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Cartesian Capital Group

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 159370

Filed as CARTESIAN CAPITAL GROUP · Legal name Cartesian Capital Group, LLC

Cartesian Capital Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2012, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$863,216,519
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cartesian Capital Group compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cartesian Capital Group reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

What does Cartesian Capital Group's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1.05% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Cartesian Capital Group located?

Cartesian Capital Group's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Cartesian Capital Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Cartesian Capital Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159370.

How much does Cartesian Capital Group manage?

Cartesian Capital Group reports $863,216,519 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Cartesian Capital Group's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cartesian Capital Group: Regulatory assets under management: $1,624,869,545 in the October 2021 data and $863,216,519 in the October 2026 data, down 47%. Total employees: 23 in October 2021 and 24 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cartesian Capital Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (3).

Does Cartesian Capital Group report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/159370

Does Cartesian Capital Group state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "Minimum investment amounts may be waived by Cartesian, but generally will not be less than $500,000 (or, in the case of those Funds formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands, such other amounts as specified by Cayman Islands law)."

What changed in Cartesian Capital Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Changed its office addresses in Sao Paulo.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Asset-based fee: 1.05% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
The Management Fee ranges from 1.05% - 2.00% per annum (based on committed or invested capital, depending on period).

Account minimum: $500,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Minimum investment amounts may be waived by Cartesian, but generally will not be less than $500,000 (or, in the case of those Funds formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands, such other amounts as specified by Cayman Islands law).

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$863,216,519

$863,216,519 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $863,216,519.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 3 Assets $863,216,519 (100%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Cartesian Capital Group, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 24. Performing investment advisory functions: 20.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Darien, CTSao PauloShanghai
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CTNY

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$1.62B 2021 $1.74B 2022 $1.35B 2023 $1.13B 2024 $840M 2025 $863M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$863,216,51924March 30, 2026
October 2025$840,220,37524March 28, 2025
October 2024$1,130,974,24524March 28, 2024
October 2023$1,353,359,54324May 16, 2023
October 2022$1,741,788,32724March 31, 2022
October 2021$1,624,869,54523March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,624,869,545 in the October 2021 data and $863,216,519 in the October 2026 data, down 47%.

Total employees: 23 in October 2021 and 24 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Changed its office addresses in Sao Paulo.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
cartesiangroup.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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