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Chicago directory · 328 firms

Asset management firms in Chicago

Chicago money management grew up next to the exchanges, and it shows. The city's independent layer runs from value-equity boutiques that have compounded quietly for decades to the quant and derivatives specialists the trading floors seeded, plus credit shops, multi-asset managers and fund boutiques spun out of the city's institutional giants. FirmScope verified 328 of them by hand - each one active, Chicago-based and genuinely independent, with its strategy recorded the way the firm itself describes it.

Scroll for the list. The full directory adds working website and LinkedIn links, named contacts where firms publish them, and filters by strategy - the fastest route to a credible target list in Midwest asset management.

112
Generalist
44
Quant / Systematic
31
Hedge Fund
15
Multi-Asset

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25 of the 328 firms on the list

FirmFocusTeam size
ANOVA CAPITAL-51-200
Builders Asset ManagementGeneralist51-200
CI SBH Asset ManagementQuant / Systematic51-200
CMT DigitalGeneralist51-200
Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.Infrastructure51-200
Eagle SevenQuant / Systematic51-200
Flexpoint FordGeneralist51-200
InsurX Capital Investments-51-200
Jump CryptoQuant / Systematic51-200
North Square InvestmentsGeneralist51-200
PSP PartnersGeneralist51-200
RCP AdvisorsGeneralist51-200
Teza TechnologiesQuant / Systematic51-200
The Vistria GroupGeneralist51-200
TransMarket GroupQuant / Systematic51-200
Valkyrie TradingQuant / Systematic51-200
Victory Park Capital AdvisorsGeneralist51-200
XR TradingQuant / Systematic51-200
ZCMGeneralist51-200
1st & Main Growth PartnersGeneralist11-50
AAM - Insurance Investment ManagementGeneralist11-50
African Educational Investment Fund (AEIF)-11-50
AgmanGeneralist11-50
AGR PartnersGeneralist11-50
Anchor Bolt Capital, LPHedge Fund11-50

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What counts as a boutique here

Independent fund managers with real Chicago operations: specialist equity, credit, quant and multi-asset boutiques whose ownership sits with the founders rather than a bank or insurer - the firms running funds, not just private client books.

The city's institutional giants, the fund-rating houses and pure wealth managers are excluded on purpose - they recruit through structured programs. This list covers the investment boutiques that hire one person at a time, quietly.

Full detail on sourcing and verification is on the methodology page.

Common questions

How many boutique asset managers are in Chicago?

FirmScope currently tracks 328 in Chicago. The city's asset management industry is far larger by AUM, but this list maps independent boutiques specifically - and it updates as the market consolidates.

Why are the famous Chicago names missing?

Because the famous names are institutional giants and this directory maps independent boutiques. A manager owned by a bank or running hundreds of billions recruits like one; the firms listed here hire directly and quietly.

Do Chicago asset managers hire juniors?

Boutiques here hire in ones and twos, usually off-cycle, and the trading-adjacent shops look hard at quantitative skills. Research the strategy, find the right principal, and prove you understand what the firm actually runs.

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