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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

Former SEC-registered adviser

Ramius Advisors, LLC

Former SEC-registered adviserNew York, New YorkCRD 110806SEC 801-54785IAPD
Legal name Cowen Investment Advisors, LLC
Latest filing Jun 22, 2023
First filing on the tape Mar 29, 2012 · 28 filings
RAUM
$489M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
31
4 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
8
$328M gross assets
History
28 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$489M as of Mar 31, 2023
Mar 29, 2012$4.1B then
HNW client RAUM$0 as of Mar 31, 2023
Mar 30, 2018$0 then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Mar 31, 2023
Mar 22, 20130 then
Employees (5.A)31 as of Mar 31, 2023
Mar 22, 201347 then
Private funds8 as of Mar 31, 2023
Mar 29, 20129 then
RAUM -31% over the last fiscal year-18% a year over threeIARs 0 to 0offices 1 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jun 22, 2023; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$30.5MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
unknownderivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
unknownderived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
-31%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assets, performance-basedreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for pooled vehicles, portfolio management for investment companies, otherreportedItem 5.G
Custody
$285M, 10 clientsreportedItem 9.A
Ownership
a bank, bancorp or trust company is a 50 percent or greater ownerderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • buys or sells securities as principal to or from clients (8.A.2)
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
  • compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
  • compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
  • has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
  • has custody of client securities (9.A.1.b)
  • a related person has custody of client cash (9.B.1.a)
  • a related person has custody of client securities (9.B.1.b)
  • marketing includes hypothetical performance (5.L.3)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Pooled investment vehicles$285M61%
  • Investment companies$182M39%
Individual clients
0reported
HNW clients
0reported
Pension plan clients
0reported
Charitable clients
0reported
Accounts
16reported
Financial planning clients
n/areported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
$285M for 10 clientsreported
Compensation
% of AUM, performancereported
Class basis
absent from the latest SEC rosterderived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
none on the tape
    Joined, latest
    none on the tape
      Private funds
      45 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
      FundTypeGross assetsOwnersFirst reported
      Rcg Special Opportunities Fund Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$172M4Jan 4, 2013
      Rcg International Opportunities Sarlno longer reportedHedge Fund$145M13Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Private Select Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$113M2Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Enterprise Master Fund Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$113M2Mar 29, 2012
      Ramius Intermediate Fund LPno longer reportedHedge Fund$87.6M2Jan 4, 2013
      Rcl Linkem II LLCHedge Fund$73.8M109Feb 26, 2014
      Ramius Merger Master Fund Ltd.Hedge Fund$68.7M35Nov 12, 2013
      Ramius Credit Opportunities Master Fund Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$62.0M28Mar 29, 2012
      Rcg Overseas, Ltd.Hedge Fund$56.2M16Mar 29, 2012
      Ramius Enterprise LPHedge Fund$49.8M31Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Multi-Strategy Fund Ltd.Hedge Fund$49.4M64Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Merger Fund LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$35.5M23Jul 19, 2013
      Rcg Intermediate Fund II, LPno longer reportedHedge Fund$34.4M1Jan 4, 2013
      Rcg Domestic LPno longer reportedHedge Fund$34.3M2Jan 4, 2013
      Rcg Linkem LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$29.8M12Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Multi-Strategy Fund II Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$20.3M2Jan 4, 2013
      Rcl Linkem LLCHedge Fund$13.9M105Jan 4, 2013
      Rcg Io Renergys Sarlno longer reportedPrivate Equity Fund$10.7M6Mar 18, 2016
      Rcg Pb Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$10.3M2Jan 4, 2013
      Rcg Linkem II LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$8.6M19Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Multi-Strategy Fund LPHedge Fund$8.4M113Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Enterprise Ltd.Hedge Fund$8.2M10Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Convertible Arbitrage Master Fund Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$6.3M13Mar 29, 2012
      Ramius Multi-Strategy Master Fund Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$5.5M4Mar 29, 2012
      Rcg Renergys LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$5.4M13Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Merger Arbitrage Master Fund Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$4.7M1Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Co-Investment I LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$4.4M21Mar 22, 2013
      Ramius Levered Multi-Strategy Master Fund Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$3.7M69Mar 29, 2012
      Ramius Co-Investment II LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$3.1M30Jul 19, 2013
      Rcg White Castle LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$3.1M14Jan 4, 2013
      Rcg Bolton LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$2.7M14Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Multi-Strategy Fund II LPno longer reportedHedge Fund$2.7M34Mar 29, 2012
      Rcg O'Connell LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$2.6M10Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Multi-Strategy Fund (Euro) Ltd.no longer reportedHedge Fund$2.2M3Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Select Equity Fund LPno longer reportedHedge Fund$1.6M10Mar 29, 2012
      Rcg Sanchez LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$755,7674Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Co-Investment III LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$745,56015Aug 20, 2014
      Rcg Alno LLCno longer reportedHedge Fund$442,00311Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Levered Multi-Strategy Fund Ltdno longer reportedHedge Fund$418,97238Jan 4, 2013
      Ramius Convertible Arbitrage Fund Ltdno longer reportedHedge Fund$343,5709Feb 26, 2013
      All funds of Ramius Advisors, LLC
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • G Michael Benwitt · Chief Operating Officer And General Counsel, Cowen Investment Management LLCcontrol
        since 01/2012 · owns less than 5%
      • Paige Ashley Latourelle · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
        since 08/2022 · owns less than 5%
      • Rachel Elizabeth Rosman · Head Of Investment Management, Cowen Investment Management LLCcontrol
        since 08/2018 · owns less than 5%
      • David James Ryan · Chief Financial Officer, Cowen Investment Management LLCcontrol
        since 08/2015 · owns less than 5%
      Entity owners
      • Cowen Investment Management LLC · Managing And Sole Member
        direct · owns 75% or more
      • Cowen Inc. · Parent
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Cowen Investment Management LLC · public reporting company
      • Td Group US Holdings LLC · Shareholder
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Toronto Dominion (U.S.A.) Holdings, Inc.
      • The Toronto-Dominion Bank · Shareholder
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Td Group US Holdings LLC · public reporting company
      • Toronto Dominion (U.S.A.) Holdings, Inc. · Shareholder
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Cowen Inc.
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      Advisers that list Ramius Advisors, LLC as a related person
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      No branch office listed.
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Assets in custody · $452M to $285M
        Jan 12, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Other offices · 1 to 0
        Jan 12, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Discretionary RAUM · $707M to $489M
        Jan 12, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $452M to $285M
        Jan 12, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
      • RAUM · $707M to $489M
        Jan 12, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Advisory employees · 6 to 4
        Mar 29, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022
      • BD registered reps · 3 to 2
        Mar 29, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 13 to 10
        Mar 29, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022
      • Assets in custody · $443M to $452M
        Mar 29, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022
      • Employees · 32 to 31
        Mar 29, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022
      • Other offices · 2 to 1
        Mar 29, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022
      • Discretionary RAUM · $817M to $707M
        Mar 29, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $443M to $452M
        Mar 29, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022
      • RAUM · $817M to $707M
        Mar 29, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022
      • Accounts · 20 to 16
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 29, 2021
      • BD registered reps · 4 to 3
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 29, 2021
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 14 to 13
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 29, 2021
      • Assets in custody · $510M to $443M
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 29, 2021
      • Employees · 52 to 32
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 29, 2021
      • Private funds · 9 to 8
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 29, 2021
      • Discretionary RAUM · $898M to $817M
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 29, 2021
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $510M to $443M
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 29, 2021
      • RAUM · $898M to $817M
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 29, 2021
      • Accounts · 18 to 20
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Advisory employees · 5 to 6
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • BD registered reps · 6 to 4
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 15 to 14
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Assets in custody · $615M to $510M
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Employees · 49 to 52
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Other offices · 0 to 2
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Private funds · 10 to 9
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Discretionary RAUM · $849M to $898M
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $615M to $510M
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • RAUM · $849M to $898M
        Mar 29, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Accounts · 16 to 18
        Mar 30, 2018 to Mar 29, 2019
      • Advisory employees · 12 to 5
        Mar 30, 2018 to Mar 29, 2019
      • Advisory activities · 2 to 3
        Mar 30, 2018 to Mar 29, 2019
      • BD registered reps · 7 to 6
        Mar 30, 2018 to Mar 29, 2019
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 12 to 15
        Mar 30, 2018 to Mar 29, 2019
      • Assets in custody · $838M to $615M
        Mar 30, 2018 to Mar 29, 2019
      Signals
      6 dated events
      • Ramius Advisors, Llc reported RAUM $488.6M, down 31% from $707.5M (2023-01-12 to 2023-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2023 · RAUM change · derived
      • Paige Ashley Latourelle (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Ramius Advisors, Llc
        Jan 12, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
      • Ramius Advisors, Llc reported RAUM $849.5M, down 34% from $1.3B (2018-03-30 to 2019-03-29)
        Mar 29, 2019 · RAUM change · derived
      • Wolff Thomas Strauss (Chairman, Cowen Investment Management Llc) no longer on Schedule A of Ramius Advisors, Llc (listed 2018-03-30, absent 2019-03-29)
        Mar 29, 2019 · Control person left · inference
      • Steven Fred Fraenkel (Interim Head Of Investment Management, Cowen Investment Management Llc) no longer on Schedule A of Ramius Advisors, Llc (listed 2018-03-30, absent 2019-03-29)
        Mar 29, 2019 · Control person left · inference
      • Rachel Elizabeth Rosman (Head Of Investment Management, Cowen Investment Management Llc) appeared on Schedule A of Ramius Advisors, Llc
        Mar 29, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
      Across DFX
      shared identifiers only, never a name match
      Provenance
      Form ADV
      SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Advisors
      IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Class
      Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
      RAUM per advisor
      n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
      Loaded
      Sep 14, 2026