Top 100 Largest Hedge Funds

Below is a list of the 100 largest hedge funds in the world including location and AUM (assets under management) as of 2009.

1. Bridgewater Associates
Location: Westport, CT
AUM: $38.00 billion

2. JPMorgan Asset Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $32.89 billion

3. Paulson & Co.
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $29.00 billion

4. D.E. Shaw & Company
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $28.60 billion

5. Brevan Howard Asset Management
Location: London, UK
AUM: $26.84 billion

6. MAN Investments
Location: London, UK
AUM: $24.40 billion

7. Och-Ziff Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $22.10 billion

8. Soros Fund Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $21.00 billion

9. Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $20.59 billion

10. Renaissance Technologies Corporation
Location: East Setauket, NY
AUM: $20.00 billion

11. Farallon Capital Management
Location: San Francisco, CA
AUM: $20.00 billion

12. Barclays Global Investors
Location: London, UK
AUM: $17.00 billion

13. Baupost Group
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $16.80 billion

14. BlueBay Asset Management
Location: London, UK
AUM: $16.70 billion

15. Moore Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $16.50 billion

16. Avenue Capital Group
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $16.20 billion

17. King Street Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $15.90 billion

18. Angelo, Gordon & Company
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $14.00 billion

19. Fortress Investment Group
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $13.66 billion

20. BlueCrest Capital Management
Location: London, UK
AUM: $13.27 billion

21. Lone Pine Capital
Location: Greenwich, CT
AUM: $13.00 billion

22. Elliott Management Corporation
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $12.80 billion

23. Winton Capital Management
Location: London, UK
AUM: $12.40 billion

24. Eton Park Capital
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $12.00 billion

25. SAC Capital Advisors
Location: Stamford, CT
AUM: $12.00 billion

26. Landsowne Partners
Location: London, UK
AUM: $12.00 billion

27. Cerberus Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $11.90 billion

28. FX Concepts
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $11.74 billion

29. Millenium Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $11.70 billion

30. GLG Partners
Location: London, UK
AUM: $11.50 billion

31. Tudor Investment Corporation
Location: Greenwich, CT
AUM: $11.37 billion

32. Citadel Investment Group
Location: Chicago, IL
AUM: $10.72 billion

33. Axon Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $10.60 billion

34. ESL Investments
Location: Greenwich, CT
AUM: $10.50 billion

35. Duquesne Capital Management
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
AUM: $10.00 billion

36. Wellington Capital Management
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $10.00 billion

37. GoldenTree Asset Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $10.00 billion

38. Davidson Kempner Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $9.70 billion

39. Maverick Capital
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $9.70 billion

40. Viking Global Investors
Location: Greenwich, CT
AUM: $9.66 billion

41. The Children's Investment Fund
Location: London, UK
AUM: $9.40 billion

42. Canyon Capital Advisors
Location: Los Angeles, CA
AUM: $9.38 billion

43. Sloane Robinson
Location: London, UK
AUM: $9.10 billion

44. GMO
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $9.00 billion

45. Bain Capital
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $8.80 billion

46. Stark Investments
Location: St. Francis, WI
AUM: $8.67 billion

47. Convexity Capital Management
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $8.50 billion

48. QVT Financial
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $8.50 billion

49. Perry Capital
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $8.33 billion

50. Adage Capital Management
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $8.00 billion

51. Caxton Associates
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $8.00 billion

52. Atticus Capital
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $8.00 billion

53. York Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $7.80 billion

54. Highfields Capital Management
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $7.80 billion

55. Black River Asset Management
Location: Minnetonka, MN
AUM: $7.44 billion

56. Harbinger Capital Partners
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $7.10 billion

57. Taconic Capital Advisors
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $7.10 billion

58. Magnetar Capital
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $7.10 billion

59. HBK Capital Management
Location: Dallas, TX
AUM: $7.10 billion

60. Marathon Asset Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $7.00 billion

61. Blue Ridge Capital
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $7.00 billion

62. HSBC
Location: London, UK
AUM: $6.90 billion

63. Mariner Investment Group
Location: Harrison, NY
AUM: $6.80 billion

64. Symphony Asset Management
Location: San Francisco, CA
AUM: $6.70 billion

65. Marshall Wallace
Location: London, UK
AUM: $6.60 billion

66. Horseman Capital Management
Location: London, UK
AUM: $6.52

67. CQS
Location: London, UK
AUM: $6.50 billion

68. Silver Point Capital
Location: Greenwich, CT
AUM: $6.5 billion

69. Shumway Capital Partners
Location: Greenwich, CT
AUM: $6.50 billion

70. AQR Capital Management
Location: Greenwich, CT
AUM: $6.40 billion

71. Gartmore Investment Management
Location: London, UK
AUM: $6.16 billion

72. Anchorage Advisors
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $6.00 billion

73. Kynikos
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $6.00 billion

74. BlackRock
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $5.61 billion

75. Tiger Asia Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $5.60

76. Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $5.50 billion

77. Dexia Asset Management
Location: Paris, France
AUM: $5.47 billion

78. Sparx Group
Location: Tokyo, Japan
AUM: $5.43 billion

79. Alternative and Quantitative Investments
Location: Chicago, IL
AUM: $5.43 billion

80. Spinnaker Capital
Location: London, UK
AUM: $5.40 billion

81. Cheyne Capital Management
Location: London, UK
AUM: $5.23 billion

82. AllianceBernstein
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $5.1 billion

83. Greenlight Capital
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $5.1 billion

84. Appaloosa Management
Location: Chatham, NJ
AUM: $5.1 billion

85. Galleon Group
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $5.00 billion

86. Cantillon Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $5.00 billion

87. Centaurus Energy
Location: Houston, TX
AUM: $5.0o billion

88. Thames River Capital
Location: London, UK
AUM: $4.9 billion

89. Campbell & Co.
Location: Towson, MD
AUM: $4.9 billion

90. Graham Capital Management
Location: Rowayton, CT
AUM: $4.72 billion

91. Pershing Square Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $4.70 billion

92. Icahn Capital
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $4.63 billion

93. BlueMountain Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $4.60 billion

94. Glenview Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $4.46 billion

95. Varde Partners
Location: Minneapolis, MN
AUM: $4.40 billion

96. Brummer and Partners
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
AUM: $4.39 billion

97. Tewksbury Capital Management
Location: Hamilton, Bermuda
AUM: $4.30 billion

98. Aspect Capital
Location: London, UK
AUM: $4.30 billion

99. Credit Suisse Hedging
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
AUM: $4.24 billion

100. Carlson Capital
Location: Dallas, TX
AUM: $4.23 billion

Source: Institutional Investor

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