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Systima Capital Management

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 168318

Filed as SYSTIMA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT · Legal name Systima Capital Management LLC

Systima Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2014, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$512,605,896
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Systima Capital Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Systima Capital Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other.

Where is Systima Capital Management located?

Systima Capital Management's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Systima Capital Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Systima Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 168318.

How much does Systima Capital Management manage?

Systima Capital Management reports $512,605,896 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (81% discretionary).

How have Systima Capital Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Systima Capital Management: Regulatory assets under management: $505,744,980 in the October 2021 data and $512,605,896 in the October 2026 data, up 1%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Systima Capital Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (6); other (1).

Which custodians does Systima Capital Management use?

Systima Capital Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists The Bank of New York Mellon as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Systima Capital Management 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/168318

Does Systima Capital Management state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 says: "The Adviser does not have a minimum size for a Client account."

What changed in Systima Capital Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $594,552,802 to $512,605,896 (-14%).

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • 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 2A

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
The Adviser does not have a minimum size for a Client account.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 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
$512,605,896

$512,605,896 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $413,803,401.Non-discretionary: $98,802,495.

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 6 Assets $356,318,631 (70%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $156,287,265 (30%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Systima Capital Management LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

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.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
IL

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
$506M 2021 $508M 2022 $492M 2023 $579M 2024 $595M 2025 $513M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$512,605,8967March 27, 2026
October 2025$594,552,8027May 14, 2025
October 2024$579,094,4737March 27, 2024
October 2023$492,059,4237June 30, 2023
October 2022$508,276,4549March 30, 2022
October 2021$505,744,9809March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $505,744,980 in the October 2021 data and $512,605,896 in the October 2026 data, up 1%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 7 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $594,552,802 to $512,605,896 (-14%).

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
systimacapital.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. Systima Capital Management (CRD 168318): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/systima-capital-management-chicago-il-168318