Adherence Capital Management is an emerging Los Angeles boutique investment management firm built on the co-founders record of using disciplined investment strategies to preserve capital and build wealth.
Johnson and Lewis together combine over 40 years experience, both buy-side and sell-side, businesses, institutions, governments and high net worth investors to prudently grow portfolios.
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At Adherence Capital Management the co-founders have unique experience in a complex global market, and they conduct rigorous daily research using the same robust risk management tools used by Fortune 50 companies.
Careful calculation of a client’s risk tolerance, and then measuring and understanding portfolio risks are the basis for the client-adherent portfolios Adherence Capital crafts.
Johnson said: "At Apple, everyone needed to bring data, not just opinions. Nobody wanted that 3 AM phone call from Steve Jobs. It seems to me that any number of individuals and organizations would benefit if they adhered to this kind of discipline."
From a one-person operation in charge of US$13 billion, Johnson has managed the growth of Apple’s investment management firm into a US$113 billion enterprise with a staff of five. Prior to Apple, Johnson was CIO for the City of San Diego, managing operating funds and bond proceeds.
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By GlobalDataJohnson said: "In my opinion, Steve Job’s greatest design was how he designed Apple itself. The company was taking plenty of risk on the product side so we kept the investment portfolio pristine. The number one rule was ‘never invest in something you don’t understand.
"Each risk had to be measured and explained. In some cases we would study an investment for more than a year before we would pull the trigger. I’m excited to bring some of those same risk-management skills from the board room to main street," he added.
