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Vijay Malik

Advisor at Sophis Investments LLC — Lathrop, CA

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Credentials

Series 65

Experience

12 years

Location

Lathrop, CA

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Sophis Investments LLC

Team

Total advisors

5

Across 4 offices

Clients per advisor

8 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$3,254,889 Very High

HNW client ratio

56% Very High

About

Vijay Malik is a financial advisor at Sophis Investments LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Everest Group LLC and Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of Middle America Capital, a Nebraska real estate investment company. Sophis Investments is a small team advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, endowments, foundations, pooled investment vehicles, and certain businesses. The firm employs a concentrated, bottom-up fundamental equity approach with long-term holdings and uses performance-based fees for qualified clients, managing both individual accounts and pooled investment vehicles.

Client services

Based on Sophis Investments LLC

Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Sophis Investments LLC

Concentrated stock management Active portfolio management

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Fee options

Percentage

1% to 2% annually (depending on client's investment policy mandate)

Performance-based

10% to 20% of net capital increase of client's account, payable quarterly or annually in arrears, subject to high watermark.

Other

Account minimum: $1,000,000 (to qualify for performance-based fee) Fee-only: Annual management fee ranging from 1% to 2% of assets under management, paid quarterly in arrears.

Location

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Lathrop, CA

Lathrop CA

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Connecticut

Work history

12 years of industry experience

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.

2017 - 2017 • 1 year

Washington, DC

Sophis Investments LLC

2014 - Present • 12 years

New York, NY

Everest Group LLC

2013 - 2016 • 3 years

Omaha, NE

Check Capital Management Inc

2012 - 2012 • 1 year

Phoenix, AZ

Malik Asset Management, LLC

2012 - 2012 • 1 year

Falls Church, VA

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