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Vijay Malik

Advisor at Sophis Investments LLC

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Location

Lathrop, CA

Credentials

Series 65

Industry experience

12 years

About

Vijay Malik is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Sophis Investments LLC since 2014 and previously at Everest Group LLC and Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. Outside of his advisory role, Malik serves as president of Middle America Capital, a Nebraska real estate investment company. Sophis Investments provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth investors, as well as trusts, endowments, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm focuses on concentrated, actively managed equity portfolios using a bottom-up fundamental research approach with an emphasis on low turnover.

Client services

Based on Sophis Investments LLC

Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Sophis Investments LLC

Concentrated stock management Active portfolio management

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Fee options

Percentage

1% to 2% annually depending on client’s investment policy mandate

Performance-based

10% to 20% of net capital increase over an agreed accounting period, typically payable quarterly or annually in arrears; subject to high watermark; offered only to qualified clients with at least $1 million AUM or $2 million net worth

Other

Account minimum: $1,000,000 Fee-only: Annual management fee of 1% to 2% of assets under management, non-negotiable; fees waived for employee and certain family accounts; other waivers at discretion of Adviser

Location

Lathrop, CA

Most active in

Connecticut

Work history

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.

2017 - 2017 (1 year)

Sophis Investments LLC

2014 - Present (12 years)

Everest Group LLC

2013 - 2016 (3 years)

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