Quantix Commodities

What Quantix Commodities does

Quantix Commodities LP is a Greenwich, Connecticut-based commodity investment management firm founded in 2018 (with strategy operations scaling from 2019) by three former Goldman Sachs commodity index professionals — Don Casturo, Daniel Cepeda, and Tom Glanfield. The firm is registered with the CFTC as a Commodity Trading Advisor and Commodity Pool Operator and with the SEC as an investment adviser, and operates with a team of approximately 22 professionals. Its core technology is the proprietary Quantix Commodity Index (QCI), a dynamic, inflation-sensitive commodity index that weights constituents by their correlation to inflation and cost of carry rather than by volume or production, and that is calculated and published by Solactive AG under tickers QCITR and QCIER. Quantix markets three principal products: the Quantix Commodities Alpha (QCA) all-weather absolute return strategy launched in 2019, the Quantix Active Inflation (QAI) long-only inflation strategy launched in 2021, and the QCI index itself introduced in January 2022, with a wholly-owned subsidiary Quantix Commodities Indices LLC holding the index IP.

The firm generates revenue through management fees and performance fees on its private funds and managed accounts, plus index licensing royalties on QCI-based products. Its flagship channel is direct institutional sales to pension funds, endowments, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds, with services restricted to Qualified Eligible Persons under CFTC Regulation 4.7. Distribution is amplified by a strategic subadvisory relationship with Harbor Capital Advisors on the Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (HGER), an exchange-traded fund that surpassed $2 billion in AUM shortly after its four-year anniversary. The firm also pursues thought leadership marketing through webinars, whitepapers, and elite investor conferences in partnership with industry groups such as Markets Group, and has engaged senior advisors and institutional allocators (including GIC, APG Asset Management, and Albourne Partners) to reinforce its positioning within institutional commodity allocation mandates.

Name

Quantix Commodities

Legal name

Quantix Commodities LP

Website

https://quantixcommodities.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quantix Commodities LP is a Greenwich, CT-based, SEC- and CFTC-registered investment manager founded by ex-Goldman Sachs commodity index professionals that builds and runs inflation-sensitive commodity strategies and a proprietary index for institutional pension funds, endowments, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, and ETF allocators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commodity Investment Management

NAICS

Commodity Contracts Intermediation (52316), Commodity Contracts Intermediation (523160), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523), Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (5231)

SIC

Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221), Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200)

akta.pro primary industry

Commodity Derivatives (Energy, Metals, Ags) (FSACADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Quant Commodities (Curve/Spread, Seasonality, Systematic Commodity Strategies) (FSAHAEAF), Commodity & Precious Metals ETFs (Physical, Futures) (FSAAAFAG)

Keywords

• Commodity investment management
• Institutional asset management
• Inflation hedging strategies
• Commodity index licensing
• Active commodity trading

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenwich

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Management Fees: Quantix charges management fees for managing private commodity funds and strategies. As a registered CTA/CPO and SEC-registered investment advisor, the firm generates revenue through standard asset management fee structures on managed accounts and funds.
2. Performance Fees: The firm charges performance-based compensation tied to investment returns, as disclosed in fund offering documents. Performance fees create incentives for investment managers and are typical in commodity trading advisor structures.
3. Index Licensing: The Quantix Commodity Index (QCI) is licensed for use in financial products, including the Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (HGER) subadvised by Quantix. Revenue is generated through licensing arrangements with calculation agent Solactive AG and product issuers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Quantix Commodities provides professional commodity investment solutions to institutional investors, including the all-weather absolute return QCA strategy, the long-only inflation-focused QAI strategy, and the proprietary inflation-sensitive Quantix Commodity Index (QCI). The firm is a registered CTA/CPO and SEC investment advisor that manages discretionary commodity mandates, subadvises commodity ETFs, and licenses its index for use in third-party financial products.

Product overview

Quantix Commodities offers a portfolio of commodity investment products delivered by a team with over 50 years of collective experience, originally pioneers in enhanced commodity index investing at Goldman Sachs. The product suite consists of two active investment strategies and one index product: (1) Quantix Commodities Alpha (QCA) is an all-weather, absolute return strategy launched in 2019; (2) Quantix Active Inflation (QAI) is an inflation-focused long-only commodity strategy launched in 2021; and (3) the Quantix Commodity Index (QCI) is a dynamic, inflation-sensitive commodity index launched in 2022, available under total return and excess return variants, which also underlies the investment strategies. The firm also subadvises the Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (HGER), a public ETF that tracks a similar all-weather commodity approach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Quantix Commodity Index (QCI): A dynamic commodity index with objective of broadly diversified commodity exposure and inflation hedge for investors. Distributed under tickers QCITR (Total Return) and QCIER (Excess Return).
• Quantix Active Inflation (QAI)
• Quantix Commodities Alpha (QCA)

Products and services

• Quantix Commodities Alpha (QCA) Strategy An all-weather, relative value strategy seeking to generate positive risk-adjusted returns across all market environments through dynamic rotation between gold and energy based on inflation indicators. Built for institutional investors seeking absolute return commodity exposure.
• Quantix Active Inflation (QAI) Strategy A long-only basket of commodities strategy constructed to deliver superior inflation protection by outperforming traditional commodity indices, particularly in inflationary environments. Designed for institutional investors seeking strategic inflation hedging.
• Quantix Commodity Index (QCI) A dynamic commodity index designed to provide broadly diversified commodity exposure and an inflation hedge for investors. Uses the inflation sensitivity of each commodity to determine weights, unlike traditional commodity indices that use volume or production data. Available as Total Return (QCITR) and Excess Return (QCIER) variants, and licensed for use in financial products such as ETFs.
• Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (HGER) Subadvisory Subadvisory services delivered to Harbor Capital Advisors for the HGER ETF, applying Quantix's dynamic rebalancing strategy that rotates between gold and energy based on inflation indicators, with gold comprising 40.9% of holdings. Available to institutional and retail investors through brokerage platforms.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% YTD return in Q1 2026 vs 13% for comparable funds
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Harbor Capital AdvisorscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 March 2026Quantix serves as subadvisor for the Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (HGER), which surpassed $2 billion in AUM. Quantix provides the dynamic rebalancing strategy that rotates between gold and energy based on inflation indicators. The partnership enables distribution of Quantix's commodity investment expertise through the ETF wrapper.
• Solactive AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationSolactive AG serves as the calculation agent for the Quantix Commodity Index, calculating and publishing index values under tickers QCITR (Total Return) and QCIER (Excess Return).
• Markets GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMarkets Group partnered with Harbor Capital Advisors and Quantix Commodities to host an invitation-only investor luncheon in Newport Beach, California, bringing together institutional allocators to discuss commodities as a portfolio strategy.
• Goldman SachsminorOthersQuantix partners were pioneers in enhanced commodity index investing while working together at Goldman Sachs, managing the business during the biggest period of commodity index AUM growth in history.
• GICminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGIC (Singapore's sovereign wealth fund) Head of Real Return Programme Tammam Mouakhar participated as panelist in Quantix-hosted webinar on role of commodities in institutional portfolios.
• APG Asset ManagementminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSenior Portfolio Manager Linus Nilsson from APG Asset Management participated as panelist in Quantix-hosted webinar on commodity allocations in institutional portfolios.
• Albourne PartnersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner and Investment Analyst Phil Pothier from Albourne Partners participated as panelist in Quantix webinar on commodities in institutional portfolios during inflationary periods.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mount Lucas Management: Mount Lucas runs a multi-strategy commodity CTA and trend-following program. Comparable as a commodity-focused alternative manager serving institutional allocators with rule-based investment approaches.
• WisdomTree: WisdomTree is the most direct comparable, explicitly referenced as the benchmark fund (Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund) that Quantix's HGER is outperforming. Both firms offer commodity index/ETF products for institutional and retail allocators.
• Gresham Investment Management: Gresham is a specialized commodity investment manager running systematic and active commodity strategies. Highly comparable in terms of boutique scale, commodity focus, and institutional client base.
• Welton Investment Partners: Welton is a commodity-focused alternative investment firm offering systematic and discretionary commodity strategies. Comparable as a boutique commodity specialist targeting institutional clients.
• Aspect Capital: Aspect is a systematic, diversified CTA managing commodity exposure for institutions. Comparable in systematic methodology, absolute-return orientation, and pension/endowment client mix.
• AQR Capital Management: AQR is a systematic, factor-based asset manager with a sizable commodity strategies franchise. Both firms apply quantitative, rule-based frameworks to commodities and target institutional allocators seeking risk-adjusted returns.

Broad incumbents

• iShares (BlackRock): iShares dominates commodity ETF AUM globally. As the largest ETF issuer, BlackRock's iShares commodity products set the competitive benchmark on fees, liquidity, and distribution scale.
• Man Group: Man Group (including AHL) runs systematic, multi-asset programs with significant commodity exposure. Comparable as an institutional quantitative manager but operating at much greater scale with broader mandate offerings.
• Invesco: Invesco operates a large suite of commodity ETFs (e.g., DBLCI, Bloomberg Commodity) and competes directly for the same ETF allocators as HGER. A broad incumbent with overlap on the ETF distribution side.
• PIMCO: PIMCO offers commodity strategies inside its massive multi-asset platform. As a broad incumbent with institutional scale, PIMCO is the primary competitor when pension funds select commodity mandates, though its commodity business is a smaller part of a much larger firm.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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