Meketa Investment Group Inc (Westwood)


Meketa Investment Group Inc is a large advisory firm based in Westwood. It manages $11.41 billion of regulatory assets for 46 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Florida, Illinois, and 3 other states.

Meketa Investment Group provides portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, and selection of other advisers. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Meketa Investment Group: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Meketa Investment Group Inc is $11.41 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 3866792% since the beginning of its operation, and $19.69 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $11.06 billion in discretionary accounts and $346.91 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $251.37 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $173.46 million.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 57% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is investment and business development companies, which make up 15% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in investment grade corporate bonds form 11% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Meketa Investment Group Inc for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, and fixed fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients James Edward Meketa serves?

The firm provides services to charitable organizations, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of James Edward Meketa is pension and profit sharing plans with 163 clients and $9.94 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Meketa Investment Group has the 2nd highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $11.39 billion for 282 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Meketa Investment Group doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Meketa Investment Group Inc

The company employs 182 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 71 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 7 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.

James Edward Meketa has been acting as President since 1 Dec 1978. Neil Allen Rue joined the executive team most recently as the Managing Principal.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
James Edward Meketa Managing principal/president/director 1 Dec 1978 50% - 75% 4361091
Alan David Spatrick Vice president 1 Mar 1980 Other 4361095
Julianne Favor O'brien Larsen Vice president 1 Sep 1992 Other 4361098
Stephen Patrick Mccourt Consultant 1 Sep 1994 Other 4632294
Cynthia Oakes Meketa Not an employee 1 Dec 1997 Other 4361249
Alan David Spatrick Managing principal/chief compliance officer/director 1 Jun 2001 Other 4361095
Stephen Patrick Mccourt Managing principal 1 Dec 2002 Other 4632294
Donna Marie Grady Chief financial officer 1 Nov 2003 Other 4782858
Luigi Buccini Senior operations analyst 1 Feb 2004 Other 4783119
Luigi Buccini Chief operating officer 1 Jun 2004 Other 4783119
Peter Scott Woolley Managing principal 1 Nov 2004 Other 4361117
John Andrew Haggerty Managing principal 1 Nov 2004 Other 4361123
Frank Edward Benham Managing principal 1 Sep 2007 Other 5512299
Walter Francis Peters Principal 1 Dec 2009 Other 3258420
John Joseph Manley Principal 1 Dec 2009 Other 4473689
Leandro A Festino Managing principal 1 Jan 2010 Other 5902281
Kellie Coonan Managing principal 1 Dec 2010 Other 5902423
Timothy G Zayac Counsel 1 Jan 2011 Other 6175294
Mika Malone Managing principal 1 Jan 2012 Other 6027890
Mitchell David Dynan Managing principal 1 Jan 2012 Other 4903329
Edward Grenville Benedict Managing principal 1 Jan 2012 Other 2833563
Alla Y Barskaya Director of finance 1 Jan 2012 Other 5188316
Mika Buffington Principal 1 Jan 2012 Other 6027890
Kunal Shah Principal 1 Jan 2012 Other 6027944
Marc Alan Fandetti Senior principal 1 Dec 2012 Other 3096370
Stephen Patrick Mccourt Co-chief executive officer, director 1 Jan 2015 Other 4632294
Peter Scott Woolley President, co-chief executive officer, director 1 Jan 2015 Other 4361117
James Edward Meketa Chairman of the board of directors 1 Aug 2015 25% - 50% 4361091
John Andrew Haggerty Managing principal, director 1 Aug 2015 Other 4361123
Timothy G Zayac Chief legal officer 1 Aug 2015 Other 6175294
Ted Louis Disabato Managing principal 1 Nov 2015 Other 1348374
Kellie Kane Managing principal, chief operating officer 1 Dec 2015 Other 5902423
Kellie Coonan Managing principal, chief operating officer 1 Dec 2015 Other 5902423
Neil Allen Rue Managing principal 1 Mar 2019 Other 1083271
Judith Fae Chambers Managing principal 1 Mar 2019 Other 3104245
Kay Ruth Ceserani Managing principal 1 Mar 2019 Other 2870139
Tad Gregory Fergusson Managing principal 1 Mar 2019 Other 4518023
Christiana Fields Managing principal 1 Mar 2019 Other 4518002
Allan Robert Emkin Managing principal, director 1 Mar 2019 Other 4424872

Based in Westwood

The principal office where Meketa Investment Group Inc performs its advisory services is located at 100 Lowder Brook Drive, Westwood, MA 02090 1150, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Carlsbad, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 781.471.3500 or by fax 781.471.3411. The normal business hours are 8:30 am - 5:30 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at meketagroup.com/ and its LinkedIn profile.