# F3 Partners

F3 Partners is an Asset Manager based in New York, United States.

## Overview

- **Organization type:** Asset Manager
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Region:** North America
- **Address:** Boston, MA, United States
- **Assets under management:** Undisclosed
- **Website:** f3partners.com

## Regulatory record

- **CRD number:** 333302
- **SEC file number:** 802-131382
- **Registration status:** Registered
- **Reports private funds:** Yes
- **IAPD record:** https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/333302

## About

F3 PARTNERS LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser in NEW YORK, NY, registered since 2024. It advises clients on investment matters. The firm is headquartered in NEW YORK, NY.

## Sectors

- Hedge Funds

## People

- Robert M. Jaffe — President and Founder
- Bernard Madoff — Key Investment Partner (deceased)

## Questions

### Who ran F3 Partners?

Robert M. Jaffe served as the firm's sole principal and president. Jaffe is the son-in-law of Carl Shapiro, founder of Kay Windsor Inc. and a major early Madoff investor. Jaffe leveraged family connections and social networks in Boston, Palm Beach, and beyond to build his client base. He was permanently barred from the securities industry in 2010.

### What happened to F3 Partners after the Madoff fraud was revealed?

The firm ceased operations when Bernard Madoff was arrested in December 2008. In June 2010, the SEC permanently barred Robert Jaffe from the securities industry and he surrendered assets including a $1.25 million home and $500,000 cash settlement to resolve claims (per SEC administrative proceeding, 2010). Civil suits from investors were consolidated into the Madoff bankruptcy proceedings.

### Did F3 Partners have any disclosure obligations or regulatory oversight?

As a private feeder arrangement operating through personal relationships, F3 Partners was not registered with the SEC as an investment adviser and did not publicly disclose holdings or performance. This light regulatory footprint was common among Madoff feeders, many of which relied on the 'private adviser exemption' to avoid registration. The SEC's post-2008 enforcement actions against feeders like F3 Partners, Cohmad Securities, and Fairfield Greenwich established that such entities were effectively unregistered investment advisers.

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