Axonic Capital LLC (New York)


Axonic Capital LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $7.47 billion of regulatory assets for 26 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.

Axonic Capital 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.

Axonic Capital: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Axonic Capital LLC is $7.47 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 2729% since the beginning of its operation, and $4.49 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $7.47 billion in discretionary accounts and $72.71 thousand in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $298.77 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $72.71 thousand.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Axonic Capital 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 Peter William Gaudet serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Peter William Gaudet is pooled investment vehicles with 26 clients and $7.47 billion of assets under management. Among the 13 most similar advisory firms, Axonic Capital has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $7.47 billion for 26 clients. 23% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Axonic Capital also advises several private funds. Namely, nine hedge funds, one other private fund, and one private equity fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $100,000 to $5,000,000.

Careers at Axonic Capital LLC

The company employs 43 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 37 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 12 people 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.

Peter William Gaudet has been acting as President since 1 Feb 2011. John Ryan Kelly joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Clayton Hale Degiacinto Managing principal and cio 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 4573991
Michael D Mercer Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2011 Other 2894144
Peter William Gaudet President 1 Feb 2011 Other 2505253
Labib Sami Mahfouz President and chief operating officer 1 Jul 2012 Other 2677900
Jess Saypoff Chief compliance officer 1 Mar 2013 Other 6178790
Jess Maynard Saypoff General counsel 1 Apr 2013 Other 6178790
Jess Saypoff General counsel 1 Apr 2013 Other 6178790
Axonic Holdings Lp Managing member 1 Jan 2015 75% - 100% 47-4076967
Jody Allen Flaws Chief financial officer 1 May 2016 Other 6661770
Matthew Lawrence Weinstein Partner and portfolio manager 1 Jan 2017 Other 4842465
Jamshed Vispy Engineer Partner and portfolio manager 1 Jan 2017 Other 5133568
Peter Benjamin Schendel Partner 1 Jan 2017 Other 5742018
David Harvey Wysoki Chief compliance officer 1 May 2017 Other 2770736
Joseph Albert Grogan Chief compliance officer 1 Aug 2018 Other 4901846
John Ryan Kelly Chief financial officer 1 Apr 2019 Other 2645615

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Clayton Hale Degiacinto Partner 1 Jan 2015 75% - 100% 4573991
Axonic Holdings Gp Llc General partner 1 Jan 2015 Other 47-4345660

Based in New York

The principal office where Axonic Capital LLC performs its advisory services is located at 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Southampton, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-259-0430 or by fax 212-259-0421. The normal business hours are 8:00 am - 6:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at axoniccap.com.