CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC
NEW YORK, NY · CIK 1426196 · 13F filing filed 2026-08-17
SEC-registered investment adviser since 2012 · limited liability company
- Assets managed$91.5bn
- Staff304 · 115 in investment roles
- Main clients (by assets)Private funds 100%
- Private funds16 (16 hedge) · $91.3bn gross assets
- Form ADV · 2026-08-05SEC adviser record
- Legal entityCAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC (US)
Other 13F filers in this group: Capstone Investment Advisors (UK), LLP files a notice
- Kindhedge funds, futures
- Others nearbyNew York, NY, London, Stamford, CT, Boston, MA, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA
- FamilyCAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC · 2 related pages
As an employer
- Staff in the UK1
- Offices in1 country
- Private fundshedge 16
Where they work
Offices
From Form ADV: the main office and the other offices where it does advisory work (at most the 25 largest), with the people doing investment work at each. “About” is worked out: the firm's investment staff less its other offices. Each city links to the other managers there.
| City | People |
|---|---|
| New York, NY (main office)United States | about 96 |
| Stamford, CTUnited States | 6 |
| Boston, MAUnited States | 5 |
| Los Angeles, CAUnited States | 3 |
| San Francisco, CAUnited States | 3 |
| Houston, TXUnited States | 1 |
| Middletown, MDUnited States | 1 |
US visa salary filings
- Filings FY2024–202629
- Median salary offered$150,000
- Middle half$125,000 – $170,000
- Job titles22
| Job title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Associate, TraderNew York, NY | 3 | $150,000 |
| Senior Vice President, Associate Portfolio ManagerNew York, NY | 2 | $200,000 |
| Associate, Treasury Quant32nd Floor, NY | 2 | $160,000 |
| Vice President, Quantitative StrategistNew York, NY | 2 | $155,000 |
| Associate, Macro ResearchNew York, NY | 2 | $120,000 |
| Associate, Data EngineerNew York, NY | 2 | $115,000 |
| Senior Vice President, Portfolio ManagerNew York, NY | 1 | $200,000 |
| Vice President, Senior Convertible Bond AnalystNew York, NY | 1 | $200,000 |
| Vice President, Associate Portfolio ManagerNew York, NY | 1 | $200,000 |
| Vice President, Treasury QuantNew York, NY | 1 | $190,000 |
| Associate, Investment Team AnalystNew York, NY | 1 | $175,000 |
| Associate, Data ScientistNew York, NY | 1 | $170,000 |
10 more job titles
| Associate, Quantitative DeveloperNew York, NY | 1 | $165,000 |
| Associate, StructurerNew York, NY | 1 | $160,000 |
| Vice President, Software EngineerNew York, NY | 1 | $158,000 |
| Associate, Software EngineerNew York, NY | 1 | $140,000 |
| Analyst, Quantitative ResearcherNew York, NY | 1 | $140,000 |
| Analyst, Data EngineerNew York, NY | 1 | $130,000 |
| Analyst, StrategistNew York, NY | 1 | $125,000 |
| Analyst, Quantitative Research AnalystNew York, NY | 1 | $120,000 |
| AnalystNew York, NY | 1 | $110,000 |
| Analyst, Software EngineerNew York, NY | 1 | $100,000 |
Source: US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosure data (certified, full-time, yearly equivalent). These are the salaries the employer committed to pay the visa roles it filed for, at least the prevailing wage for the job and place; they are not the pay of all its staff. Filed by: Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC.
In the UK
| Company | Staff |
|---|---|
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS (UK), LLP Limited Liability Partnership · accounts to 2025-12-31 | 1 |
Sources: Companies House (accounts filed electronically; the largest groups often file on paper, so their staff numbers can be missing), the UK gender pay gap service (employers with 250+ staff) and the FCA's Financial Services Register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Map: places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), outlines from Natural Earth.
Options: 307 call positions ($8.0bn notional), 392 put positions ($31.6bn notional) – listed below, not included above.
This report includes the holdings of 1 other manager that shares the investment decisions:
- Capstone Investment Advisors (UK), LLP – reports through this filing
Shares in two reports are counted once in each security's totals.
Holdings, Q2 2026
The small lines show how much was held over the last 4 quarters (adjusted for stock splits).
| Security | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MICROSOFT CORP MSFT | $1.6bn11.16% | Added +1.5m |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION NVDA | $1.4bn9.56% | Added +2.9m |
| WESTERN DIGITAL CORP WDC 3 11.15.28 · principal | $1.4bn9.43% | Unchanged |
| ISHARES TR IVV | $1.2bn8.13% | Added +4.3k |
| AMAZON COM INC AMZN | $736.3m5.12% | Reduced -2.7m |
| VANGUARD INDEX FDS VOO | $589.2m4.10% | Added +2.6k |
| TESLA INC TSLA | $556.4m3.87% | Reduced -131.1k |
| META PLATFORMS INC META | $335.1m2.33% | Added +255.8k |
| INVESCO QQQ TR QQQ | $314.4m2.19% | Added +395.5k |
| APPLE INC AAPL | $270.5m1.88% | Reduced -51.7k |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC MU | $265.9m1.85% | Added +177.0k |
| ECHOSTAR CORP ECHO 3.875 11.30.30 · principal | $205.0m1.43% | Added +13.2m |
| NOKIA CORP NOK | $193.8m1.35% | New |
| ORACLE CORP ORCL | $178.4m1.24% | Added +333.1k |
| BROADCOM INC AVGO | $169.3m1.18% | Added +70.4k |
| SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN CORP SPCX | $138.8m0.97% | New |
| INTERDIGITAL INC IDCC 3.5 06.01.27 · principal | $127.7m0.89% | Added +354.0k |
| BRIDGEBIO PHARMA INC BBIO 2.5 03.15.27 · principal | $124.5m0.87% | Added +15.5m |
| MICROSTRATEGY INC MSTR | $112.9m0.78% | Added +1.2m |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC PLTR | $107.9m0.75% | Added +604.3k |
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL BRK.B | $98.8m0.69% | Added +170.3k |
| ALPHABET INC GOOG | $96.1m0.67% | Reduced -566.7k |
| WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC WBD | $90.8m0.63% | Reduced -6.8m |
| CLOUDFLARE INC NET 0 08.15.26 · principal | $86.2m0.60% | Reduced -24.2m |
| CHEFS WHSE INC CHEF 2.375 12.15.28 · principal | $79.8m0.55% | Reduced -5.8m |
| CHART INDS INC GTLS | $77.3m0.54% | Added +207.0k |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR SPY | $75.7m0.53% | Reduced -492.0k |
| ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD BABA | $74.2m0.52% | Added +765.3k |
| WEBSTER FINL CORP WBS | $71.5m0.50% | Added +85.5k |
| LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT IN LYV 3.125 01.15.29 · principal | $71.4m0.50% | New |
| ISHARES TR FXI | $69.5m0.48% | Added +1.2m |
| KENVUE INC KVUE | $68.8m0.48% | Added +935.3k |
| MIRUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC MIRM 4 05.01.29 · principal | $68.3m0.47% | Reduced -8.6m |
| AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC AKAM 0.25 05.15.33 · principal | $65.7m0.46% | New |
| XERIS BIOPHARMA HOLDINGS INC XERS 8 07.15.28 · principal | $62.6m0.44% | Unchanged |
| SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR XLE | $61.9m0.43% | Added +1.3k |
| BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC BMRN 1.25 05.15.27 · principal | $60.8m0.42% | Added +8.2m |
| UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC UBER 0.875 12.01.28 2028 · principal | $57.3m0.40% | Added +15.0m |
| TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTD TSM | $52.7m0.37% | Added +62.7k |
| ETSY INC ETSY | $48.3m0.34% | New |
| CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC CBRS | $44.7m0.31% | New |
| ETSY INC ETSY 0.125 09.01.27 · principal | $44.6m0.31% | New |
| ROKU INC ROKU | $44.2m0.31% | Added +301.7k |
| SANDISK CORP SNDK | $44.2m0.31% | Added +15.7k |
| ETSY INC ETSY 1 06.15.30 · principal | $43.9m0.30% | New |
| BENTLEY SYS INC BSY 0.375 07.01.27 · principal | $43.8m0.30% | Added +3.8m |
| ISHARES TR EEM | $41.4m0.29% | Reduced -123.9k |
| GRANITE CONSTR INC GVA 3.25 06.15.30 · principal | $40.9m0.28% | New |
| ADOBE INC ADBE | $40.0m0.28% | Added +110.5k |
| NETFLIX INC NFLX | $37.8m0.26% | Added +427.2k |
| STRIDE INC LRN 1.125 09.01.27 · principal | $36.4m0.25% | Added +10.0m |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC AMD | $35.4m0.25% | Reduced -655.0k |
| DEXCOM INC DXCM 0.375 05.15.28 · principal | $34.9m0.24% | New |
| ALPHATEC HLDGS INC ATEC 0.75 08.01.26 · principal | $33.1m0.23% | Added +12.3m |
| SEA LTD SEALTD 0.25 09.15.26 · principal | $30.7m0.21% | Unchanged |
| XOMETRY INC XMTR 0.75 06.15.30 · principal | $30.5m0.21% | New |
| ALLIANT ENERGY CORP LNT 3.25 05.30.28 · principal | $30.3m0.21% | New |
| ISHARES TR HYG | $29.8m0.21% | New |
| EVERGY INC EVRG 4.5 12.15.27 · principal | $28.5m0.20% | Reduced -10.0m |
| SPDR SER TR SJNK | $27.8m0.19% | New |
| MAKEMYTRIP LIMITED MAURITIUS MMYT 0 07.01.30 · principal | $27.4m0.19% | New |
| SPDR SER TR JNK | $26.8m0.19% | New |
| POST HLDGS INC POST 2.5 08.15.27 · principal | $26.7m0.19% | Added +7.2m |
| ISHARES INC EWZ | $25.8m0.18% | Added +692.0k |
| ISHARES TR SHYG | $25.4m0.18% | New |
| FIRSTENERGY CORP FE 3.625 01.15.29 · principal | $24.6m0.17% | New |
| GLOBALSTAR INC GSAT | $24.4m0.17% | New |
| FLUOR CORP FLR 1.125 08.15.29 · principal | $24.0m0.17% | Added +3.1m |
| REPLIGEN CORP RGEN 1 12.15.28 · principal | $23.1m0.16% | New |
| BLOCK INC XYZ 0.25 11.01.27 · principal | $22.9m0.16% | Added +13.5m |
| MAKEMYTRIP LIMITED MAURITIUS MMYT 0 02.15.28 · principal | $22.9m0.16% | Added +5.0m |
| SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC SMCI 7 06.01.29 · principal | $22.9m0.16% | New |
| UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC UBER | $22.8m0.16% | Added +6.5k |
| GXO LOGISTICS INCORPORATED GXO | $22.7m0.16% | Reduced -516.5k |
| INNOVIVA INC INVA 2.125 03.15.28 · principal | $22.6m0.16% | Unchanged |
| LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC LULU | $21.6m0.15% | Added +44.6k |
| ISHARES TR IWM | $20.7m0.14% | New |
| ALPHATEC HLDGS INC ATEC 0.75 03.15.30 · principal | $20.4m0.14% | Added +2.5m |
| ISHARES TR MUB | $20.1m0.14% | New |
| GDS HLDGS LTD GDSHDG 2.25 06.01.32 · principal | $19.2m0.13% | New |
| GAMESTOP CORP GME 0 06.15.32 · principal | $18.8m0.13% | New |
| LIVANOVA PLC LIVN 2.5 03.15.29 · principal | $18.8m0.13% | New |
| RAPID7 INC RPD 0.25 03.15.27 · principal | $18.2m0.13% | Reduced -34.5m |
| VALARIS LTD VAL | $17.4m0.12% | Added +140.4k |
| FIRSTENERGY CORP FE 3.875 01.15.31 · principal | $17.2m0.12% | New |
| GUARDANT HEALTH INC GH 0 11.15.27 · principal | $17.2m0.12% | Added +5.0m |
| AXALTA COATING SYS LTD AXTA | $17.1m0.12% | New |
| CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP CEG | $17.1m0.12% | Added +8.2k |
| SALESFORCE INC CRM | $17.0m0.12% | Added +91.4k |
| INTEGER HLDGS CORP ITGR 1.875 03.15.30 · principal | $17.0m0.12% | Added +12.5m |
| LUMENTUM HLDGS INC LITE | $16.5m0.11% | Added +18.3k |
| CME GROUP INC CME | $16.3m0.11% | Added +13.4k |
| TRANSMEDICS GROUP INC TMDX 1.5 06.01.28 · principal | $16.3m0.11% | New |
| MARA HOLDINGS INC MARA 0 03.01.30 · principal | $16.1m0.11% | Reduced -1.5m |
| APOGEE THERAPEUTICS INC COM | $15.9m0.11% | New |
| INNIO NV INIO | $15.8m0.11% | New |
| CELCUITY INC CELC 2.75 08.01.31 · principal | $15.8m0.11% | Added +6.0m |
| NUVALENT INC COM | $15.6m0.11% | New |
| BLACKSTONE INC BX | $15.5m0.11% | Added +6.2k |
| A10 NETWORKS INC ATEN 2.75 04.01.30 · principal | $15.3m0.11% | New |
Sold out since Q1 2026
| Security | Value then |
|---|---|
| LUMENTUM HLDGS INC LITE 1.5 12.15.29 | $752.7m74.3m shares |
| CNX RES CORP CNX 2.25 05.01.26 | $72.2m23.6m shares |
| PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP PRGS 1 04.15.26 | $54.0m54.0m shares |
| CYTOKINETICS INC CYTK 4 11.15.26 | $53.9m8.6m shares |
| ASCENDIS PHARMA A/S ASND 2.25 04.01.28 | $51.0m34.7m shares |
| CONMED CORP CNMD 2.25 06.15.27 | $51.0m52.5m shares |
| ELECTRONIC ARTS INC EA | $47.9m235.0k shares |
| VENTAS RLTY LTD PARTNERSHIP VTR 3.75 06.01.26 | $23.8m16.0m shares |
| SOUTHERN CO SO 4.5 06.15.27 | $18.3m16.5m shares |
| FIRSTENERGY CORP FE 4 05.01.26 | $17.5m16.0m shares |
| PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC PANW | $16.6m103.8k shares |
| CLEARWATER ANALYTICS HLDGS I | $16.6m700.0k shares |
| FLOWSERVE CORP FLS | $14.4m196.1k shares |
| COTERRA ENERGY INC CTRA | $13.7m389.8k shares |
| VISA INC V | $12.4m41.2k shares |
| STRATEGY INC MSTR 0.625 03.15.30 | $11.5m10.0m shares |
| LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N LYB | $10.1m125.4k shares |
| APELLIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC APLS | $10.1m250.0k shares |
| Q2 HLDGS INC QTWO 0.75 06.01.26 | $10.0m10.0m shares |
| ISHARES INC EWY | $9.2m74.7k shares |
| AECOM ACM | $8.5m100.1k shares |
| HOLOGIC INC HOLX | $8.2m108.0k shares |
| DAY ONE BIOPHARMACEUTICALS I | $5.1m236.0k shares |
| UNION PAC CORP UNP | $4.9m20.3k shares |
| ACCURAY INC DEL ARAY 3.75 06.01.26 | $4.3m4.5m shares |
Options (notional value)
| Underlying | Notional | Change |
|---|---|---|
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR SPY · Put | $7.0bn9.3m shares | Reduced |
| INVESCO QQQ TR QQQ · Put | $5.8bn7.8m shares | Reduced |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION NVDA · Put | $2.3bn11.3m shares | Added |
| INVESCO QQQ TR QQQ · Call | $2.1bn2.8m shares | Reduced |
| MICROSOFT CORP MSFT · Put | $1.8bn4.8m shares | Added |
| APPLE INC AAPL · Put | $1.2bn4.2m shares | Added |
| AMAZON COM INC AMZN · Put | $1.1bn4.4m shares | Reduced |
| TESLA INC TSLA · Put | $884.9m2.1m shares | Reduced |
| ISHARES TR LQD · Put | $681.4m6.2m shares | Added |
| ISHARES TR IWM · Call | $673.0m2.2m shares | Added |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR SPY · Call | $664.9m890.4k shares | Reduced |
| NEBIUS GROUP N.V. NBIS · Put | $622.9m2.3m shares | Added |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC MU · Put | $601.6m521.2k shares | Added |
| SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR XLF · Call | $532.4m9.9m shares | Added |
| ALPHABET INC GOOG · Put | $522.0m1.5m shares | Reduced |
| ALPHABET INC GOOGL · Put | $472.8m1.3m shares | Reduced |
| ISHARES TR FXI · Put | $424.2m13.4m shares | Added |
| META PLATFORMS INC META · Put | $384.5m682.6k shares | Added |
| ISHARES TR FXI · Call | $365.6m11.6m shares | Added |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC AMD · Put | $355.0m611.1k shares | Reduced |
| APPLE INC AAPL · Call | $354.4m1.2m shares | Added |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION NVDA · Call | $316.2m1.6m shares | Reduced |
| BROADCOM INC AVGO · Put | $313.1m828.8k shares | Added |
| SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR XLF · Put | $288.3m5.4m shares | Reduced |
| ISHARES TR HYG · Put | $284.1m3.6m shares | Reduced |