Squarepoint Capital: Platform Profile

Overview

Squarepoint Capital is a global systematic investment manager built around quantitative research, data, technology and automated execution. The business traces its roots to a quantitative team formed in 2000, operated through Lehman Brothers and Barclays, and became independent in December 2014.

Its current platform spans multiple asset classes, markets and trading frequencies rather than one narrow quantitative strategy.

May fit better for

• institutions seeking systematic multi-asset hedge-fund exposure;
• investors comfortable with model-driven and data-intensive processes;
• allocators seeking a large, global quantitative platform;
• investors able to evaluate private-fund structures and institutional minimums;
• users who understand that 13F is only one slice of a systematic portfolio.

May fit less well for

• retail investors seeking direct public signup;
• investors who want discretionary stock-picking narratives;
• users who treat backtests as guaranteed future performance;
• investors who infer total AUM from 13F holdings;
• users seeking one universal minimum or fee schedule.

Squarepoint is SEC registered through Squarepoint Ops LLC

• Legal adviser: Squarepoint Ops LLC
• CRD: 172116
• SEC number: 801-80565
• SEC registration effective: 2014-11-18
• SEC registered investment adviser: Yes
• Umbrella or relying adviser structure: Yes

Current regulatory records include Squarepoint Capital LLP and other related operating entities.

Current regulatory AUM is $227B

Current Form-ADV-derived data:

• Regulatory AUM: $227B
• Regulatory AUM as of: 2026-08-07
• Discretionary AUM: $227B
• Client accounts: 28
• Pooled investment vehicle accounts: 27
• Employees: 69

This is regulatory AUM, not hedge-fund investor NAV.

Q2 2026 13F value is $90.524B

Current June 30, 2026 filing:

• Q2 2026 13F value: $90.524B
• Q2 2026 13F as of: 2026-06-30
• Q2 2026 13F entry count: 4324

The manager invests across instruments and asset classes that are not fully represented on Form 13F.

Current first-party description is systematic and diversified

First-party materials support:

• Systematic investing: Yes
• Quantitative research: Yes
• Multi asset: Yes
• Global markets: Yes
• Multiple trading frequencies: Yes
• Data and technology intensive: Yes
• Automated execution: Yes

The firm states that much of its investment process depends on historical testing.

Private-fund schedule is older than current regulatory AUM

AUMdb's accessible vehicle table is sourced from a November 2024 filing.

Representative historical records:

• Historical private fund schedule date: 2024-11
• Historical private fund count: 6
• Historical private fund gross assets: $103B
• Squarepoint Master Fund gross assets: $42.2B
• Squarepoint Core Master gross assets: $40.0B
• Historical vehicle minimum: $10M

Assessment

Squarepoint's main research trap is scale. Its August 2026 regulatory AUM is $227B, while the June 13F contains $90.524B of reportable long securities and the accessible private-fund schedule is older.

None of those figures should overwrite the others.