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Caxton Associates: Platform Profile

Platform profileUpdated 2026-09-07

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Overview

Caxton Associates is a global macro hedge-fund manager founded in 1983.

Current legal adviser:

  • Legal adviser: Caxton Associates LLP
  • CRD: 333153
  • SEC number: 801-136549
  • SEC registered investment adviser: Yes
  • SEC registration effective: 2026-06-23

May fit better for

  • professional and qualified global-macro investors;
  • allocators seeking discretionary macro;
  • investors seeking activity across liquid asset classes;
  • investors comfortable with derivatives and leverage;
  • investors able to meet private-vehicle requirements;
  • investors seeking a long-established macro specialist.

May fit less well for

  • ordinary retail investors;
  • investors seeking public ETF liquidity;
  • users treating a $10M Caxton Macro reference as universal;
  • investors seeking a published firmwide fee schedule;
  • users expecting one static asset allocation;
  • investors interpreting an absolute-return objective as a guarantee.

The manager's current legal name changed in 2025

UK company record:

  • Current name: Caxton Associates LLP
  • Former name: Caxton Europe LLP
  • Former name end date: 2025-04-07

Current IAPD also lists Caxton Europe LLP as an alternate/prior name.

SEC registration became effective June 23, 2026

Current IAPD:

  • CRD: 333153
  • SEC number: 801-136549
  • SEC registration effective: 2026-06-23

The firm's Form ADV filing used for the current regulatory-AUM reference is dated June 15, 2026, shortly before registration became effective.

Current regulatory AUM is $71.56B

Form ADV filings show:

  • Regulatory AUM: $71.56B
  • Regulatory AUM as of: 2026-06-15
  • Discretionary accounts: 19

Current Q2 2026 13F reported value was approximately $5.3B.

Caxton is explicitly global macro

Current first-party homepage:

  • Global macro: Yes
  • Founded: 1983
  • Active across all liquid asset classes: Yes

Current research inputs include:

  • macroeconomics;
  • market technicals;
  • politics and policy;
  • individual company analysis.

Absolute-return language is an objective, not a promise

Current first-party goal is to deliver consistent absolute returns irrespective of market environment.

Caxton Macro (USA) LLC has a $10M current Form D minimum

Current February 19, 2026 Form D:

  • Vehicle: Caxton Macro (USA) LLC
  • Manager: Caxton Associates LLP
  • Minimum investment accepted from outside investor: $10M
  • Investment Company Act exclusion: 3(c)(7)
  • Securities Act exemption: Rule 506(b)

A second 2026 vehicle also shows a $10M minimum

Caxton Cadence (USA) LLC's May 2026 Form D states:

  • Caxton Cadence USA minimum: $10M

This corroborates a high private-vehicle access hurdle but still does not create a universal manager minimum.

Current Form D identifies Andrew Law as chairman and CEO

Current Caxton Macro Form D:

  • Chairman CEO: Andrew Law
  • COO CRO: Matthew Wade
  • CFO: Chanelle Nicholls

Store as current officer references.

Website is explicitly not an investment offer

Current Terms of Use:

  • Public website is offering document: No

The site states that its content is informational and is not an offer or solicitation to buy or sell an interest in a Caxton-managed fund.

Investor documentation exists separately from public content

Current disclosure pages include privacy materials specifically for current, former and prospective fund investors.

Current responsible-investment materials describe a multi-PM structure

Current/recent Caxton regulatory disclosures describe a multi-strategy, multi-portfolio-manager business and note that no single ESG framework applies identically across all teams/funds.

Assessment

Caxton is the cleanest pure global-macro specialist in Batch 73.

The current review needs two date-sensitive identity facts:

  • Caxton Europe LLP became Caxton Associates LLP in April 2025;
  • U.S. SEC registration for Caxton Associates LLP became effective June 23, 2026.

The access facts are also unusually clear at vehicle level: both current Caxton Macro (USA) and Caxton Cadence (USA) Form D filings show $10M minimums.

That is still not enough to publish a universal firm minimum.

Offering structure and liquidity

StructurePrivate global-macro investment manager using privately offered fund vehicles and multiple portfolio-manager teams across liquid asset classes; investor access is through private subscription documentation rather than a public self-service product.

Sources

  1. caxton.com
  2. caxton.com — Careers
  3. caxton.com — Disclosures
  4. caxton.com — Terms of use
  5. adviserinfo.sec.gov — 333153
  6. filingexplorer.com — Caxton associates llp
  7. sec.gov — Primary doc.xml
  8. sec.gov — Primary doc.xml
  9. data.companieshouse.gov.uk — OC345117
  10. streetinsider.com — 26030691
  11. sec.gov — Primary doc.xml