The POLAR SECURITIES INC. is a privately held investment adviser that advises $84.76Bn in regulatory assets under management held in 1 SEC fund types across 2 investment strategies. POLAR SECURITIES INC. is a Private Fund A private fund manager is a manager whose >=75% of total assets under management are in private funds (privately offered pooled vehicles for accredited or qualified investors, generally accessed through placements with higher minimums, restricted eligibility, and negotiated terms) Manager. Assets increased by 461.98% over the last 5-years.
The Group has been registered with the SEC for 13.84 years and is comprised of 1 filing and 0 relying advisers. They operate out of 5 office locations with their Headquarters at 16 YORK STREET SUITE 2900, TORONTO, -. The Group has not been subject to regulatory enforcement actions. They are regulated by 13 US and Non-US bodies.
They have 162 employees comprised of 61 investment and 101 non-investment staff. The total number of Employees increased by 3,140% over the last 5-years.
Their $84.76Bn in assets advised are owned by 16 private funds, 0 public funds and BDCs and 0 other accounts. Assets of Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC) clients total $84.74Bn or 99.98% of Total Assets.
The Group's top investment strategies include Multi Strat and Long/Short Equity, representing 97.78% and 2.22% of total assets, respectively.
They advise 1 types of clients, top clients are Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC).
The Group uses 2 Fund Administrators, 2 Fund Auditors, 7 Prime Brokers, 10 Custodians and 4 Marketers. It does not report a third-party Fund Administrator in 0 private funds with $0 in assets.
The Group discloses management fees and performance-based fees.
POLAR SECURITIES INC. names 2 sub-advisers CASTLEFIELD ASSOCIATES INC., MIRABELLA FINANCIAL SERVICES LLP to 1 different fund advised by the group. The Group has been named as the sub-adviser to 0 funds.
They have a MEDIUM-WATCH risk business model that requires a high degree of process maturity to manage operational risk. A Manager Group has a "High Complexity" when 25% or more of 63 business conditions measured require a high level of process maturity to manage the risk. The "Watch" suffix indicates that one or more of the following business conditions carry a high-complexity score: 1) % Fund Assets Valued Internally, 2) prior Regulatory Violations, 3) Unqualified Audits, 4) Multi-Functional C-Suite and 5) Business Concentration Risk with an Auditor or Administrator.
In POLAR SECURITIES INC.'s case, they have 14 business conditions that require high process maturity and 1 Watch Factors.