CORPORATE HISTORY
Calamos Advisors LLC is an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) effective May 29, 1987 and a wholly owned subsidiary of Calamos Investments LLC (“CILLC”). Calamos Asset
Management, Inc. (“CAM”) is the sole manager of Calamos Investments LLC, which owns and manages our
operating companies. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “the firm,” “our
company” and “Calamos” refer to Calamos Advisors LLC (“CAL”). Please note our use of the term “registered”
throughout this brochure does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
The firm’s roots date back to 1977 when John P. Calamos, Sr. began serving clients with an emphasis on investment
strategies that sought to maximize the potential of convertible securities to manage risk and build wealth. Our
firm, headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, has grown organically and through acquisitions with offices based in
New York, San Francisco, Portland, Milwaukee, Chicago and Coral Gables.
As of December 31, 2023, approximately 22% of the outstanding interests of CILLC was owned by CAM and the
remaining 78% of CILLC was owned by Calamos Partners LLC (“CPL”) and John P. Calamos, Sr. CAM was owned by
John P. Calamos, Sr. and John S Koudounis, and CPL was owned by John S. Koudounis and Calamos Family Partners,
Inc. (“CFP”). CFP was beneficially owned by members of the Calamos family, including John P. Calamos, Sr.
INVESTMENT SERVICES
Since the introduction of the firm’s first convertible strategy in 1977, Calamos has continued to expand its product
offerings. In 1989, the firm introduced an equity strategy that invests in equity and equity sensitive securities, and
in 1990, the firm introduced its U.S. equity growth strategy. In subsequent years, investment offerings expanded
to include high yield, alternative, fixed income, enhanced fixed income, international growth equity, global
long/short, small-cap, SMID and sustainable equity investment strategies.
The firm offers and earns advisory fees on the following types of investment products: open-end mutual funds,
closed-end funds, ETFs, interval funds, collective investment trusts (CITs), institutional accounts, separately
managed accounts, commingled privately placed funds and offshore funds. CAL also offers the Calamos Global
Convertible Fund and the Calamos Growth and Income Fund, each an Undertakings for Collective Investments in
Transferable Securities (UCITS), and a series or sub-fund of GemCap Investment Funds (Ireland) PLC umbrella fund
for which CAL serves as investment manager. CAL also offers the Calamos Antetokounmpo US Sustainable Equities
Fund, a sub-fund of the Calamos Antetokounmpo Global Funds SICAV which qualifies as an UCITS and is organized
under the laws of Luxembourg. CGAM has entered into an agreement with CAL to serve as sub-investment
manager to the UCITS to provide day-to-day portfolio management services as well as operational infrastructure
and administrative support. Products are distributed through Intermediaries, such as investment advisers and
broker-dealers both in the U.S. and abroad; Institutional Platforms; and Wealth Management for high net-worth
individuals and private foundations. Calamos also provides discretionary investment management services directly
to institutional investors. We also serve as a sub-investment adviser to investment companies registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
We do not sponsor any “wrap-fee” programs, however Calamos participates in several “wrap-fee” and unified
managed accounts (“UMA”) programs (collectively, the “Wrap Programs”), which are sponsored by unaffiliated
(third-party) investment advisory and/or brokerage firms (each a “Sponsor” and collectively, the “Sponsors”). We
participate as a non-discretionary sub-adviser in Wrap Programs. In these Wrap Programs, a third-party
Sponsor
offers our firm’s strategies to its clients. We receive a fee from the third party as an investment adviser in these
Wrap Programs.
Calamos provides, to third-party investment advisers, Model Portfolios/Portfolio Emulations Services (“Model
Portfolio”) for a fee. Model Portfolios contain Calamos’ current investment recommendations based on one of its
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investment strategies and other investment parameters as agreed to between Calamos and a third-party client or
program Sponsor for the client’s or Sponsor’s use in advising its clients. Although Calamos provides
recommendations, it does not have the authority or responsibility to implement those recommendations for any
particular account. Rather, the client or third-party program Sponsor receiving the model and any updates to the
model controls all investment decisions and executes the securities transactions on behalf of its own account or
for the account of its clients.
Therefore, there will likely be differences between these Model Portfolios and the discretionary portfolios
managed by the firm for its other clients, including cash availability, investment restrictions, account size, holding
limits, tax considerations, trade executions and other factors. As a result, the performance of our discretionary
advisory clients and that of the Model Portfolios using the same investment strategies will differ.
TAILORED SERVICES
For most types of accounts for which Calamos has investment discretion, we allow clients to customize their
investments, upon their request, by imposing reasonable investment restrictions on certain securities, industries
or sectors. In these cases, the client will provide Calamos with written instructions. These requests are typically
received at account inception, but reasonable restrictions may be requested, in writing, at any time thereafter,
and must be agreed to by Calamos.
OTHER
Given the multiple potential services that Calamos may provide to a client including a Fund or Funds in which
clients may invest, conflicts of interest will arise. When using multiple Calamos (or affiliate) products and services
(e.g., consulting and portfolio management), a client should be aware of the conflicts that may arise, consult its
own adviser(s), and satisfy itself that the arrangement is appropriate and in its continuing best interests.
Calamos and its affiliates are not required to devote their full-time or attention to managing your assets. We
conduct other business and also provide investment counseling services to other clients that can be competitive
with the activities provided to you. In advising other accounts, we give advice and make recommendations to such
accounts, which can be the same, similar to or different from those rendered to you. Differing compensation
arrangements with other clients create incentives for us to favor such other clients.
Calamos personnel may have more than one role at the company. Certain portfolio managers also serve as traders
or research analysts. Further, certain research analysts offer investment ideas for team-managed products.
Personnel with multiple roles may have an incentive to favor certain accounts or responsibilities over others.
John P. Calamos, Sr., Founder, Chairman and Global Chief Investment Officer, and his family have controlling
interest in the firm. This affiliation creates a conflict of interest between our duty to act in your best interest while
acting in the best interest of the firm.
The firm has in place policies and procedures to address conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest. These
policies and procedures are described throughout this brochure and include requirements that Calamos employees
act in the best interest of the client.
ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
As of December 31, 2023, Calamos had approximately $33.7 billion total assets under management.