{"url":"https://nivawealth.com/firms/vontobel-asset-management-105007","iapdUrl":"https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/105007","regulatoryAum":20291119200,"crd":"105007","secFileNumber":"801-21953","legalName":"Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.","displayName":"Vontobel Asset Management","website":null,"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/vontobel/","founded":null,"organization":"New York corporation","fiscalYearEnd":"December","headquarters":{"street":"66 Hudson Boulevard, 34th Floor","city":"New York","state":"NY","stateName":"New York","country":"United States","postalCode":"10001"},"tradeNames":["Vontobel"],"registration":{"secApproved":"3 August 1984","noticeFilings":null,"latestNoticeFiling":null},"staff":{"employees":63,"advisory":23,"brokerDealerReps":14,"insuranceAgents":0,"promoters":7},"aum":{"discretionary":19938469839,"discretionaryAccounts":35,"nonDiscretionary":352649361,"nonDiscretionaryAccounts":6,"wrapProgram":null,"nonUsClientsPct":56,"nonAumClients":0},"clientTypes":[{"label":"Banking or thrift institutions","clients":null,"regulatoryAum":1759774400},{"label":"Investment companies","clients":6,"regulatoryAum":518583833},{"label":"Pooled investment vehicles","clients":16,"regulatoryAum":8578204593},{"label":"Pension and profit-sharing plans","clients":null,"regulatoryAum":2088834059},{"label":"State or municipal government entities","clients":null,"regulatoryAum":1081575009},{"label":"Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions","clients":6,"regulatoryAum":5911497945},{"label":"Other","clients":6,"regulatoryAum":352649361}],"fees":[],"feeNotes":[],"custodians":[{"name":"Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.","shortName":"J.P. Morgan","location":"Taipei","smaAssets":2531424848},{"name":"State Street Bank & Trust","shortName":"State Street Bank & Trust","location":"Boston, MA","smaAssets":4172941247},{"name":"CIBC Mellon","shortName":"CIBC Mellon","location":"Toronto","smaAssets":1759774401},{"name":"Brown Brothers Harriman Investment Services (japan) Inc.","shortName":"Brown Brothers Harriman Investment Services (japan)","location":"Tokyo","smaAssets":1208743112},{"name":"Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.","shortName":"J.P. 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They include 16 pooled investment vehicles, 6 investment companies and 6 sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.D and 5.F, filed 4 August 2026","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}},{"question":"What services does Vontobel Asset Management offer?","answer":"Vontobel Asset Management provides portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled vehicles, portfolio management for institutions and other activities.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5.G, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}},{"question":"Which custodians does Vontobel Asset Management use?","answer":"Vontobel Asset Management’s separately managed account assets are held at State Street Bank & Trust (Boston, MA), with $4,172,941,247, Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Taipei), with $2,531,424,848, CIBC Mellon (Toronto), with $1,759,774,401, Brown Brothers Harriman Investment Services (japan) Inc. (Tokyo), with $1,208,743,112 and Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Columbus, OH), with $175,457,724. Only custodians holding at least a tenth of those assets are named.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Schedule D, Section 5.K.(3), filed 4 August 2026","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"custodians"}},{"question":"How many financial advisors does Vontobel Asset Management have?","answer":"Vontobel Asset Management has 0 investment adviser representatives registered with state securities authorities, out of 63 employees, and 23 perform investment advisory functions. 14 are registered representatives of a broker-dealer and 0 are licensed insurance agents.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.A and 5.B, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}},{"question":"What does Vontobel Asset Management invest in?","answer":"At the end of its last fiscal year, Vontobel Asset Management’s separately managed accounts held 96% exchange-traded equities, 3% cash and equivalents and 1% registered funds (mutual funds, ETFs, BDCs). It advises 1 private funds.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.K.(1) and 7.B, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}},{"question":"Who owns Vontobel Asset Management?","answer":"Vontobel Asset Management’s direct owner is Vontobel Holding Ag (75% or more).","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B, filed 4 August 2026","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"scheduleA"}},{"question":"How does Vontobel Asset Management get paid?","answer":"Vontobel Asset Management is paid through a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Its Form ADV lists no commissions among how it is paid.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5.E, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}}],"holdings":null,"notice":"Compiled from public SEC Form ADV filings on the dates in `sources`. Facts as filed; not a rating, ranking, or recommendation. Niva Wealth is not affiliated with this firm. Disciplinary history is deliberately not included here or on the page; the SEC publishes the complete record at the `iapdUrl` above."}