Cairn Capital Limited (London)


Cairn Capital Limited is an adviser based in London. It manages $1.62 billion of regulatory assets for 19 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010.

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

Cairn Capital Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Cairn Capital Limited is $1.62 billion. The firm's AUM has gone down by -95% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.25 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.35 billion in discretionary accounts and $268.21 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $90.11 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $67.05 million.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 100% of the total AUM.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Cairn Capital Limited for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, 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 David Anthony Littlewood serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, pooled investment vehicles, and corporations or other businesses. The largest group of clients of David Anthony Littlewood is pooled investment vehicles with 15 clients and $1.35 billion of assets under management. Among the 6 most similar advisory firms, Cairn Capital Limited has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.62 billion for 19 clients. 91% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Cairn Capital Limited also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund, ten other private funds, and three securitized asset funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $100,000 to $1,000,000.

Careers at Cairn Capital Limited

The company employs 56 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 48 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There’s a single person 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 receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

David Anthony Littlewood has been acting as President since 1 Oct 2003. Robert Pierce Jones joined the executive team most recently as the Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Cairn Capital Group Limited Sole shareholder 1 Sep 2003 75% - 100% foreign
Paul William Campbell Chief executive officer and director 1 Oct 2003 Other 5079231
David Anthony Littlewood Director 1 Oct 2003 Other 5079233
David Quixano Henriques Director 1 Oct 2003 Other 5079244
Robert Pierce Jones Chief compliance officer and director 1 Apr 2004 Other 5079234
Timothy James Albert Frost Director 1 Jul 2004 Other 1760024
James Titheradge Starky Chief legal officer 1 Apr 2005 Other 5079235
Christopher Robert Bentley Chief operations officer 1 Jun 2005 Other 5083344
Dawn Marie La Monica Compliance officer 1 Dec 2016 Other 6777632
Roslyn Jane Kelly Director 1 Mar 2017 Other 4412453
Francesco Coatti Director 1 Mar 2017 Other 6778629
Maria Teresa Iardella Director 1 Mar 2017 Other 6778631
Alexandra Virginia Young Director 1 Mar 2017 Other 6778632
Robert Pierce Jones Compliance officer 1 Mar 2019 Other 5079234
Frank Goasguen Director 1 Mar 2019 Other 4850272
Pierpaolo Montana Director 1 Mar 2019 Other 7090960

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 9 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc Sole shareholder 1 Apr 1969 75% - 100% foreign
The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc Shareholder - ordinary shares 1 May 1994 75% - 100% foreign
R.B.S. Special Investments Limited Shareholder - class a shares 1 Feb 2004 25% - 50% foreign
Star Capital Partners Investments Llp Shareholder - class a shares 1 Mar 2007 25% - 50% foreign
R.B.S. Special Investments Limited Corporate member 1 Mar 2007 25% - 50% foreign
Anthony Mallin Member 1 Mar 2007 25% - 50% 2172321
The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc Shareholder 1 Mar 2007 25% - 50% foreign
Her Majesty's Treasury Shareholder 1 Dec 2008 75% - 100% foreign
Mediobanca Banca Di Credito Finanziario S.P.A. Shareholder 1 Dec 2015 50% - 75% foreign

Based in London

The principal office where Cairn Capital Limited performs its advisory services is located at 27 Knightsbridge, London, Sw1 X 7 Ly, which is also the mailing address of the firm. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 44-20-7259-4800 or by fax 44-20-7259-4899. The normal business hours are 8.00 am to 6.00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at cairncapital.com.