Firm Background
The firm was founded in 1989 as Numeric Investors L.P. As part of a reorganization, Numeric
Investors LLC (“Numeric”) was formed on January 22, 2004 and carried on the firm’s business.
Numeric is a wholly owned subsidiary of Man Investments Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Man Investments Holdings Inc. is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Man Group plc, which
is listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 250 Index. Man Group plc,
through its investment management subsidiaries (collectively, “Man”), is a global investment
management business that provides a range of fund products and investment management services
for institutional and private investors globally. As of December 31, 2023, Man had approximately
$167.5 billion of assets under management1.
Man provides a number of centralized functions to Numeric including trading, financing and cash
management, risk management, operations, middle office accounting, finance, proxy voting, class
actions, human resources, facilities, tax, legal, compliance, and information technology among
other such services. Numeric utilizes portfolio analysis, investment management, research, trade
execution, client servicing, sales and marketing capabilities of its affiliates in providing services
to its clients. In addition to these services, Numeric’s affiliates may utilize its trade execution and
other services in providing services to their clients. In some cases, certain of Numeric’s investment
personnel may provide investment management services to clients of the Firm as well as clients of
one or more of its affiliates.
Certain affiliated advisory firms are considered to be “Participating Affiliates” of Numeric (as that
term is used in relief granted by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”))
allowing investment advisers registered with the SEC to use portfolio management, research,
operations, and trading resources of advisory affiliates and personnel subject to the supervision of
an SEC-registered adviser. Professionals from such Participating Affiliates may render portfolio
advisement, research, and other related services to Numeric clients and/or Numeric as affiliated
“associated persons” of Numeric and are subject to supervision by Numeric. Fees may be paid by
and received from the parties under these arrangements.
This brochure generally includes information about Numeric and its relationships with its clients
and affiliates. While much of this brochure applies to all of Numeric’s clients, certain information
applies to specific clients only. Important information regarding each Private Fund and Separate
Account, which may include investment objectives, risks, strategy, fees and other material
information, including applicable conflicts of interest regarding relationships with affiliates, is
contained in each Private Fund’s offering documents and in each Separate Account’s investment
management agreement, as the case may be.
Types of Advisory Services
1 Man assets under management as stated in the Man Group plc Annual Report include advisory-only assets over
which Man has no decision making or trading authority and dedicated managed account platform services for which
Man provides platform and risk management services but does not provide investment management services.
Clients and Products. Numeric provides investment advisory services for U.S. and non-U.S.
taxable and tax-exempt clients (collectively, “clients”). Numeric provides investment advisory
services to institutions that invest through separately managed accounts (“Separate Accounts”) and
to privately offered pooled investment funds sponsored by Numeric (“Private Funds”). Numeric
also provides sub-advisory services to certain other pooled investment funds, including but not
limited to open-end investment companies (“Mutual Funds”) that are registered as such under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”),affiliated
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities funds (“UCITS Funds” and
affiliated private funds, together with the Mutual Funds, the “Sub-Advised Funds”). The Private
Funds and Sub-Advised Funds may be referred to herein collectively as the “Funds.” Numeric may
offer non-discretionary investment advice and recommendations to clients, including affiliates.
Separate Accounts. Discretionary investment advisory services are provided by Numeric
through separately managed account arrangements pursuant to advisory and sub-advisory
contracts, which incorporate investment guidelines and restrictions. Advisory contracts
are typically negotiated to meet the specific needs of the particular client.
Private Funds. Numeric also provides investment advisory services to privately offered
pooled investment funds sponsored by Numeric. The Private Funds rely upon the
exemptions provided by Regulations S and D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
for all offerings and sales of the Private Funds. The Private Funds are not registered as
investment companies under, or otherwise subject to the provisions of the Investment
Company Act, in reliance upon an exclusion from the definition of “investment company”
provided in the Investment Company Act. Investment guidelines and objectives for the
Private Funds are set forth in the private placement memorandum and the organizational
documents for each Private Fund. Private
Funds may include one or more funds that
Numeric, affiliates or employees2 have seeded or invested over 25% of the capital of such
Private Funds.
Sub-Advised Funds. Numeric provides sub-advisory services to certain other pooled
investment funds.
Model Portfolio Services. Numeric provides model portfolio services through separately
managed model portfolio arrangements whereby Numeric provides portfolio
recommendations in accordance with client investment guidelines and restrictions as
detailed in the client’s advisory contract. Numeric does not have decision making or trading
authority for such model portfolios.
Numeric may offer non-discretionary investment advice and recommendations to clients,
including affiliates, who, in turn, may use such advice to make discretionary investment
management decisions for and on behalf of their own accounts or their clients’ accounts.
Strategies. Numeric manages assets in domestic and international strategies. All strategies (other
than Numeric’s credit strategies strategies) invest primarily in publicly traded equity securities.
2 “Employee(s)” for purposes of this Brochure includes personnel, partners, officers, directors (other than non-
executive directors of Man Group plc) and other persons with similar status or performing similar functions.
Numeric’s credit strategies invests primarily in corporate bonds. Some strategies also invest in
single equity swaps while others invest in equity index futures or swap contracts. Equity swaps
are derivative contracts where a set of future cash flows based on the performance of the underlying
equity security are agreed to be exchanged between two counterparties at set dates in the future,
thereby giving each party to a swap contract synthetic exposure to the underlying equity security.
Equity index futures are futures contracts used to replicate the performance of an underlying stock
market index. Equity index futures generally are used for cash flow management, hedging against
an existing equity position or for speculating on future movements of an index.
Long only investment strategies are driven by quantitative investment principles which seek to
outperform certain agreed upon benchmarks. Hedged investment strategies are driven by
quantitative investment principles which seek to maximize total return while managing risk within
specified parameters. Strategies offered currently include:
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Long-only equity portfolios (containing only long equity positions), for both
developed market (including both global and regionally focused strategies such as
US, Europe, Japan and Australia) and emerging market strategies, including
dedicated China A strategies;
• High yield and investment grade fixed income portfolio (containing primarily long
debt positions);
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Hedged portfolios (containing offsetting long and short positions), for United
States, Global and Emerging Markets strategies;
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Equitized hedged portfolios (containing offsetting long and short positions plus
index futures sufficient to give the portfolio equity market exposures), for Global
strategies;
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Active extension long/short portfolios (approximately 130% long and 30% short
positions)) for United States, Emerging Markets and International strategies; and
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Absolute return portfolios that cover both Developed and Emerging Markets
equities, as well as credit.
Quantitative Models. Numeric’s quantitative process utilizes internally developed securities-
selection models. By breaking up the investable universe of securities into brackets along
proprietary criteria, the most influential model or models in determining a security’s expected
performance in that particular bracket can be emphasized. The combined score for each security
is the primary driver of investment decisions.
Tailoring of Advisory Services
Numeric will tailor its advisory services to the individual needs of its clients. Clients are able to
impose reasonable restrictions on the securities or types of securities purchased on their behalf for
a Separate Account, provided that the client supplies Numeric in advance with such information
as it determines is reasonably necessary to apply the restrictions.
Numeric’s management of each Private Fund, and the terms of any investor’s investment in a
Private Fund, are governed exclusively by the terms of that Private Fund’s organizational
documents, private placement memorandum, limited partnership agreement or memorandum and
articles of association, investment management agreement, subscription agreement and other
governing documents (collectively, the “governing documents”). The sub-advisory services
provided by Numeric to the Sub-Advised Funds are governed by the terms of the agreement
between Numeric and the Sub-Advised Fund’s investment adviser, as well as other governing
documents (collectively, the “Sub-Advised Fund governing documents”). All discussions in this
brochure of the Funds, their investments, the strategies Numeric uses in managing the Funds, and
the fees associated with an investment in the Funds are qualified in their entirety by reference to
the relevant Private Fund or Sub-Advised Fund governing documents.
Numeric does not participate in wrap fee programs.
Client Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, Numeric had approximately $48.9billion in regulatory assets under
management.