2013 - Top 50 US Hedge Funds

The top 50 hedge funds in the US manage in excess of $800 billion in assets. Bridgewater heads the list of the largest US hedge funds for 2013, followed by JP Morgan, and Paulson & Co. 40 of the top 50 hedge funds in the US had more than $10 billion in AUM beginning 2013.

Top 50 US Hedge Funds 2013:

Hedge Fund	City	State	AUM
Bridgewater Associates	Westport	CT	$75.2 billion
JP Morgan Alternative Investments	New York	NY	$49.5 billion
Paulson & Co.	New York	NY	$35.2 billion
Wellington Management Company LLP	Boston	MA	$32.4 billion
Och-Ziff Capital Management	New York	NY	$30.3 billion
BlackRock Investment Management Australia	New York		$29.1 billion
Baupost Group	Boston	MA	$23.1 billion
Angelo Gordon & Co.	New York	NY	$22.1 billion
AQR Capital Management	Greenwich	CT	$21.65 billion
Renaissance Technologies	East Setauket	NY	$20.6 billion
Farallon Capital Management	San Francisco	CA	$19.6 billion
King Street Capital Management	New York	NY	$18.8 billion
Lone Pine Capital	Greenwich	CT	$18.5 billion
Elliott Management	New York	NY	$18.1 billion
Goldman Sachs Asset Management	New York	NY	$17.5 billion
DE Shaw	New York	NY	$17.4 billion
Two Sigma Investments	New York	NY	$17 billion
Convexity Capital Management	Boston	MA	$16.85 billion
GoldenTree Asset Management	New York	NY	$16.75 billion
Sankaty Advisors	Boston	MA	$16.4 billion
Adage Capital Management	Boston	MA	$15.9 billion
Moore Capital Management	New York	NY	$15.6 billion
Eton Park Capital Management	New York	NY	$15.4 billion
Marathon Asset Management	New York	NY	$15.2 billion
Tudor Investment Corporation	Greenwich	CT	$13.6 billion
Canyon Capital Advisors	Los Angeles	CA	$13.5 billion
Citadel Investment Group	Chicago	IL	$13 billion
5:15 Capital Management	Greenwich	CT	$13 billion
Avenue Capital Group	New York	NY	$12.6 billion
York Capital Management	New York	NY	$12.5 billion
Davidson Kempner Capital Management	New York	NY	$12.25 billion
Appaloosa Management	Chatham	NJ	$12 billion
Anchorage Capital Group	New York	NY	$11.5 billion
Mesirow Advanced Strategies	Chicago	IL	$11.1 billion
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.	Boston	MA	$11 billion
EMF Financial	New York	NY	$11 billion
Maverick Capital	Dallas	TX	$10.8 billion
Aurora Investment Management	Chicago	IL	$10.3 billion
Highfields Capital Management	Boston	MA	$10.24 billion
Pershing Square Capital Management	New York	NY	$10.2 billion
Element Capital Management	New York	NY	$9.8 billion
Alliance Bernstein Institutional	New York	NY	$9.5 billion
Caxton Associates	New York	NY	$9.45 billion
Taconic Capital Advisors	New York	NY	$9.4 billion
Anchorage Advisors	New York	NY	$9.3 billion
Magnetar Capital	Evanston	IL	$9.1 billion
Lighthouse Investment Partners	Palm Beach Gardens	FL	$8.65 billion
Gresham Investment Management	New York	NY	$8.5 billion
Concordia Advisors	New York	NY	$8.4 billion
Brookside Capital	Boston	MA	$8.22 billion

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Source: Hedge Lists

Hedge Funds in Texas

From The Economist
FOR a state more closely associated with cattle and cowboys, Texas is home to a surprisingly big herd of hedge funds. They manage around $40 billion, making Texas the fifth-largest US state for hedge-fund assets (after New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and California), according to the Blue Heron Group, a research firm. Some of the industry’s biggest names, like Lee Ainslie of Maverick Capital and Eddie Lampert of ESL Investments, have ties to the state or Texan investors.
Many Texans like to trace the industry’s vibrancy to the state’s risk-taking traditions. A century ago “wildcatters” put everything they had on the line to drill oil wells, hoping to discover a gusher. Some made millions; others lost everything.

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