# VAN ECK ABSOLUTE RETURN ADVISERS CORP.

VAN ECK ABSOLUTE RETURN ADVISERS CORP. of NEW YORK, NY is an SEC-registered investment adviser.

## Registration

- CRD: 137177
- Type: SEC-registered investment adviser
- SEC file number: 801-65186
- Location: 666 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY, 10017-4033
- Phone: 212-293-2000
- Latest filing: 2026-03-30
- Regulatory AUM: $3.1B
- Discretionary AUM: $3.1B
- Clients: 271
- Accounts: 14

## Business model

- Compensation: % of AUM, Performance
- Clients served: Investment cos

## Officers, owners & control persons (19)

| Name | Role | Location |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lee Robert Rappaport | VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TREASURER AND DIRECTOR | New York, NY |
| Jonathan Rich Simon | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL, SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR | New York, NY |
| Francesco Michael Gozzillo | VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER | New York, NY |
| Simon F Rich | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL, SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR; VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY; VICE PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY (+2 more) | Cambridge, MA |
| Simon Rich | VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY | Cambridge, MA |
| Jan Frederick Vaneck | PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR | — |
| LYNCH THOMAS KEVIN | VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER | — |
| SQUITIERI JANET | VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL HEAD OF COMPLIANCE AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER | — |
| GOZZILLO FRANCESCO MICHAEL | CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER; VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER | — |
| VANECK SIGRID SABOTTGE | OWNER | — |
| VANECK DEREK STEVEN | AS OF 9/30/2010, MR. VAN ECK'S SHARES IN VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORPORATION ARE BEING HELD BY HIS ESTATE; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER & OWNER (+2 more) | — |
| VANECK JAN FREDERICK | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR & OWNER; PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR; PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR (+3 more) | — |
| SMITH BRUCE JOHN | DIRECTOR; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TREASURER AND DIRECTOR; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/TREASURER/CONTROLLER (+1 more) | — |
| FOSTER JOSEPH MILTON | VICE PRESIDENT | — |
| VANECK JOHN CAREL | CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTOR; CHAIRMAN, OWNER & DIRECTOR | — |
| MCBRIEN JOSEPH JAMES | DIRECTOR; GENERAL COUNSEL; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL (+5 more) | — |
| LESZCZYNSKI THADDEUS MARION | CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER | — |
| RAPPAPORT DAVID ROBERT | VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER; VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TREASURER AND DIRECTOR | — |
| TOYBERMAN IRINA | CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER | — |


## Disclosures (3)

| Initiated | Type | Allegations | Status | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| — | regulatory | — | — | — |


## Related pages

- Form ADV Part 2 brochure: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/137177/brochure
- Similar advisers: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/137177/similar
- Related entities: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/137177/related
- SEC IAPD (source of record): https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/137177

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