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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 11—Related Party Transactions

For each of the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company earned $0.3 million in investment advisory fees, net of expense reimbursements from unconsolidated VIEs that receive investment management services from the Company. For each of the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company earned $0.6 million in such fees.

The Company offers loans to employees, excluding executive officers, for the purpose of financing tax obligations associated with compensatory stock and unit vesting. Loans are generally written for a seven-year period, at an interest rate equivalent to the Applicable Federal Rate, payable in annual installments, and collateralized by shares and units held by the employee. These loans are full recourse in nature and totaled $4.7 million and $3.6 million at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

The operating company, as investment adviser for certain Pzena branded SEC-registered mutual funds, private placement funds, and non-U.S. funds, has contractually agreed to waive a portion or all of its management fees and pay fund expenses to ensure that the annual operating expenses of the funds stay below certain established total expense ratio thresholds. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recognized $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, in such expenses. For each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recognized $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively, in such expenses.

The operating company manages personal funds of certain of the Company’s employees, including the CEO, and its two Presidents. The operating company also manages accounts beneficially owned by a private fund in which certain of the Company’s executive officers invest. Investments by employees in individual accounts are permitted only at the discretion of the executive committee of the operating company, but are generally not subject to the same minimum investment levels that are required of outside investors. The operating company also manages personal funds of some of its employees’ family members. Pursuant to the respective investment management agreements, the operating company waives or reduces its regular advisory fees for these accounts and personal funds. In addition, the operating company pays custody and administrative fees for certain of these accounts and personal funds in order to incubate products or preserve performance history. The aggregate value of the fees that the Company waived related to the Company’s executive officers, other employees, and family members, was approximately $0.3 million and $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company waived $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively, in such fees.

On December 17, 2021, the Company entered into a revolving line of credit agreement with the operating company, in which, the Company agrees to make loans to the operating company on a revolving basis from time to time in such amounts as the operating company may request for such purposes as it may require in the ordinary course of its business. The credit facility includes a $15.0 million line of credit with a five-year term, maturing on December 17, 2026. Principal amounts outstanding under the facility accrue interest at the variable Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 1.10%. As of June 30, 2022, there were total borrowings of $10.0 million under the credit facility. As intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated upon consolidation, there is no corresponding balance presented or included on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.