AUM reaches US$5.9 billion
Polar reports US$5.9 billion of assets under management across 29 PM teams.
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Toronto-founded multi-strategy hedge fund manager running niche, arbitrage and relative-value strategies across 29 PM teams.
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Polar Asset Management Partners was founded in Toronto in 1991 and now describes itself as a global alternative asset manager with Canadian roots, managing about US$5.9 billion. It runs a multi-strategy platform of 29 portfolio-management teams covering credit and convertibles, rates, fundamental equity long/short, event-driven, structured credit, power and natural gas, and systematic trading. Beyond the Toronto head office it has offices in Calgary, New York and London. For students, Polar advertises early-career associate roles and internships across investment, technology and business teams.
Diversified platform of portfolio-management teams aiming for risk-adjusted returns with capital preservation, spanning credit and convertibles, rates, fundamental equity long/short, event-driven, structured and opportunistic credit, power and natural gas, and systematic trading.
Private funds sold in Canada by offering memorandum, including the Polar Multi-Strategy Fund (Canada), Polar Long Short Fund (Canada) and two Polar Micro-Cap funds.
Polar Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund, offered in Series A, F and I.
Credit and rates business lines led since 2025 by Jason Cope, formerly head of global fixed income at TD Securities.
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Expect the real question underneath to be “why this strategy”, then “why this platform within it”. Have a view on long/short versus multi-manager versus event-driven before you have a view on the firm, and bring one idea you can defend.
One of the largest Canadian hedge funds, with genuine multi-strategy capability including event-driven, convertible arbitrage and new-issue strategies.
Arbitrage and event strategies teach structure and documentation rather than only fundamentals, which is a rarer skill set.
Toronto-based and independent, so the whole investment process is in one building.
Strategy breadth means you can find the lane that fits rather than being assigned one.
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Chairman & Chief Investment Officer
Office of the CIO
Co-founded Polar in 1991, sets the firm's investment strategy and oversees the investment team. He started at Burns Fry in 1982 in equity and equity-derivatives research and trading, and later ran its institutional equity trading group as a Director.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
Joined Polar in 2012 in a legal role, became Chief Compliance Officer in 2016, COO in 2019, President in 2023 and CEO in 2024. Before Polar he was VP Corporate Operations and General Counsel at another Toronto hedge fund, after starting in corporate securities law. U of T engineering and law graduate.
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Executive
Joined Polar in 2023 after senior operating roles at trading firms, including COO and CFO of HC Technologies (2018-2022), Duane Park Capital Management and Ospraie Management, and Deputy COO at Tudor Investment Corporation. CPA.
Deputy CIO and Head of Portfolio Construction
Office of the CIO
Works in the Office of the CIO on strategy incubation, portfolio-manager development and portfolio efficiency. Joined Polar in 2016 as a Portfolio Manager running a systematic trend-following strategy; previously a Managing Director at The Carlyle Group (formerly Diversified Global Asset Management) and a Partner at Breton Hill Capital.
Deputy CIO and Head of Equities
Equities
Joined Polar in 1995 as an Equity Analyst and launched its U.S. equity long/short strategy in 1997. Earlier worked at SEI Financial Services and Marquest Investment Counsel. Saint Mary's University commerce graduate and CFA charterholder.
Head of Global Fixed Income and Rates
Fixed Income and Rates
Runs Polar's credit and rates business lines since joining in 2025. Spent 2009-2025 at TD Securities, latterly as Executive Managing Director and Head of Global Fixed Income; earlier in credit trading at Scotiabank and RBC Capital Markets. Queen's commerce graduate.
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2025
Jason CopeHire
Head of Global Fixed Income and Rates
TD Securities → Polar Asset Management Partners
Polar hired TD Securities' head of global fixed income to lead its credit and rates business lines. The official bio gives the year only.
2025
Elisabeth SummersHire
General Counsel
Sculptor Capital Management → Polar Asset Management Partners
Polar hired a new General Counsel from Sculptor Capital Management, where she was general counsel of its real estate business from 2019 to 2024. The official bio gives the year only.
2024
Greg LemaichPromotion
President and Chief Executive Officer
Polar Asset Management Partners → Polar Asset Management Partners
Lemaich, who joined in a legal role in 2012, added the CEO title in 2024 after becoming President in 2023. The official bio gives years only.
Polar reports US$5.9 billion of assets under management across 29 PM teams.
Polar hires TD Securities' head of global fixed income to run credit and rates.
President Greg Lemaich adds the Chief Executive Officer title.
Bill Peckford launches Polar's U.S. equity long/short strategy.
Paul Sabourin co-founds Polar in Toronto.
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