EMC Capital Management, LLC

EMC Capital Management, LLC is a fee-based SEC-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary investment management, participant-directed retirement plan advisory services, and acts as an adviser to private pooled investment vehicles. As of December 31, 2025 it reports managing approximately $218.9 million and generally serves high-net-worth individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts and small businesses.

For separately managed accounts EMC typically implements passive, asset-class ETF portfolios grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory with a buy-and-hold, low-turnover approach and the occasional use of options; fixed income mandates may be managed directly or by a third-party fixed income manager. For its private fund strategies (notably the EMC Alpha Fund), investment selections are driven by a quantitative, factor-weighted process and the fund strategy may employ derivatives, short positions and leverage as part of its implementation.

What distinguishes the firm from many peers is its role as a sponsor and adviser to private pooled funds and its affiliation with an entity that serves as a general partner to those funds, creating side-by-side management of separate client accounts and pooled vehicles. EMC does not charge performance-based fees for its standard advisory accounts, but its affiliated private funds do employ performance-based incentive allocations subject to typical high-water mark provisions, and the firm operates with a small client base and a single-advisor structure relative to its asset size.