Modular Asset Management

Modular Asset Management

Modular Asset Management was founded in 2018 by Jimmy Lim, a former portfolio manager at BlueCrest Capital Management. Lim built the firm around a global macro strategy, applying a systematic and discretionary overlay to rates, foreign exchange, commodities, and equities across developed and emerging markets. The firm's name reflects a belief in modular, adaptable investment processes rather than a single monolithic model. The firm runs a multi-portfolio-manager macro platform. Investment teams operate with discretion within centrally managed risk limits, covering G10 and Asian rates, FX, and commodity relative value. Modular allocates capital to internal PMs through a pod structure, with Lim overseeing aggregate portfolio construction. Confirmed activity includes positioning in Asian interest-rate derivatives and G10 foreign exchange, reflecting a footprint that spans Singapore, London, and New York trading hours. The firm's geographic posture is anchored in Asia-Pacific, with a material presence across North America and Europe through its Greenwich, San Francisco, New York, and Berlin offices. Since launch, Modular has operated without publicly disclosing assets under management. The firm maintains offices in Singapore, Greenwich, San Francisco, New York, and Berlin, suggesting a team distributed across key financial centers. Bloomberg reported in 2018 that the firm secured anchor capital from a sovereign wealth fund, a commitment that provided institutional credibility from inception. No adjacent vehicles, philanthropic arms, or wealth channels are publicly known. The firm's structural difference lies in its Asian anchor with Western operational DNA. Lim built a pod-based macro platform in Singapore at a time when most multi-manager macro firms remained concentrated in London and New York. The backer structure — an unnamed sovereign anchor — means Modular sits between a proprietary trading desk for a state-linked entity and a fully open-market hedge fund, a posture that shapes counterparty relationships and capacity management differently than a purely third-party capital model.