Fort, L.P. (Chevy Chase)


Fort, L.P. is a large advisory firm based in Chevy Chase. It manages $2.5 billion of regulatory assets for 11 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Maryland and New York.

Fort provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Fort: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Fort, L.P. is $2.5 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 616% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.49 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $2.5 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $227.46 million each.
Fort has custody of $681.25 million in cash and securities for 4 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Fort, L.P. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Stuart Henry Bohart serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Stuart Henry Bohart is pooled investment vehicles with 11 clients and $2.5 billion of assets under management. Among the 5 most similar advisory firms, Fort has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.5 billion for 11 clients. 68% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Fort also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $50,000 to $2,000,000.

Careers at Fort, L.P.

The company employs 60 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 55 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 12 people with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Stuart Henry Bohart has been acting as President since 1 May 2018. Benjamin Sabol joined the executive team most recently as the Head Of Risk Management.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Yves M Balcer Ceo, partner, co-founder and principal 1 Dec 1999 Other 1756403
Sanjiv Kumar President, partner, co-founder and principal 1 Dec 1999 Other 2432580
Fort Llc Owner 1 Dec 1999 50% - 75% 52-2083684
Fort Management Inc. General partner 1 Dec 1999 Other 52-2208572
Llc Fpcz Eci Owner 1 Jan 2008 25% - 50% 26-1684745
Scott L Barnes Chief financial officer 1 Dec 2013 Other 4463392
Line Deslandes Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2013 Other 6277394
Sumit Kumar Chief technology officer 1 Mar 2014 Other 6329418
Alan Jeffrey Marantz Managing director 1 Apr 2014 Other 1260298
Musser Devan Chief compliance officer and general counsel 1 Dec 2014 Other 6439482
Devan Musser Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2014 Other 6439482
Benjamin Sabol Head of trading operations 1 Feb 2015 Other 6777016
Fastnet Us Im Holdings Ltd. Limited partner 1 Dec 2015 Other 80-0966826
Spyros N Papadakis Chief operating officer 1 Dec 2015 Other 2795449
Fastnet Offshore Im Holdings Corp. Limited partner 1 Dec 2015 Other 81-0851539
David John Barrett Head of business development and managing director 1 Jan 2016 Other 1579339
Andrew Keller Deputy chief operating officer, chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2016 Other 6777011
Fort Im Employee Llc Limited partner 1 Mar 2017 Other 81-4894886
John Charles Prendergast Co- chief technology officer 1 Jan 2018 Other 6932455
Ricky Eng Co- chief technology officer 1 Jan 2018 Other 4451005
Christopher Thomas Snyder General counsel 1 Mar 2018 Other 6944702
Stuart Henry Bohart President 1 May 2018 Other 2603191
Kumar Family Trust Limited partner 1 Jun 2019 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Alan Marantz Family Trust Limited partner 1 Jun 2019 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Benjamin Sabol Head of risk management 1 Sep 2019 Other 6777016
Andrew Scott Tuttle Head of trading 1 Sep 2019 Other 7176406

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 20 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Government Of Singapore Investment Corporation (Ventures) Ptd Ltd. Owner 1 Feb 2000 75% - 100% foreign entity
Minister Of Finance (Incorporated) Owner 1 Feb 2000 75% - 100% foreign entity
The Government Of Singapore Owner 1 Feb 2000 75% - 100% foreign entity
Ltd. Paine & Partners Capital Fund Iii Cz I Blocker Owner 1 Dec 2007 75% - 100% 98-0563481
L.P. Paine & Partners Capital Fund Iii Gp General partner 1 Dec 2007 Other 98-0489122
Llc Capital Z E3 Alternative Asset Investors Owner 1 Dec 2007 75% - 100% 26-1684745
Llc Fp Iii Eci Holdco Owner 1 Dec 2007 50% - 75% 26-1724316
L.P. Paine & Partners Capital Fund Iii Cz I Owner 1 Dec 2007 75% - 100% 98-0563481
Ltd. Paine & Partners Capital Fund Iii Cz I Blocker Owner 1 Jan 2008 50% - 75% 98-0562011
L.P. Paine & Partners Capital Fund Iii Cz Ii Owner 1 Jan 2008 25% - 50% 98-0574005
Upton Investment Pte Owner 1 Jan 2008 75% - 100% foreign entity
Petershill Ii Offshore Lp Owner 1 Dec 2015 75% - 100% 81-0851539
Petershill Ii Lp Owner 1 Dec 2015 75% - 100% 80-0966826
Goldman Sachs Ph Ii Advisors Llc Owner 1 Dec 2015 25% - 50% 13-4019460
L.L.C. Gsam Gen Par Sole member and manager 1 Dec 2015 75% - 100% 13-4019460
Inc. The Goldman Sachs Group Sole member and manager 1 Dec 2015 75% - 100% 13-4019460
David John Barrett Owner 1 Sep 2017 25% - 50% 1579339
Scott Michael Sambur Trustee 1 Jun 2019 Other 7144563
Mansoora Nmn Rashid Trustee 1 Jun 2019 Other 7144567
Virginia Mccann Marantz Trustee 1 Jun 2019 Other 7144570

Based in Chevy Chase

The principal office where Fort, L.P. performs its advisory services is located at 2 Wisconsin Circle, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 7003, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 301-986-6940. The normal business hours are 9:30 am - 5:30 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at fortlp.com.