subject to regulatory enforcement actions. They are regulated by 9 US and Non-US bodies.
They have 49 employees comprised of 21 investment and 28 non-investment staff. The total number of Employees decreased by 12.5% over the last 5-years.
Their $8.9Bn in assets advised are owned by 32 private funds, 0 public funds and BDCs and 1 other account. Assets of Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC) clients own $8.36Bn or 93.9% of Total Assets and Pension and Profit Sharing Plans-Private own $542.34mn or 6.1% of Total Assets.
The Group's top investment strategies include FI/Credit - Asset Backed Securities, Multi Strat and FI/Credit - Diverse, representing 88.01%, 6.66% and 5.33% of total assets, respectively.
They advise 2 types of clients, top clients are Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC) and Pension and Profit Sharing Plans-Private.
The Group uses 3 Fund Administrators, 1 Fund Auditors, 1 Prime Brokers, 3 Custodians and 1 Marketers. It does not report a third-party Fund Administrator in 0 private funds with $0 in assets.
The Group discloses management fees and performance-based fees.
ZAIS 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 MEDIUM-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 ZAIS GROUP's case, they have 15 business conditions that require high process maturity and 2 Watch Factors.