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Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.

Toronto, CanadaSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 162681

Filed as POLAR ASSET MANAGEMENT PARTNERS INC.

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Toronto, Canada, registered since 2021, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 29, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$37,859,218,497
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

How much does Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 29, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 2.5% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. located?

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.'s principal office is in Toronto, Canada, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 162681.

How much does Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. manage?

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. reports $37,859,218,497 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 29, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $18,998,083,741 in the October 2021 data and $37,859,218,497 in the October 2026 data, up 99%. Total employees: 93 in October 2021 and 164 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (19).

Which custodians does Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. use?

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Societe Generale Capital Canada Inc. and UBS Securities LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 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/162681

What changed in Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 0 yes answers, previously 1 (now no: 11.D(2)). Employees performing advisory functions went from 61 to 66. Regulatory assets under management went from $42,918,467,845 to $37,859,218,497 (-12%).

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: up to 2.5% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
Polar Funds, and consequently the underlying investors, incur an annual management fee of up to 2.5% based on the investor’s capital account balance as of the end of the specified fee period.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 29, 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
$37,859,218,497

$37,859,218,497 as of October 2026, filing dated June 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $37,859,218,497.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 19 Assets $37,763,172,196 (100%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $96,046,301 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 164. Performing investment advisory functions: 66.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Societe Generale Capital Canada Inc.UBS Securities LLC

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)
3 other offices, as of the July 2026 filing
CalgaryLondonNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CACOTX

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
$19B 2021 $28.4B 2022 $30.3B 2023 $33.6B 2024 $42.9B 2025 $37.9B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$37,859,218,497164June 29, 2026
October 2025$42,918,467,845162June 27, 2025
October 2024$33,574,880,067143August 28, 2024
October 2023$30,284,059,669131June 29, 2023
October 2022$28,365,994,173121June 29, 2022
October 2021$18,998,083,74193September 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $18,998,083,741 in the October 2021 data and $37,859,218,497 in the October 2026 data, up 99%.

Total employees: 93 in October 2021 and 164 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. July 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 0 yes answers, previously 1 (now no: 11.D(2)).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 61 to 66.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $42,918,467,845 to $37,859,218,497 (-12%).

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
polaramp.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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AdvisorCensus. Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. (CRD 162681): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/polar-asset-management-partners-inc-toronto-162681