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Numeric Investors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2004, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 28, 2026.
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From the filingHow is Numeric Investors LLC compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Numeric Investors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.
Where is Numeric Investors LLC located?
Numeric Investors LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Numeric Investors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?
Numeric Investors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2004. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 131684.
How much does Numeric Investors LLC manage?
Numeric Investors LLC reports $94,400,959,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Numeric Investors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Numeric Investors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $35,532,007,000 in the October 2021 data and $94,400,959,000 in the October 2026 data, up 166%. Total employees: 51 in October 2021 and 54 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Numeric Investors LLC serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (71); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (25); investment companies (9).
Which custodians does Numeric Investors LLC use?
Numeric Investors LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Citibank, National Association, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and State Street Bank and Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Numeric Investors LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/131684
What changed in Numeric Investors LLC's recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 46 to 45. Regulatory assets under management went from $50,580,876,000 to $94,400,959,000 (+87%).
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
- Other
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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$94,400,959,000 as of October 2026, filing dated August 28, 2026.
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.DA 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 investment companies (and business development companies)
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
- Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
- Other
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Also doing business as
- MAN GROUP, MAN NUMERIC
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2004 (22 years)
- Employees
- Total: 54. Performing investment advisory functions: 45.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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1 other office, as of the September 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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3 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 112 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
- 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Assets and staff over time
Items 5.A, 5.F| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $94,400,959,000 | 54 | August 28, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $50,580,876,000 | 54 | April 23, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $48,873,548,310 | 52 | July 17, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $41,742,479,000 | 48 | September 26, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $47,129,941,000 | 50 | July 27, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $35,532,007,000 | 51 | August 6, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $35,532,007,000 in the October 2021 data and $94,400,959,000 in the October 2026 data, up 166%.
Total employees: 51 in October 2021 and 54 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- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 46 to 45.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $50,580,876,000 to $94,400,959,000 (+87%).
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.ISource: 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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AdvisorCensus. Numeric Investors LLC (CRD 131684): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/numeric-investors-llc-boston-ma-131684