Overview
Assets Under Management: $4.3 billion
Headquarters: NEW YORK, NY
High-Net-Worth Clients: 2,538
Average Client Assets: $6 million
Services Offered
Services: Portfolio Management for Individuals, Portfolio Management for Pooled Investment Vehicles
Clients
Number of High-Net-Worth Clients: 2,538
Percentage of Firm Assets Belonging to High-Net-Worth Clients: 99.40
Average High-Net-Worth Client Assets: $6 million
Total Client Accounts: 591
Discretionary Accounts: 591
Regulatory Filings
CRD Number: 298733
Last Filing Date: 2024-08-30 00:00:00
Website: https://quantinno.com
Form ADV Documents
Additional Brochure: QUANTINNO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP FIRM BROCHURE (2025-04-25)
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Firm Brochure
Part 2A of Form ADV
Item 1 – Cover Page
April 25, 2025
Quantinno Capital Management
LP
66 Hudson Blvd E, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Tel: +1-212-313-9431
www.quantinnocapital.com
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Quantinno
Capital Management LP (“Quantinno,” the “Firm” or the “Adviser”). If you have any questions
about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at (212) 313-9431. This information has not
been approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about the Adviser is also available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Registration with the SEC or with any state securities authority does not imply a certain level of
skill or training.
Item 2. Material Changes
This Brochure is Quantinno Capital Management LP’s Other-than-Annual-Amendment to the Form ADV
Part 2A. Since Quantinno’s last amendment to the Form ADV submitted to the SEC in March 2025, the
Firm transitioned the role of Chief Compliance Officer from Todd Saunders to Ross Bogatch.
In the future, if the Brochure contains material changes from our last update, we will identify and discuss
those changes in this section.
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Item 3. Table of Contents
Item 2.
Material Changes ...................................................................................................................... 2
Item 4.
Advisory Business ..................................................................................................................... 4
Item 5.
Fees and Compensation ........................................................................................................... 5
Item 6.
Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management ...................................................... 6
Item 7.
Types of Clients ......................................................................................................................... 7
Item 8.
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ................................................. 7
Item 9.
Disciplinary Information ........................................................................................................... 13
Item 10.
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations .................................................................. 13
Item 11.
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading .......... 14
Item 12.
Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................................ 15
Item 13.
Review of Accounts ................................................................................................................. 16
Item 14.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation .............................................................................. 16
Item 15.
Custody ................................................................................................................................... 16
Item 16.
Investment Discretion .............................................................................................................. 17
Item 17.
Voting Client Securities ........................................................................................................... 17
Item 18.
Financial Information ............................................................................................................... 17
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Item 4. Advisory Business
Quantinno Capital Management LP (“Quantinno,” the “Firm” or the “Adviser”) is an investment adviser with
its principal place of business in New York, New York. The general partner of the Adviser is Quantinno
Capital LLC (the “General Partner”). Quantinno is principally owned by Hoon Kim who is accompanied by
the following partners, Paul Giordano, Albert Kim, Todd Saunders, Glenn Shirley. Hoon Kim is the
managing member of the General Partner of the Adviser. The Adviser commenced operations as an
investment adviser on October 1, 2018.
The Adviser provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to its clients.
The Adviser serves as investment manager to multiple separately managed accounts and also manages
private pooled investment vehicles intended for a limited number of sophisticated investors.
Separately Managed Accounts
Quantinno provides discretionary investment advice and management of single managed accounts
(“SMAs” or “Managed Accounts”) for clients of other wealth managers or directly for individual investors. A
common way for clients to use Quantinno’s SMA services is through a wealth manager who is a registered
investment advisor (“RIA”) and who has engaged Quantinno as a sub-adviser for its clients (the “Primary
Advisor”). Certain qualifying sophisticated investors may enter into an investment management agreement
directly with Quantinno.
Quantinno builds customized SMA portfolios using quantitative models that incorporate a client’s
specifications such as a defined benchmark, diversification goals, tax optimization and any specific trading
restrictions. Additionally, Quantinno provides services to an RIA’s clients that involve managing model
portfolios whereby the RIA provides prescriptive portfolio target exposures to Quantinno in order to
periodically rebalance portfolios to follow the RIA’s investment guidelines for the given model.
All SMA clients have a written advisory agreement that sets the conditions of the relationship between
Quantinno and its SMA clients. Quantinno primarily has two main types of agreements: the Sub-Advisory
Investment Management Agreement and the individual Investment Management Agreement. Both kinds of
agreements explain the advisory services that Quantinno will provide, Quantinno’s duties, and the
conditions of the engagement, including items such as fees and termination provisions.
Private Funds
The Adviser provides advice to the Quantinno Fundamental Arbitrage Fund LP, a Delaware limited
partnership (the “Fund”), whose general partner is Quantinno GP III LLC, based on specific investment
objectives and strategies described in the Fund’s offering memorandum. The Adviser will not tailor advisory
services to the individual needs of investors in the Fund and Fund investors may not impose restrictions on
investing in certain securities and other financial instruments or certain types of securities and other financial
instruments.
The Fund may enter into agreements, or “side letters,” with certain prospective or existing Fund investors
whereby such Fund investors, including such persons that may be affiliated with the Adviser or its related
persons, may be subject to terms and conditions that are more advantageous than those set forth in the
offering memorandum for the Fund.
Our investment decisions and advice with respect to the Funds and the SMAs, are subject to each such
Client’s investment objectives and guidelines, as set forth in the Funds’ respective “Offering Documents,”
and the SMAs’ “Investment Management Agreements,” (collectively, the “Investment Material”).
As of February 28, 2025, the Firm has regulatory assets under management of $14,646,566,350 all
managed on a discretionary basis. Quantinno does not participate in any wrap fee programs.
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Item 5. Fees and Compensation
SMA’s
factors,
including
the
investment mandate, services performed, and
The fee schedules for SMA clients for Quantinno’s services vary by client and are based on a number of
different
the overall
account/relationship size. Quantinno may charge higher fees based on the complexity of the account’s
customization, such as with long/short accounts that run with higher leverage. Fees are negotiable at the
sole discretion of Quantinno and vary depending on account size, account parameters, and overall
relationship. A minimum annual fee or minimum account size may be applied in certain cases.
Additionally, Quantinno reserves the right to offer prospective clients’ fee schedules or terms that may be
more or less advantageous to such prospective clients than the existing fee schedules offered to its current
clients for similar services.
Generally, SMAs’ will pay the Adviser the asset-based investment management fee each quarter in
advance based on the closing account value on the first business day of the new quarter and deducted
from the SMA client’s account as soon as practical. The investment management fee applicable to each
SMA is set forth in the investment management agreements between Quantinno and the Managed
Accounts.
Private Funds
The fee schedules for the Fund are described in detail in the clients’ Investment Material. All clients of the
Fund are “qualified purchasers” as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “Investment Company Act”) or “knowledgeable employees” as defined in Rule 3c-5 under
the Investment Company Act.
The Fund will pay the Adviser an asset-based investment management fee each quarter in advance based
on the value of each Investor’s capital account in the Fund on the first business day of each quarter and
adjusted for contributions or subscriptions and withdrawals or redemptions made during each quarter (the
"Management Fee"). The Adviser may elect to reduce, waive or calculate differently the Management Fee
with respect to any Investors, including without limitation, members, principals, employees or affiliates of
the Adviser or the General Partner, an affiliate of the Adviser, relatives of such persons, and for certain
large or strategic investors.
The Fund will be required to pay the Management Fee in advance. In the event of a withdrawal from the
Fund other than the end of a quarter, any Management Fees will be pro-rated and the excess returned to
the withdrawing Fund Investor.
As a general matter, the Investment Manager will be entitled to receive annual performance-based
compensation (the “Incentive Fee”) from the Funds, which is compensation that is based on a share of net
profits, if any, expensed from each Fund Investor’s capital account). The Incentive Fee is subject to a loss
carryforward provision. The General Partner may, in its sole discretion, elect to reduce, waive or calculate
differently the Incentive Fee with respect to any Fund investor, including without limitation members,
principals, employees or affiliates of the Adviser or the General Partner, relatives of such persons, and for
certain large or strategic investors.
The Management Fee and any Incentive Fee will be deducted from the Fund’s account by the Fund’s
administrator pursuant to instructions from the Adviser. Fund investors will not have the ability to choose to
be billed directly for fees incurred.
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Expenses
Separately Managed Accounts
In addition to Quantinno’s investment management fees, the Managed Accounts shall bear investment
expenses such as commissions, interest on margin accounts and other indebtedness and borrowing
charges on securities sold short. Depending on specific custodial arrangements, Quantinno may be able to
secure preferential financing charges for SMA clients.
Commission charges and custodial fees are negotiated directly between the Primary Advisor and the
Custodian for accounts sub-advised by Quantinno. For certain custodians, Quantinno may be able to
negotiate commission charges for direct SMA clients.
Funds
The Adviser is responsible for and pays all overhead expenses of an ordinary and recurring nature such as
rent, supplies, secretarial expenses, its compliance expenses, stationery, charges for furniture and fixtures,
employee insurance, payroll taxes and compensation of employees.
In addition to bearing the Management Fee and Incentive Allocation, if any, the clients will also be subject
to other expenses related to their investments and operations, such as legal, accounting (including third-
party accounting services), administration, audit and other professional fees and expenses, organizational
expenses, research fees and expenses (including Bloomberg and similar subscriptions and data services);
expenses incurred in respect of statistical and pricing services or software; portfolio valuation expenses
(including data feeds and third-party valuation agents); investment expenses such as commissions, interest
on margin accounts and other indebtedness; borrowing charges on securities sold short; insurance costs
(including D&O and E&O insurance); compliance expenses of the clients including expenses related to
various filings (or portions thereof) that the Adviser is required to make as a result of managing the clients’
portfolios, such as Section 13 and Section 16 Filings, Form PF and fees and expenses relative to
registration, filing and/or reporting requirements in any jurisdiction in which Client interests are offered or
sold, custodial fees, bank service fees and other expenses related to the purchase, sale, preservation or
transmittal of Client assets.
The allocation of expenses by the Adviser between it and the clients represents a conflict of interest for the
Adviser. The Adviser will adopt an expense allocation policy that is designed to address this conflict. The
Adviser will allocate expenses to each Client in accordance with the Client’s offering documents or the
investment management agreement between the Client and the Adviser. The Adviser will seek to allocate
any shared expenses for products and services benefitting multiple clients or both the Adviser and a Client,
and any expenses not covered in the Client’s offering documents or investment management agreement,
in a fair and reasonable manner.
More detailed information regarding the fees and expenses paid by the clients may be found in the Offering
Documents of the clients.
Item 6. Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
Separately Managed Accounts
Performance-based fees are not charged for SMAs.
Funds
Performance-based compensation may create an incentive for the Adviser to make investments that are
riskier or more speculative than would be the case in the absence of such performance-based
compensation arrangements. However, the Adviser does not anticipate any conflict of interest with respect
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to managing assets for multiple clients given that the performance-based compensation arrangements are
uniform across the clients.
Item 7. Types of Clients
Our clients are the Separately Managed Accounts and the Fund as described in Item 4 above. Investments
in the Fund are generally open to, among others, high net-worth individuals, financially sophisticated
individuals, and other sophisticated investors, institutions, and endowments.
The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $1 million. However, the General Partner may, in its sole
discretion, accept lower initial investments. Minimum investment amounts for Managed Accounts are
negotiable.
Item 8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
Investment Objective and Strategy
The Adviser seeks to achieve positive total returns by developing and running systematic investment
processes and utilizing quantitative return forecasting models, systematic risk control and sophisticated tax-
aware portfolio optimization methods to take active long and short equity positions. In addition, the Adviser
may from time-to-time trade in futures and other derivative products in its sole discretion. The Adviser may
also invest excess cash in short-term liquid instruments, including U.S. government securities, bank
deposits, money market instruments and similar financial products. clients’ assets may also be held in cash
for margining and collateral requirements. The Adviser may use leverage in connection with investments
and such leverage may arise from borrowing, short selling physical securities and/or the use of derivative
instruments (such as futures).
In most cases, the Adviser will actively consider the tax consequences of trades in the management of
clients’ portfolios. For example, a Client may seek to defer the realization of capital gains while also
accelerating the realization of capital losses, particularly with respect to such Client’s short investments.
Portfolio optimization components of a Client’s investment strategy will be considered holistically by the
Adviser in a systematic process, whereby the advantages of the systematic investment selection strategy
and tax loss harvesting, along with expected transaction costs, financing costs, and investment constraints
are balanced against estimates of correlation and risk to evaluate and determine a Client’s investments.
Accordingly, a Client may hold positions for a longer or shorter period of time than it otherwise would have
if its investment strategy did not contain a portfolio optimization component. Further, there is no guarantee
that clients will be successful in optimizing tax efficiency or that there will be sufficient capital losses for
clients to realize.
The specifics of the Adviser’s investment process and risk management are described in greater detail in
the Investment Material.
Material Risks Relating to Investment Strategies
The following summary identifies the material risks related to the Adviser’s significant investment strategies
and should be carefully evaluated before making an investment with the Adviser; however, the following
does not intend to identify all possible risks of an investment with the Adviser or provide a full description
of the identified risks. Prospective Investors should consult their own legal, tax and financial advisers about
the risks of an investment in the clients. An investment in the clients may be deemed to be highly speculative
and is not intended as a complete investment program. It is designed only for sophisticated persons who
are able to bear the economic risk of the loss of their entire investment and who have a limited need for
liquidity in such investment. Investors should refer to the clients’ Investment Material for a complete
understanding of the Adviser’s investment strategies and methods of analysis. The information contained
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herein is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by such documents.
Market Neutral Risk
The types of trading risks incurred by market-neutral strategies generally relate to either spreads or price
differentials between related securities and/or their derivatives, or the volatility of security prices or spreads
or the level of market liquidity. At times of heightened systemic market risk these market neutral risks tend
to increase which may lead to underperformance of a market neutral portfolio. In addition, other risks
common to such a portfolio may include credit spread risk and credit default risk. The market for credit
spreads is often inefficient and illiquid, making it difficult to accurately calculate discounting spreads for
valuing financial instruments.
Algorithmic Trading; Systems Risk
The success of the clients is dependent upon the expertise of the Adviser combined with the efficacy and
availability of the software and automated trading systems utilized by the Adviser in managing clients’
assets. The Adviser’s investment strategy involves active trading in part through the use of automated
trading systems. Such active trading presents the risk of large, immediate losses. Automated trading
systems, no matter how convenient or efficient, do not reduce risks associated with active trading. There
can be no guarantee that the software and automated trading systems will achieve their intended objectives.
As with all facilities and systems, the Adviser's trading systems, hardware, and software (as well as those
of its and the clients’ service providers) are vulnerable to temporary disruption, failure, inaccuracies, and/or
security breaches, including, but not limited to: communication failures or inaccuracies; security quotation
and data errors (whether as a result of software errors, automatic price or data misfeeds, or a dealer's
mistype or mistake); system or software crashes; distortions; viruses; stolen passwords and/or
unauthorized trades; signal power disruptions; and failures of Internet reception or routing. In addition,
certain of the clients’ and the Adviser’s operations interface with or depend on systems operated by third
parties and clients or the Adviser may not be in a position to verify the risks or reliability of such third- party
systems. System delay or failures can have negative results on investment selection and execution. The
result of any system related failure may include but not be limited to: trades being executed without the
Adviser's authorization; trades not being executed according to the Adviser's instructions or criteria; or
trades not being executed at all. Any such failure could have a significant negative impact on clients. For
example, such failures could cause settlement of trades to fail, lead to inaccurate accounting, reporting or
processing of trades and/or cause inaccurate reporting, which may affect clients’ ability to monitor the risks
associated with its investment portfolio. clients’ ability to recover certain losses or foregone profits due to
such disruptions and failures may be subject to limits on liability imposed by system providers, the market,
financial institutions, and/or the clearing house. In the absence of recovery, clients will bear the risks and
losses of any system delays or failures, including, but not limited to, the system delays or failures described
herein.
Model Risk
The Adviser’s investment strategy is based substantially upon a number of quantitative approaches,
systematic analysis, algorithms or other models. As with any model-driven or other quantitative strategy,
the Adviser’s investment strategy and its resulting performance are subject generally to model risk (i.e., the
consequences of any inaccuracy, flaw or limitation of the quantitative model). Models are generally based
upon historical data, which is not indicative of the future performance of any investments in a portfolio. The
Adviser is continually engaged in the evaluation and refinement of investment models reflected in its
strategies. It may also modify existing models, discontinue use of certain models or add other models or
other investment methodologies in the future. Models to be employed by the Adviser are intended to identify
and capture favorable investment opportunities or to limit certain types of risks, or possibly both. However,
there is no assurance that the use of any such models will necessarily fulfill their intended objectives or
assure investment success in future markets and environments.
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Non-U.S. Securities
The Adviser may cause clients to invest outside of the United States. Investing in securities of non-U.S.
governments and companies which are generally denominated in non-U.S. currencies and utilization of
options and swaps on non-U.S. securities involves certain considerations comprising both risks and
opportunities not typically associated with investing in securities of the United States government or United
States companies. These considerations include changes in exchange rates and exchange control
regulations, political and social instability, expropriation, imposition of foreign taxes, less liquid markets and
less available information than is generally the case in the United States, higher transaction costs, less
government supervision of exchanges, brokers and issuers, greater risks associated with counterparties
and settlement, difficulty in enforcing contractual obligations, lack of uniform accounting and auditing
standards and greater price volatility.
Nature of Investments
The Adviser has broad discretion in making investments for its clients. Investments will generally consist of
securities, financial instruments and other assets and liabilities that may be affected by business, financial
market or legal uncertainties. There can be no assurance that the Adviser will correctly evaluate the nature
and magnitude of the various factors that could affect the value of and return on investments. Prices of
investments may be volatile, and a variety of factors that are inherently difficult to predict, such as domestic
or international economic and political developments, may significantly affect the results of the Adviser’s
activities and the value of its investments. No guarantee or representation is made that the Adviser’s
investment objective will be achieved.
Equity-Related Instruments in General
The Adviser may cause clients to use equity-related instruments in its investment program. Certain options
and other equity-related instruments may be subject to various types of risks, including market risk, liquidity
risk, counterparty credit risk, legal risk and operations risk. In addition, equity-related instruments can
involve significant economic leverage and may, in some cases, involve significant risks of loss.
Frequent Trading
The nature of the Fund’s investment program may require the clients to engage in relatively frequent trading.
As a result, the commissions payable by the clients may be substantially in excess of those normally paid by
funds of comparable size as the clients.
Small-to-Medium Capitalization Companies
The Adviser may invest a portion of clients’ assets in the securities of companies with small-to-medium-
sized capitalizations. These securities, particularly those of smaller-capitalization companies, involve higher
risks in some respects than do investments in securities of larger companies. For example, prices such
securities are often more volatile than prices of large-capitalization companies. In addition, due to thin
trading in such securities, an investment in these securities may be more illiquid than those of larger
capitalization companies.
Options
The purchase or sale of an option involves the payment or receipt of a premium by the investor and the
corresponding right or obligation, as the case may be, either to purchase or sell the underlying security,
commodity or other instrument for a specific price at a certain time or during a certain period. Purchasing
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options involves the risk that the underlying instrument will not change price in the manner expected, so
that the investor loses its premium. Selling options involves potentially greater risk because the investor is
exposed to the extent of the actual price movement in the underlying security rather than only the premium
payment received (which could result in a potentially unlimited loss). Over-the-counter options also involve
counterparty solvency risk.
U.S. Government Securities
Clients may invest in U.S. Government securities. Generally, these securities include U.S. Treasury
obligations and obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies, instrumentalities or
sponsored enterprises. U.S. Government securities also include Treasury receipts and other stripped U.S.
Government securities, where the interest and principal components of stripped U.S. Government securities
are traded independently. These securities are subject to market and interest rate risk. Clients may also
invest in zero coupon U.S. Treasury securities and in zero coupon securities issued by financial institutions,
which represent a proportionate interest in underlying U.S. Treasury securities. A zero-coupon security pays
no interest to its holder during its life, and its value consists of the difference between its face value at
maturity and its cost. The market prices of zero-coupon securities generally are more volatile than the market
prices of securities that pay interest periodically.
Derivatives
Swaps, and certain options and other custom derivative or synthetic instruments are subject to the risk of
nonperformance by the counterparty to such instrument, including risks relating to the financial soundness
and creditworthiness of the counterparty. In addition, investments in derivative instruments require a high
degree of leverage, meaning the overall contract value (and, accordingly, the potential for profits or losses
in that value) is much greater than the modest deposit used to buy the position in the derivative contract.
Derivative securities can also be highly volatile. The prices of derivative instruments and the investments
underlying the derivative instruments may fluctuate rapidly and over wide ranges and may reflect
unforeseeable events or changes in conditions, none of which can be controlled by the clients or the
Adviser. Further, transactions in derivative instruments may not be undertaken on recognized exchanges
and will expose the clients’ accounts to greater risks than regulated exchange transactions that provide
greater liquidity and more accurate valuation of securities.
Tax Risks
There can be no guarantee that certain tax positions taken by clients will not be challenged by the Internal
Revenue Service or determined to be incorrect by a court. The Adviser will largely seek for clients to avoid
straddles and wash sales, but there can be no guarantee that they will be able to do so. If the straddle or
wash sales rules apply, the after-tax returns of clients would be adversely affected due to the deferral of
certain losses.
Use of Leverage; Availability of Credit
Clients may utilize leverage. Leverage increases a client’s returns if the client earns a greater return on
investments purchased with borrowed funds than the clients’ cost of borrowing such funds. However, the
use of leverage exposes the clients to additional levels of risk, including (i) greater losses from investments
than would otherwise have been the case had the clients not borrowed to make the investments, (ii) margin
calls or interim margin requirements which may force premature liquidations of investment positions, (iii)
losses on investments where the investment fails to earn a return that equals or exceeds the clients’ cost
of borrowing such funds and (iv) fluctuations in interest rates on the clients’ borrowings, which may have a
negative effect on the clients’ profitability. In the event of a sudden, precipitous drop in value of a clients’
assets, the Client might not be able to liquidate assets quickly enough to repay its borrowings, further
magnifying its losses.
In an unsettled credit environment, the Adviser may find it difficult or impossible to obtain leverage for
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clients. In such event, the clients could find it difficult to implement components of its strategy. In addition,
any leverage obtained, if terminated on short notice by the lender, could result in the Adviser being forced
to unwind clients’ positions quickly and at prices below what the Adviser deems to be fair value for such
positions.
As a general matter, the banks and dealers that provide financing to clients can apply essentially
discretionary margin, haircut financing as well as security and collateral valuation policies. Changes by
banks and dealers in such policies, or the imposition of other credit limitations or restrictions, whether due
to market circumstances or government, regulatory or judicial action, may result in large margin calls, loss
of financing, forced liquidations of positions at disadvantageous prices, termination of swap and repurchase
agreements and cross-defaults to agreements with other dealers. Any such adverse effects may be
exacerbated in the event that such limitations or restrictions are imposed suddenly and/or by multiple
market participants. The imposition of any such limitations or restrictions could compel clients to liquidate
all or part of its portfolio at disadvantageous prices, perhaps leading to a complete loss of the clients’ equity.
Short Selling Risk
The Adviser may engage in short selling on behalf of clients. Short selling transactions expose the clients
to the risk of loss in an amount greater than the initial investment, and such losses can increase rapidly and
without effective limit. There is the risk that the securities borrowed by the clients in connection with a short
sale would need to be returned to the securities lender on short notice. If such request for return of securities
occurs at a time when other short sellers of the subject security are receiving similar requests, a “short
squeeze” can occur, wherein the clients might be compelled, at the most disadvantageous time, to replace
the borrowed securities previously sold short with purchases on the open market, possibly at prices
significantly in excess of the proceeds received earlier.
Market Risks
The profitability of clients’ investment programs depends upon correctly assessing the future course of the
price movements of securities and other investments. There can be no assurance that the Adviser will be
able to predict accurately these price movements.
Futures
Trading in futures contracts are highly specialized activities that may entail greater than ordinary investment
risks. Futures markets (including financial futures) are highly volatile and are influenced by factors such as
changing supply and demand relationships, governmental programs and policies, national and international
political and economic events and changes in interest rates. In addition, because of the low margin of
deposit normally required in futures trading, a high degree of leverage is typical of a futures trading account.
Consequently, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in substantial losses to
the trader. Futures trading may also be illiquid. Certain commodity exchanges do not permit trading in a
particular type of future beyond certain set limits. If prices fluctuate during a single day’s trading beyond
those limits – which conditions have in the past sometimes lasted for several days in certain contracts –
clients could be prevented from promptly liquidating unfavorable positions and thus be subject to substantial
losses.
Effects of Health Crises and Other Force Majeure Events
Health crises, such as pandemic and epidemic diseases, as well as other catastrophes that interrupt the
expected course of events, such as natural disasters, war or civil disturbance, acts of terrorism, power
outages and other unforeseeable and external events, and the public response to or fear of such diseases
or events, have and may in the future have an adverse effect on clients' investments and the Adviser’s
operations. For example, any preventative or protective actions that governments may take in respect of
such diseases or events may result in periods of business disruption, inability to obtain raw materials,
supplies and component parts, and reduced or disrupted operations for client portfolio companies. In
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addition, under such circumstances the operations, including functions such as trading and valuation of the
Adviser and other service providers could be reduced, delayed, suspended or otherwise disrupted. Further,
the occurrence and pendency of such diseases or events could adversely affect the economies and
financial markets either in specific countries or worldwide.
Counterparty and Settlement Risk
To the extent that clients invest in derivatives, "synthetic" instruments, other over-the-counter transactions
or non-U.S. securities, the clients may take a credit risk with regard to parties with which it trades and may
also bear the risk of settlement default. These risks may differ materially from those entailed in exchange-
traded transactions that generally are supported by guarantees of clearing organizations, daily mark-to-
market and settlement, and segregation and minimum capital requirements applicable to intermediaries.
Transactions entered directly between two counterparties generally do not benefit from such protections
and expose the parties to the risk of counterparty default. Any such default by a trading counterparty could
result in losses to the clients due to the delay of settlement of a transaction, loss of market gains or, in
certain circumstances, loss of a portion or the full amount of the notional value of the transaction.
Brokerage and Custodial Risk
There are risks involved in dealing with the custodians or prime brokers who settle clients’ trades. Under
certain circumstances, including certain transactions where Client assets are held at a non-U.S. prime
broker, the securities and other assets deposited with the custodian or broker may not be clearly identified
as being assets of the clients, and hence the clients could be exposed to a credit risk with regard to such
parties. In addition, there may be practical or time problems associated with enforcing the clients’ rights to
their assets in the case of an insolvency of any such party. Although the Adviser will select custodians and
prime brokers for the clients that it believes are appropriate and will monitor them, there is no guarantee
that the custodians and prime brokers that the Client may use from time to time will not become bankrupt
or insolvent. While both the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 seek
to protect customer property in the event of a bankruptcy, insolvency, failure, or liquidation of a broker- dealer,
there is no certainty that, in the event of a failure of a broker-dealer that has custody of clients’ assets, the
clients would not incur losses due to their assets being unavailable for a period of time, the ultimate receipt
of less than full recovery of its assets, or both.
Clients and/or the custodians and prime brokers may appoint sub-custodians in certain non-U.S.
jurisdictions to hold the assets of the clients. The custodians and prime brokers may not be responsible for
cash or assets which are held by sub-custodians in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions, nor for any losses suffered
by the clients as a result of the bankruptcy or insolvency of any such sub-custodian. The clients may
therefore have a potential exposure on the default of any sub-custodian and, as a result, many of the
protections that would normally be provided to a fund by a custodian may not be available to the clients.
Custody services in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions remain undeveloped and, accordingly, there is a
transaction and custody risk of dealing in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions. Given the undeveloped state of
regulations on custodial activities and bankruptcy, insolvency, or mismanagement in certain non-U.S.
jurisdictions, the ability of clients to recover assets held by a sub-custodian in the event of the sub-
custodian's bankruptcy or insolvency could be in doubt, as the clients may be subject to significantly less
favorable laws than many of the protections that would be available under U.S. laws. In addition, there may
be practical or time problems associated with enforcing clients’ rights to its assets in the case of a
bankruptcy or insolvency of any such party.
Cybersecurity Risk
The information and technology systems of the Adviser and of key service providers to the Adviser and the
clients may be vulnerable to potential damage or interruption from computer viruses, network failures,
computer and telecommunication failures, infiltration by unauthorized persons and security breaches,
usage errors by their respective professionals, power outages and catastrophic events such as fires,
tornadoes, floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. Although the Adviser has implemented various measures
designed to manage risks relating to these types of events, if these systems are compromised, become
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inoperable for extended periods of time or cease to function properly, it may be necessary for the Adviser
to make a significant investment to fix or replace them and to seek to remedy the effect of these issues.
The failure of these systems and/or of disaster recovery plans for any reason could cause significant
interruptions in the operations of the Adviser or the clients and result in a failure to maintain the security,
confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data, including personal information.
Risk Management Failures
Although the Adviser attempts to identify, monitor and manage significant risks, these efforts do not take all
risks into account and there can be no assurance that these efforts will be effective. Moreover, many risk
management techniques, including those employed by the Adviser, are based on historical market
behavior, but future market behavior may be entirely different and, accordingly, the risk management
techniques employed on behalf of the clients may be incomplete or altogether ineffective. Similarly, the
Adviser may be ineffective in implementing or applying risk management techniques. Any inadequacy or
failure in risk management efforts could result in material losses to the clients.
Systems and Operational Risk
The Adviser relies on certain financial, accounting, data processing and other operational systems and
services that are employed by the Adviser and/or by third party service providers, including prime brokers,
the third-party administrator, market counterparties and others. Many of these systems and services require
manual input and are susceptible to error. These programs or systems may be subject to certain defects,
failures or interruptions. For example, the Adviser and the clients could be exposed to errors made in the
confirmation or settlement of transactions, from transactions not being properly booked, evaluated or
accounted for or related to other similar disruptions in a Client’s operations. In addition, despite certain
measures established by the Adviser and third party service providers to safeguard information in these
systems, the Adviser, the clients and their third party service providers are subject to risks associated with
a breach in cybersecurity which may result in damage and disruption to hardware and software systems,
loss or corruption of data and/or misappropriation of confidential information. Any such errors and/or
disruptions may lead to financial losses, the disruption of a Client’s trading activities, liability under
applicable law, regulatory intervention or reputational damage.
Valuation of Portfolio Holdings
There are various conflicts of interest in connection with the valuation of clients’ assets, in particular, higher
valuations of the clients’ assets may result in increased asset-based and performance-based
compensation, and in some cases, increased compensation for personnel. In addition, inflated valuations
may result in better performance which may assist in marketing for the Adviser. Conflicts of interest may
be heightened in the case of assets that do not have readily ascertainable market values.
Item 9. Disciplinary Information
Neither the Adviser nor any of its management personnel are subject to, or have in the past been subject
to, any criminal or civil action in any domestic or foreign court, and neither the Adviser nor any of its
management personnel have been subject to any administrative proceedings before the SEC or any other
state, federal or foreign financial regulatory authority.
Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Neither we nor our management persons are registered as broker-dealers or has any application pending
to register with the SEC as a broker-dealer or registered representative of a broker-dealer, respectively.
Neither the Adviser nor any of the Adviser’s management personnel have any relationships or
arrangements that pose material conflicts of interest to the business of the Adviser.
While the Fund may trade commodity interests, the Adviser (and its affiliates) are exempt from registration
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with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) as a commodity pool operator pursuant to
CFTC Rule 4.13(a)(3).
Item 11. Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
Code of Ethics
Pursuant to Rule 204A-1 of the Advisers Act, the Adviser had adopted a Code of Ethics (the “Code”) that
obligates the Adviser and its supervised persons to put the interests of the Adviser’s clients before their
own interests and to act honestly and fairly in all respects in their dealings with clients. The Code includes
provisions regarding general standards of conduct, as well as a number of specific issues including
compliance with federal securities laws; personal trading of securities; private investments by employees;
employee outside business activities; and gifts and entertainment. Each of our principals and employees
must acknowledge their understanding of, and agree to comply with, the Code initially upon employment
and affirm on an annual basis that they have read and understand the Code and have complied with it. In
addition to compliance with the Adviser’s policies and procedures, all of the Adviser’s personnel are
required to comply with applicable federal securities laws. The Adviser will provide a copy of the Code to
Investors or prospective Investors upon request. See below for further provisions of the Code as they relate
to securities transactions by the Adviser’s supervised persons.
Material Non-Public Information
While it is not expected to do so, if the Adviser comes into possession of confidential or material nonpublic
information about issuers, including issuers in which the Adviser or its related persons have invested or
seek to invest on behalf of a Client, the Adviser will be prohibited from improperly disclosing or using such
information for its own benefit or for the benefit of any other person, regardless of whether such other
person is a Client. The Adviser will maintain and enforce written policies and procedures that prohibit the
communication of such information to persons who do not have a legitimate need to know such information
and to ensure that the Adviser is meeting its obligations to its clients and remains in compliance with
applicable law.
Personal Trading
The Adviser will require its supervised persons (as defined within the Code of Ethics) to obtain written pre-
approval for all transactions in their personal accounts from the Chief Compliance Officer, who may deny
permission to execute the transaction if such transaction will have any adverse economic impact on one of
its clients. All of the Adviser’s supervised persons will be required to disclose their securities transactions
on a quarterly basis by providing transaction reports or duplicate copies of brokerage statements to the
Chief Compliance Officer. In addition, the Adviser’s supervised persons will be required to disclose the
holdings in their personal accounts upon commencement of employment with the Adviser and on an annual
basis thereafter. Supervised persons may not acquire any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in any
securities in any initial public offering without prior written approval of the Chief Compliance Officer. Further,
supervised persons may not purchase or sell any security that appears on the Adviser’s Restricted List
without prior approval from the Chief Compliance Officer. Trading in the personal accounts of the Adviser’s
supervised persons will be reviewed by the Chief Compliance Officer against the Restricted List and
preclearance records and compared with transactions for Client accounts.
Outside Business Activities
The Adviser requires supervised persons to obtain written approval from the Chief Compliance Officer prior
to engaging in any outside business activities, and to submit initial and quarterly certifications regarding
participation in any such activities.
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Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
Quantinno does not expect to effect transactions between Client accounts whereby one Client account will
purchase securities from or sell securities to another Client account.
In the event that Quantinno effects a cross trade between an account in which Quantinno or its affiliates
owns more than twenty-five percent (25%) and another Client account, such transaction may be deemed
to be a principal transaction under the Advisers Act. Such transactions may create a conflict of interest for
Quantinno because it may put its or its affiliates’ interests in such accounts before the interests of its clients
in the other account. In order to mitigate this conflict of interest, Quantinno will not effect any cross trades
between accounts if it believes that such trade would result in a principal transaction, unless Quantinno:
1. believes that such transaction is in the best interest of the clients participating in the transaction;
and
2. obtains the consent of the applicable clients as required by the Advisers Act.
No such transactions may be effected when the Adviser, or any person controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with the Adviser, recommended the transaction to both the seller and the purchaser. The
Chief Compliance Officer will be responsible for reviewing all cross transactions for compliance with
applicable procedures.
Investments Not Suitable for Clients
From time to time, the Adviser may become aware of certain investment opportunities in which the clients
may not be given an opportunity to participate (e.g., for investments that are deemed not suitable for a
Client). The Adviser may, however, offer such opportunities just to certain Investors, other clients, its
employees and affiliates, or third parties, and therefore it is anticipated that not every Investor or Client will
be given an opportunity to participate in such investments.
Item 12. Brokerage Practices
For Separately Managed Accounts, in the limited cases where it selects brokers and negotiates commission
rates, consistent with its duty of best execution, the Adviser will take into account a number of factors,
including, among others, the financial stability, reliability and reputation of brokerage firms, the size and
type of the transaction, execution capabilities, the difficulty of execution, commission rate/net pricing, the
broker’s expertise with the particular financial instrument, the broker’s ability to handle a block order and
other brokerage and research products and services provided by such brokers.
Accordingly, and more generally especially with respect to private fund vehicles, in seeking best execution,
the Adviser will consider a number of factors in selecting a broker-dealer to execute transactions (or series
of transactions) and determining the reasonableness of the broker-dealer’s compensation. Such factors
include, but are not limited to, reputation, financial strength and stability, creditworthiness, efficiency of
execution and error resolution, the actual executed price and the commission, research (including economic
forecasts, fundamental and technical advice on securities, valuation advice on market analysis); custodial
and other services provided for the enhancement of the Adviser’s portfolio management capabilities; the
size and type of the transaction; the difficulty of execution and the ability to handle difficult trades; and the
operational facilities of the brokers and/or dealers involved (including back office efficiency). In selecting a
broker-dealer to execute transactions (or a series of transactions) and determining the reasonableness of
the broker- dealer’s compensation, the Adviser need not solicit competitive bids and does not have an
obligation to seek the lowest available commission cost. It is not the Adviser's practice to negotiate
“execution only” commission rates, thus clients may be deemed to be paying for research, brokerage or
other services provided by a broker-dealer which are included in the commission rate. The Adviser’s Chief
Compliance Officer will evaluate the broker-dealers used by the Adviser to execute clients’ trades using the
foregoing factors.
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As of the date of this Brochure the Firm does not utilize soft dollars. Should the Firm decide to utilize soft
dollars, the Adviser expects such usage to comply with Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
If it appears that a trade error has occurred, the Adviser will review the relevant facts and circumstances to
determine an appropriate course of action. To the extent that trade errors occur, the Adviser's error
correction procedure is to ensure that clients are treated fairly. The Adviser has discretion to resolve a
particular error in any manner that it deems appropriate and consistent with the above stated policy. In the
event that a Client account incurs a trade error as a result of the Adviser’s gross negligence, willful
misconduct or violation of the standard of care that is applicable to the Client account, the Adviser will
reimburse the Client. Trade errors that do not result from the Adviser’s gross negligence, fraud, willful
misconduct or other standard of care applicable to the Client account are borne by the Client account.
Investors should refer to their respective offering and governing documents for further disclosures with
respect to trade errors.
Item 13. Review of Accounts
Separately Managed Accounts
Each SMA will be reviewed by the investment team of the Adviser, on at least a monthly basis to determine
whether securities positions should be maintained in view of current market conditions. Matters reviewed
may include, among others, specific securities held, adherence to investment guidelines and the
performance of each Client account.
SMA’s will receive periodic performance reports from the Adviser pursuant to the terms of the relevant
Client’s Investment Material.
Funds
Our Portfolio Managers and investment professionals continuously monitor and analyze the transactions,
positions, and investment levels of the Fund to ensure that they conform with the investment objectives and
guidelines that are stated in the Fund’s Investment Material. In these reviews, the Firm pays particular
attention to any changes in the investment’s fundamentals, overall risk management and changes in the
markets that may affect price levels.
Our Portfolio Managers perform daily systematic reviews of the Fund’s holdings.
We will distribute an audited financial report with respect to the previous fiscal year to all Investors within
120 days of fiscal year end.
Item 14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation
The Adviser does not currently have any arrangements in place to compensate anyone or be compensated
for the referral of Investors to the Fund. The Adviser has entered into referral arrangements for certain
managed accounts.
Item 15. Custody
As Quantinno acts as investment adviser to the Fund, the Adviser is deemed to have custody of certain
Fund assets under current applicable regulatory interpretations. As such, and as is required by the
safekeeping requirement in Rule 206(4)-2 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, all assets
of the Funds are held by qualified custodians. Upon completion of the relevant Client’s annual audit by an
independent auditor that is registered with, and subject to inspection by, the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (“PCAOB”), the Adviser will distribute the Client’s audited financials to Investors within 120
days of the Client’s fiscal year end.
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Quantinno, in accordance with Rule 206(4)-2 of the Advisers Act (Custody Rule), is deemed to have custody
with respect to its separately managed accounts solely due to its authority to directly withdraw advisory
fees from clients' accounts. Quantinno has a reasonable basis to believe such accounts receive a custodian
statement on at least a quarterly basis, as required by the Custody Rule.
In connection with the management of the Fund, Quantinno is deemed to have custody of client assets
under the Custody Rule. The Fund has contracted with qualified custodians to maintain its assets. The
annual financial statement of the Fund is audited by an independent public accountant registered with the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board as required by the Custody Rule.
Item 16. Investment Discretion
The Adviser has discretionary authority to determine which securities and the amounts of securities that
are bought or sold, as well as the broker-dealer to be used and the commission rates to be paid. Investors
generally do not have the ability to place any limits on the Adviser’s authority beyond the limitations set
forth in the clients’ Investment Material. Prior to assuming full discretion in managing a Client’s assets, the
Adviser will enter into an investment management agreement or other agreement that will set forth the
scope of the Adviser’s discretion.
Item 17. Voting Client Securities
In compliance with the Advisers Act’s Proxy Voting Rule, Quantinno has adopted proxy voting policies and
procedures. The Adviser’s general policy is to not engage in voting proxy proposals, amendments, consents
or resolutions (collectively, “Proxies”) as the Adviser has determined not voting is in the best interests of
the clients. In making this determination, the Adviser considers various factors, including, but not limited to,
(i) the nature of the quantitative strategy; (ii) the costs associated with exercising the Proxy (e.g., translation
or travel costs); and (iii) any legal restrictions on trading resulting from the exercise of a Proxy.
Clients may obtain a copy of the Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures by contacting the Chief
Compliance Officer of the Adviser.
Item 18. Financial Information
We are not required to include a balance sheet for our most recent fiscal year. In addition, we are not aware
of any financial condition reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet contractual commitments to clients
and have not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at any time during the past ten years.
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