General
Geneva is an investment advisory firm registered with Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as an
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”) that has furnished investment
advisory services to clients since January 1987. Effective March 17, 2020, certain members of the Geneva
management team, in partnership with Estancia Capital Management, LLC, acquired 100% of the equity
interests of Geneva (the “Transaction”) from Janus Henderson Group plc. The Transaction returned Geneva
to its original roots as a majority employee-owned organization and is structured in a manner to provide
Geneva’s management a path to complete employee ownership over time. Geneva remains fully committed
our clients. The Transaction did not have any impact on how Geneva manages money. We continue to invest
using the same high quality philosophy and process we have utilized since 1987.
Ownership of Geneva
Geneva is a Delaware limited liability company. GCM Purchaser, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Purchaser”), owns 100% of Geneva. Purchaser is, in turn, 100% owned by GCM Holdco, LLC, also a
Delaware limited liability company (“Holdco”).
Holdco is, in turn, owned 50% to 75% by Geneva Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Management”) that is owned by Geneva management. W. Scott Priebe and Jose Munoz, Managing
Principals and Portfolio Managers at Geneva, each own between 25% and 50% of Management. ECP II GCM
Aggregator, LLC and its sole member, Estancia Capital Partners Fund II, L.P., own more than 25% but less
than 50% of Holdco.
Types of Advisory Services Provided by Geneva
Geneva offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services to institutions and high-net-
worth individuals. Our clients include registered investment companies (mutual funds), registered investment
advisers, financial institutions, corporations, trusts, non-profit organizations, endowments, foundations,
religious organizations, labor unions, pension funds, government entities, high net worth individuals, wrap fee
programs, and collective investment trusts (CITs). We specialize in making growth stock investments in U.S.
companies, and offer four styles of growth-stock investing: Small Cap, SMID Cap, Mid Cap, and All Cap.
These terms refer to the size of the companies in which we invest based on their market capitalization (the
total dollar value of a company’s outstanding shares). We select our investments based primarily on
fundamental analysis, rather than market timing.
We also offer investments in taxable and tax-exempt fixed income securities, principally for high-net-worth
clients. For fixed income investments, we use
the following types of securities: corporate bonds, municipal
bonds, government securities and bank certificates of deposit. We may also use other types of fixed-income
securities based on the needs and objectives of individual clients.
We also provide model portfolios to a number of financial firms, including sponsors of wrap fee programs. In
those cases, we recommend a model portfolio based on the firm’s investment goals and advise the firm on an
ongoing basis of any changes in the model. The financial firm generally applies our model to its underlying
client accounts and retains all decision-making and trading authority.
We tailor our advisory services to the investment goals and asset allocation objectives of each client. Clients
who desire to invest in growth stocks select one or more of our equity investment styles (Small Cap, SMID
Cap, Mid Cap or All Cap), and we invest their accounts in accordance with our model portfolio for that
investment style within a reasonable variance threshold. Subject to individual restrictions, accounts within a
particular equity strategy generally hold the same securities at the same weight. For fixed income investments,
we tailor each account’s holdings to the needs of the particular client.
Clients may impose reasonable restrictions on investing in securities or industry sectors, and other limitations
on our investment discretion, as mutually agreed. Each account is subject to a written investment advisory
agreement which describes our investment authority, client goals and objectives, management fees, and other
matters.
Geneva participates in “wrap fee programs” by providing investment management services to clients who have
separate investment management agreements with a bank or broker-dealer (referred to as “wrap program
sponsors”) and, sometimes, also directly with Geneva. In a wrap fee program, the sponsor typically charges
its clients a bundled fee for a suite of investment services, such as brokerage, advisory, custody, research and
management services. We receive a portion of the bundled fee for our investment management services
although some programs may separately bill clients for Geneva’s advisory fee. For wrap account clients, we
either (1) manage the account in accordance with the guidelines provided to us by the wrap program sponsor
or underlying client or (2) provide the sponsor of the wrap program with a model portfolio that the sponsor then
generally applies to its applicable wrap program clients. The wrap program sponsor is responsible for the client
relationship, client servicing, reporting and billing.
As of December 31, 2022, Geneva managed $5,026,791,347 of client assets on a discretionary basis and no
assets on a non-discretionary basis.