Investment Advisory Services

No need for a hedge fund with Legend Investment Advisory Services, we manage separate accounts for accredited investors (minimum investor net worth of $1.5 million), family offices and corporations. Our management and performance fees are half the fees charged by hedge funds and we maintain full transparency. We manage and hold accounts in your name and you can have the funds when you need or want them.

We provide electronic real time access so that you can review your account activity anytime.

• Minimum account $250,000
• Account titled in your name or entity
• Real time account access; valuations daily
• No gates---funds when you need them
• Management and Performance fees paid quarterly
• High water mark maintained
• Funds Custodian at RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)

• The Team

  • David (Chip) W. Unsworth, Jr.
    Chairman & CEO

    David (Chip) W. Unsworth, Jr., Chairman & CEO
    

    
    

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    Mr. Unsworth has a long history of success as an investment banker, corporate finance strategist and financial services entrepreneur. He founded Legend Merchant Group in 2002. Mr. Unsworth provides the strategic vision and commitment to client service that has fueled the Legend’s rapid growth. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Unsworth served as a founding partner and owner of Broadmark Capital. He played a key role in the expansion of Broadmark's banking, asset management and distribution businesses, which raised over $300 million in private equity for early and venture stage companies.
    
    Prior to Broadmark, Mr. Unsworth was Senior Vice President and owner at Gilford Securities for six years, handling high net-worth, institutional equity and fixed income accounts. He held similar positions with Gruntal & Co. and Oppenheimer & Co. Throughout his career, Mr. Unsworth has been an active advisor to early-stage companies in both public and private markets.
    
    He has also helped create shareholder value in public companies by spearheading re-capitalizations, proxy contests, and corporate strategy changes alongside owners and managers. Mr. Unsworth graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Rhode Island. He holds Series 7, 63, 65 and 24 Registrations.

    
    
  • Peter St. Geme

    Peter St. Geme
    

    
    

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    Peter St. Geme has over 23 years securities industry experience. Peter attended Stanford University where he earned both an AB and MA and paid his university tuition after earning varsity football scholarship.
    
    Peter also attended the University of Cincinnati where he earned an MBA and paid his university tuition working as graduate assistant football coach. Peter formed and managed St. Geme Partners, LP from 1994 through 2004 and grew St. Geme Partners from $2.9 Million as of February 1994 to $207 Million as of Dec 1999.
    
    Prior to St. Geme Partners, Peter was on the sell side for seven years, including Lehman Brothers for nearly four years. Peter holds both a series 7 and 66. Peter lives in San Francisco. His favorite movie is “Invincible”, favorite artist is Ted Nugent and favorite song is “Stranglehold”

    
    

• About Us

  Based in New York and San Francisco, Legend Merchant Group, Inc. is a private financial services firm offering merchant and investment banking services to corporate clients, and brokerage and asset management services to high-net worth individuals. Our asset management team works with high net worth investors to deliver access to a wide range of financial strategies and products to balance near term liquidity requirements with long term wealth creation goals.