A. General Description of GAMCO
GAMCO Investors, Inc. (“GAMCO Investors”) is known for its research-driven value
approach to equity investing (known as Private Market Value with a Catalyst™). This
investment philosophy has been utilized in client portfolios since GAMCO Investors,
Inc.’s inception in 1977.
The investment advisory business of GAMCO Investors is conducted through two
wholly-owned affiliates: GAMCO Asset Management Inc. (“GAMCO” or the “Firm”),
and Gabelli Funds, LLC (“Gabelli Funds”). GAMCO was established in 1978 by
founder Mario J. Gabelli, CFA, and manages institutional and separate account
portfolios. As of December 31, 2024, GAMCO managed approximately $10.4 billion of
assets under management (AUM) for clients, including sub-advisory mandates.
GAMCO Investors is a Delaware corporation, whose Class A Common Stock is traded on the
OTCX under the symbol (“GAMI”). Mario J. Gabelli, CFA, is deemed to be the controlling
person of GAMCO on the basis of his ownership of a majority of the stock of GGCP, Inc., a
privately held Wyoming corporation, which holds a controlling interest in GAMCO Investors.
B. Description of Advisory Services
GAMCO offers investment management services across numerous asset classes and
solutions, including: value, growth, sustainability, convertibles, industry sector-
specific funds, event-driven merger arbitrage, and fixed income. The firm manages
client-directed custom separate accounts for a variety of client types, including corporate
employee defined benefit and defined contribution plans, endowments and foundations, Taft-
Hartley plans, domestic and offshore investment companies (generally as a sub-advisor),
limited partnerships, trusts, estates, and private investors.
In addition to investment management services GAMCO provides limited asset allocation
services to a small number of clients. Clients that want GAMCO’s investment management
service may seek advice on how those assets should be allocated amongst GAMCO managed
products. GAMCO receives no fee for this service other than the fees charged by the
underlying investment product (i.e. Managed Account, Mutual fund, Private Fund). To the
extent GAMCO allocates to unaffiliated products GAMCO will receive a fee based on the
amount of underlying assets invested in those unaffiliated products. GAMCO may allocate to
ETF’s or other products managed by outside advisers to the extent GAMCO does not offer a
similar product.
The majority of the firm’s revenues are derived from investment management services. GAMCO
generally manages assets on a fully discretionary basis and revenues are based primarily on
GAMCO’s assets under management.
By asset class, GAMCO manages the following institutional separate account composites,
among others:
• All Cap Value – Gabelli Value, GAMCO Value
• Sustainability – Gabelli Socially Responsive, GAMCO SRI Value
• Small Cap Value – Gabelli Small Cap Value, GAMCO Small Cap Value
• Small-Mid (SMID) Cap Value – Gabelli SMID Cap Value, GAMCO SMID Cap Value
• Large Cap Value – GAMCO Large Cap Value
• Growth – GAMCO Large Cap Growth, Gabelli International Growth
• Specialty Funds – GAMCO Gold
• Convertible Securities – GAMCO Convertible
• Fixed Income – GAMCO High Yield
Mario J. Gabelli, CFA serves as CEO of GAMCO Investors and Chief Investment Officer,
Value, and founded GAMCO Investors in 1977. Mr. Gabelli serves as portfolio manager for
the following GAMCO institutional separate account composites: Gabelli Value, Gabelli
Socially Responsive, Gabelli SMID Cap Value, GAMCO Convertible. From time to time Mr.
Gabelli may allocate discretion over assets in portfolios he manages to other portfolio
managers to manage in a manner consistent with client investment guidelines.
Kevin V. Dreyer and Christopher J. Marangi are GAMCO Investors co-Chief Investment
Officers, Value. Mr. Dreyer and Mr. Marangi serve together as a portfolio manager team for
the following institutional separate account composites: GAMCO Value, GAMCO SRI Value,
GAMCO SMID Cap Value, GAMCO Large Cap Value.
Howard Ward, CFA is GAMCO Investors Chief Investment Officer, Growth. Mr. Ward serves
as lead portfolio manager for GAMCO Large Cap Growth.
Caesar Bryan is a
Portfolio Manager for Growth at GAMCO Investors, and serves as lead
portfolio manager for Gabelli International Growth.
Wayne Plewniak is a Portfolio Manager for Fixed Income at GAMCO Investors, and serves as
lead portfolio manager for GAMCO High Yield.
Value Philosophy
GAMCO is credited by the academic community with establishing the Private Market Value
(PMV) with a Catalyst™ investment philosophy and applying this to the analysis of public
equity securities. The Firm’s value-oriented stock selection process is based on the investment
principles first articulated in 1934 by Graham and Dodd, the founders of modern security
analysis, and further augmented by our Firm’s founder, Mario J. Gabelli, at the inception of
GAMCO Investors in 1977.
The PMV with a Catalyst philosophy, and our investment beliefs, have not changed since this
time. The Value team believes mispriced companies with strong businesses and the presence
of a catalyst to surface value lead to investment opportunities through fundamental research
and bottom-up stock selection.
Growth Philosophy
The Growth team seeks to invest in the innovative leaders of the world demonstrating sustainable
revenue and earnings growth and attractive valuations. Secular growth themes and fundamental
analysis is combined with a top-down macro overlay. Business cycle analysis is utilized as a
macro overlay to inform geographic and sector weightings.
C. Availability of Tailored Services for Clients
GAMCO will tailor an account to the needs of a client. Clients may furnish GAMCO with
investment guidelines that are aligned with their specific investment policies and objectives.
Clients may also impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or certain types of
securities.
As part of its willingness to tailor accounts to specific client needs, GAMCO may from time to
time agree to provide investment management services on a basis that includes payment of all
brokerage commissions by GAMCO. Such arrangements are atypical and will have fees that
reflect the size of the account, and the degree of active management given to the portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
GAMCO does not sponsor any “wrap-fee” programs, but participates as a non-discretionary
sub-adviser in “wrap fee” or unified managed account (“UMA”) arrangements in which a third
party program sponsor offers our firm’s strategies to its clients. GAMCO provides investment
advisory services either directly to the SMA Program Sponsor (“Single Contract SMA”) or
SMA Program participants (the agreement referred to herein as a “Dual Contract SMA”)
depending on the program (collectively the “SMA Program”).
GAMCO provides investment advice to UMA programs (“UMA Programs Sponsors”) through
model investment portfolio or unified managed account programs (“UMA Portfolio
Programs”). GAMCO receives a fee for investment advisory services from the wrap program
sponsor. Given that GAMCO delivers model portfolios to wrap sponsors, GAMCO does not
execute trades, monitor participant accounts or otherwise have a relationship with participants.
GAMCO manages such accounts in a substantially similar manner to its other
accounts, except that GAMCO does not execute trades for these accounts. In evaluating such
a program, a client should understand that brokerage commissions are not negotiated by
GAMCO. Transactions are effected “net” and a portion of the wrap fee is generally in lieu of
commissions. Trades will be generally executed only with the referring broker, so as to avoid
incurring the incremental brokerage costs that would be incurred by use of other brokers.
Clients in these wrap programs must look to the sponsor of the program to monitor best
execution. Clients should be aware of the potential conflicts of interest arising from referral
and directed brokerage practices. GAMCO recommends that a client in a wrap fee program
request and review the wrap sponsor's Form ADV.
E. Client Assets Under Management
At December 31, 2023, GAMCO managed approximately $10.4 billion, including sub-
advisory mandates, of client assets on a discretionary basis in approximately 1,645 accounts
and approximately $24 million on a non-discretionary basis in approximately 6 accounts.