Disciplined Growth Investors Inc is a large advisory firm based in Minneapolis. It manages $5.11 billion of regulatory assets for 162 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Arizona, California, Colorado, and 20 other states.
Disciplined Growth Investors provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, 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.
The assets under management (AUM) of Disciplined Growth Investors Inc is $5.11 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 527% since the beginning of its operation, and $163.68 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Disciplined Growth Investors Inc for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.
The firm provides services to investment companies, charitable organizations, other investment advisers, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Frederick Kane Martin is pension and profit sharing plans with 22 clients and $1.41 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Disciplined Growth Investors has the 2nd highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $5.04 billion for 159 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Disciplined Growth Investors also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund and one other private fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $50,000 to $250,000.
The company employs 20 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 50 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.
There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.
Frederick Kane Martin has been acting as President since 1 May 2001. Peter Gordon Rieke joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.
The principal office where Disciplined Growth Investors Inc performs its advisory services is located at 150 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 1227, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.
You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 612-317-4100 or by fax 612-904-2546. The normal business hours are 8:00am - 4:30pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at dginv.com.