Comvest Advisors LLC (West Palm Beach)


Comvest Advisors LLC is a large advisory firm based in West Palm Beach. It manages $3.37 billion of regulatory assets for 17 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Florida, Illinois, and New York.

Comvest Advisors 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.

Comvest Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Comvest Advisors LLC is $3.37 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 176% since the beginning of its operation, and $149.87 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $3.37 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $198.26 million each.
Comvest Advisors has custody of $2.04 billion in cash and securities for 17 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Comvest Advisors LLC 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.

What kind of clients Comvest Advisors serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Comvest Advisors is pooled investment vehicles with 17 clients and $3.37 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Comvest Advisors has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $3.37 billion for 17 clients. 6% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Comvest Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, seventeen private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000.

Careers at Comvest Advisors LLC

The company employs 73 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 66 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
Cecilio Manuel Rodriguez Chief compliance officer/chief financial officer, comvest advisors, llc 1 May 2006 Other 4901911
Robert O'sullivan Vice chairman/partner, comvest advisors, llc 1 May 2006 Other 4580748
Michael Stewart Falk Founder/co-chairman/managing partner, comvest advisors, llc 1 May 2006 Other 1260489
Robert Lynn Priddy Managing partner, comvest advisors, llc 1 May 2006 Other 3063168
Mark James Hughes Managing director, comvest advisors, llc 1 Apr 2007 Other 2798104
L.P. Comvest Capital Ii Partners Managing member, comvest capital advisors (sma manager), llc 1 Jul 2009 75% - 100% 80-0448182
Peter Jeffrey Kight Managing partner, comvest advisors, llc 1 Dec 2009 Other 6028958
Roger Jose Marrero Managing director, comvest advisors, llc 1 Feb 2010 Other 2526795
Gregory Walter Reynolds Managing director, comvest advisors, llc 1 Apr 2010 Other 3007093
Comvest Group Holdings Llc Managing member, comvest advisors, llc 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 01-0622406
Comvest Group Holdings Lp Managing member 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 01-0622406
John Byrn Caple Managing director, comvest advisors, llc 1 May 2011 Other 2245522
Daniel Charles Lee Managing director, comvest advisors, llc 1 Dec 2011 Other 4251804
Thomas Brian Clark Managing director, comvest advisors, llc 1 Nov 2012 Other 2758147
Jason Phillip Gelberd Managing director, comvest advisors, llc 1 May 2013 Other 4964600
Comvest Group Holdings Llc Managing member, comvest capital advisors, llc and comvest capital advisors (sma manager), llc 1 Jul 2013 75% - 100% 01-0622406
Cecilio Manuel Rodriguez Chief financial officer, comvest capital advisors, llc and comvest capital advisors (sma manager), llc 1 Jul 2013 Other 4901911
Robert O'sullivan Vice chairman/partner, comvest capital advisors, llc and comvest capital advisors (sma manager), llc 1 Jul 2013 Other 4580748
Michael Stewart Falk Founder/co-chairman/managing partner, comvest capital advisors, llc and comvest capital advisors (sma manager), llc 1 Jul 2013 Other 1260489
Daniel Charles Lee Managing director, comvest capital advisors, llc and comvest capital advisors (sma manager), llc 1 Jul 2013 Other 4251804
Roger Jose Marrero Managing director, comvest capital advisors, llc and comvest capital advisors (sma manager), llc 1 Jul 2013 Other 2526795
Gregory Walter Reynolds Managing director, comvest capital advisors, llc and comvest capital advisors (sma manager), llc 1 Jul 2013 Other 3007093
Jason Phillip Gelberd Managing director, comvest capital advisors, llc and comvest capital advisors (sma manager), llc 1 Jul 2013 Other 4964600
Thomas Brian Clark Managing director, comvest capital advisors, llc and comvest capital advisors (sma manager), llc 1 Jul 2013 Other 2758147
Comvest Group Holdings Lp Managing member, comvest capital advisors, llc 1 Jul 2013 75% - 100% 01-0622406
Russell Lee Bryan Managing director, comvest advisors, llc 1 Mar 2016 Other 6626535
Michael Lee Altschuler Chief administrative officer & general counsel 1 Nov 2016 Other 6774166
Matthew David Gullen Partner 1 Jan 2017 Other 6774167
Maneesh Chawla Partner 1 Jan 2018 Other 6930284

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 11 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Michael Stewart Falk Chairman 1 Feb 2002 75% - 100% 1260489
Llc Comvest Group Holdings Managing member 1 Dec 2006 Other 01-0622406
Llc Comvest Group Holdings Managing member 1 Jul 2009 75% - 100% 01-0622406
L.P. Comvest Capital Ii Associates Limited partner 1 Jul 2009 75% - 100% 80-0464720
Peter Jeffrey Kight Managing member 1 Jul 2009 25% - 50% 6028958
Lllp Msf Partners Managing member 1 Jul 2009 50% - 75% 26-0292811
Llc Comvest Group Gp Managing member 1 Aug 2009 Other 27-0610668
Llc Comvest Capital Ii Partners Ugp General partner 1 Aug 2009 Other 80-0448175
Michael Stewart Falk Managing member 1 Sep 2009 75% - 100% 1260489
Llc Thunder Bay Member 1 Nov 2009 25% - 50% 27-1873283
Peter Jeffrey Kight Managing member 1 Nov 2009 75% - 100% 6028958

Based in West Palm Beach

The principal office where Comvest Advisors LLC performs its advisory services is located at Cityplace Tower, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Chicago, IL. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 561-727-2000 or by fax 561-727-2100. The normal business hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at comvest.com.