Sciens Investment Management, LLC (New York)


Sciens Investment Management, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $275.5 million of regulatory assets for 35 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Delaware and New York.

Sciens Investment Management provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Sciens Investment Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Sciens Investment Management, LLC is $275.5 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 184% since the beginning of its operation, and $251.64 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $275.5 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $7.87 million each.
Sciens Investment Management has custody of $265.74 million in cash and securities for 35 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Sciens Investment Management, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management 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 Sciens Investment Management serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Sciens Investment Management is pooled investment vehicles with 35 clients and $275.5 million of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Sciens Investment Management has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $275.5 million for 35 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Sciens Investment Management also advises several private funds. Namely, twenty five hedge funds and ten private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $100,000 to $5,000,000.

Careers at Sciens Investment Management, LLC

The company employs 12 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 42 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 doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Member (its) 1 Mar 1996 25% - 50% 1734598
Donald F Zilkha Member (its) 1 Mar 1996 25% - 50% 1256919
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Member (ais 1) 1 Jan 1998 25% - 50% 1734598
Donald F Zilkha Member (ais 1) 1 Jan 1998 25% - 50% 1256919
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Sole member and manager (sciens management llc and sciens idilia management llc) 1 Nov 1998 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John" Rigas Sole member & manager (sciens management llc) 1 Nov 1998 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Manager (ais 3) 1 Nov 2002 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Manager (ais 4) 1 Apr 2003 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Member/manager - sciens capital llc 1 Dec 2003 25% - 50% 1734598
Donald F Zilkha Member/manager - sciens capital llc 1 Dec 2003 25% - 50% 1256919
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Member (sciens idilia) 1 Mar 2004 75% - 100% 1734598
Daniel J Standen Member (at management llc) 1 Sep 2004 25% - 50% 6465158
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Manager and member (at management llc) 1 Sep 2004 25% - 50% 1734598
Buchanan Gordon Member (at management llc) 1 Sep 2004 25% - 50% 6470388
Daniel James Standen Member (at management llc) 1 Sep 2004 25% - 50% 6465158
Ioannis "John" Rigas Manager and member (at management llc) 1 Sep 2004 25% - 50% 1734598
Gordon Buchanan Member (at management llc) 1 Sep 2004 25% - 50% 6470388
Christopher Paul Meyering Member (northern hellenic mgm't) 1 Jul 2005 75% - 100% 5059563
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Manager (npa) 1 Aug 2005 50% - 75% 1734598
Christopher Paul Meyering Sole shareholder (northern hellenic management llc) 1 Dec 2005 75% - 100% 5059563
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Director (sciens offshore and gsmi management co. ltd.) 1 Feb 2006 Other 1734598
Christopher Paul Meyering Director (sciens offshore and smh management ltd.) 1 Feb 2006 Other 5059563
Ioannis "John" Rigas Director (sciens offshore management ltd.) 1 Feb 2006 Other 1734598
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Manager (net one) 1 Apr 2006 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John" Rigas Sole shareholder (scp exchange management ltd.) 1 Jun 2006 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Sole shareholder (scp exchange management ltd.) 1 Jun 2006 75% - 100% 1734598
Christopher Paul Meyering Director (sciens cfo) 1 Nov 2006 Other 5059563
Sciens Fund Of Funds Management Ltd. Sole owner (sciens cfo) 1 Nov 2006 75% - 100% 98-0593800
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Sole shareholder, director (ssdh) 1 Jan 2007 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John" Rigas Sole shareholder, director (ssdh) 1 Jan 2007 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Sole shareholder, director, chief executive officer (smh, saarf management ltd. and sciens cfo i managememt ltd) 1 Sep 2008 75% - 100% 1734598
Christopher Paul Meyering Director (smh) 1 Sep 2008 Other 5059563
Ioannis "John" Rigas Sole shareholder, director, chief executive officer (saarf management ltd.) 1 Sep 2008 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Sole shareholder (scp) 1 Jun 2009 75% - 100% 1734598
Sciens Fund Of Funds Management Ltd. Owner (sim, sciens offshore management ltd) 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% 98-0593800
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Chief executive officer (sim) 1 Jan 2010 Other 1734598
Christopher Paul Meyering Chief compliance officer (sim and all relying advisers) 1 Jan 2010 Other 5059563
Ioannis "John" Rigas Chief executive officer (sim) 1 Jan 2010 Other 1734598
Patricia Anne Long Compliance officer 1 Jan 2010 Other 5059644
Robert John Delany Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2010 Other 5302337
Matthew Allen Daniel Portfolio manager 1 Jan 2010 Other 2160878
Jose Dios Portfolio manager 1 Jan 2010 Other 1749564
Andrew S Florin Smith Portfolio manager 1 Jan 2010 Other 2266855
Luis Enrique Jimenez Portfolio manager 1 Jan 2010 Other 3254373
Douglas Maitland Reid Portfolio manager 1 Jan 2010 Other 2403015
David Mccarthy Portfolio manager 1 Jan 2010 Other 2444155
Sciens Management Llc Sole shareholder (hellenic mgm't) 1 Feb 2010 75% - 100% 157185
Sciens Management Llc Sole shareholder (hellenic alternative managers ltd.) 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% xx-xxxxxxx
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Sole shareholder, director (sciens diversified) 1 Mar 2011 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John" Rigas Sole shareholder (sciens aviation services gp llc & sciens aviation services ii & iv gp ltd.) 1 Aug 2012 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Manager and member (colt defense holding iii gp llc) 1 Feb 2013 Other 1734598
Eleftherios Veniamis Director (gsmi management co. ltd.) 1 Dec 2013 Other 6465421
Theodore Veniamis Director (gsmi management co. ltd.) 1 Dec 2013 Other 6465429
Daniel J Standen Director (gsmi management co. ltd.) 1 Dec 2013 Other 6465158
Daniel James Standen Director (gsmi management co. ltd.) 1 Dec 2013 Other 6465158
Ioannis "John" Rigas Sole shareholder (sciens shipping services gp llc) 1 Jan 2014 75% - 100% 1734598
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Sole shareholder (sciens shipping services gp llc) 1 Jan 2014 75% - 100% 1734598
Gsmi Management Holdings Ltd. Shareholder (gsmi management co. ltd.) 1 Mar 2014 50% - 75% foreign
Dimitris Exarchou Director (gsmi management co. ltd.) 1 Oct 2014 Other 6469639
Alessandro Guerrini Maraldi Director (gsmi management co. ltd.) 1 Oct 2014 Other 6469643
Sciens Management Llc Owner (cd management llc) 1 Dec 2015 75% - 100% 36-4823506
Sciens Real Assets Management Holdings Llc Owner (sciens water opportunities management llc) 1 Feb 2018 75% - 100% 82-2800867

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 21 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Shareholder 1 May 1997 75% - 100% 1734598
Theodoros Rigas Shareholder 1 Nov 2003 75% - 100% 6314549
Sciens International Investment & Holdings S.A. Owner 1 Feb 2006 75% - 100% 98-0664620
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Shareholder 1 Nov 2006 75% - 100% 1734598
Sciens International Investment & Holdings S.A. Owner 1 May 2007 25% - 50% 98-0664620
Statistical Index & Advisors Limited Shareholder 1 Jun 2008 75% - 100% 33-3333333
Sciens Global Opportunity Fund Shareholder 1 Sep 2008 50% - 75% 33-3333333
Sciens Cfo I Feeder Fund Ltd. Shareholder 1 Sep 2008 25% - 50% 98-1164789
Sciens Managers Feeder Fund Ltd. Shareholder 1 Oct 2008 75% - 100% 33-3333333
Ioannis "John" Rigas Shareholder 1 Oct 2008 50% - 75% 1734598
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Shareholder 1 Oct 2008 50% - 75% 1734598
Sciens Protective Holdings Ltd. Owner 1 Nov 2008 50% - 75% 98-0549705
Sciens Fof Offshore Holdings Ltd. Shareholder 1 Jan 2010 25% - 50% 98-0509645
Sciens Fund Of Fund Management Holdings Ltd. Shareholder 1 Jan 2010 75% - 100% 98-0593794
Sciens Managers Holdings Ltd. Shareholder 1 Jan 2010 25% - 50% 98-0593198
Sciens International Holdings 2 Ltd. Owner 1 Sep 2010 25% - 50% 98-0636392
Sia Holdings 4 Ltd. Shareholder 1 Mar 2012 50% - 75% 98-0636396
Smh Management Ltd. Shareholder 1 Mar 2012 75% - 100% 98-0677137
Ioannis "John P." Rigas Shareholder 1 Aug 2012 50% - 75% 1734598
Eleftherios Veniamis Shareholder 1 Mar 2014 50% - 75% 6465421
Theodore Veniamis Shareholder 1 Mar 2014 50% - 75% 6465429

Based in New York

The principal office where Sciens Investment Management, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 667 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10065, 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 (212) 471-6100 or by fax (212) 471-6199. The normal business hours are 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at sciensam.com.