Kahn Brothers Advisors LLC
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Client AUMClient assets under management
$444,411,150
Clients
342
Advisors
3
of 5 employees
About
Kahn Brothers Advisors LLC provides discretionary and non‑discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to individual and high‑net‑worth clients as well as institutional investors, overseeing roughly $498.6 million across about 342 client relationships. The firm admits new clients at its discretion and generally prefers incoming portfolios with mid‑seven‑figure investable assets, while also serving accounts that participate in externally sponsored wrap‑fee programs.
The firm employs a modified value investing approach grounded in bottom‑up fundamental analysis, focusing primarily on publicly traded U.S. equities with a typical investment horizon of three to five years or longer and an emphasis on downside protection. Portfolios may include small‑ and micro‑cap securities, special situations and other instruments when appropriate, and managers will hold cash when attractive opportunities are scarce.
The brochure discloses several firm relationships and fee practices that are less common among peers: the adviser is affiliated with an in‑house broker‑dealer and with other investment adviser entities and limited partnerships to which it may solicit client investments, it manages accounts pursuant to third‑party wrap‑fee programs (including Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC), and it may negotiate performance‑based fees in certain accounts. The firm also disclosed a 2022 SEC order addressing aggregation and disclosure procedures, which included a civil penalty, disgorgement and prejudgment interest.
Client services
Expertise
Occupation focus
Fee options
Up to 1%, negotiable with each client; no single flat rate stated
Performance-based fees charged in some accounts; negotiated individually, generally a percentage of net profits with possible high water mark and hurdles.
Account minimum: $500,000 (mid-seven-figures), waiver possible
Main office
555 Madison Ave, Suite 1303
New York NY 10022
Advisors at this office
3
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