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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 11—Related Party Transactions

For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company earned $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, in investment advisory fees, net of expense reimbursements from unconsolidated VIEs that receive investment management services from the Company. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the company earned $0.4 million and $0.9 million, respectively, 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.  As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had approximately $2.2 million and $1.7 million, respectively, of such loans outstanding.

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 nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recognized $0.2 million and $0.8 million, respectively, in such expenses. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recognized $0.3 million and $0.8 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 $0.2 million and $0.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company waived $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, in such fees.