Top 250 Largest Hedge Funds 2017

250 Biggest Hedge Funds for 2017

Below is a list of the top 100 largest hedge fund managers for 2017, ranked by assets under management (AUM).

You can view the full list of the top 250 biggest hedge funds here:

Rank	Fund Name	Country	AUM ($millions)	Strategy
1	AQR Capital Management	United States	243982	Multi Strategy
2	Bridgewater Associates	United States	239323	Long/Short
3	Millennium Management	United States	207626	Multi Strategy
4	Citadel Investment Group	United States	152656	Convertibles
5	Goldman Sachs Asset Management	United States	106240
6	Wellington Management Company	United States	99740	Multi Strategy
7	Renaissance Technologies	United States	97006	Multi Strategy
8	Pine River Capital Management	United States	82775	Multi Strategy
9	DE Shaw	United States	81317	Absolute Return
10	Fortress Investment Group	United States	56936	Private Equity
11	Elliott Management	United States	56006	Global Equity
12	Element Capital Management	United States	55883	Global Macro
13	BlueCrest Capital Management	Switzerland	55100
14	Moore Capital Management	United States	53824	Global Macro
15	Och-Ziff Capital Management	United States	51744	Global Macro
16	Two Sigma Investments	United States	49269	Commodities
17	Cerberus Capital Management	United States	47973	Aerospace/Defense
18	Capula Investment Management	United Kingdom	45812	Absolute Return
19	Viking Global Investors	United States	43378	Global Macro
20	Adage Capital Management	United States	41969
21	GAM Fund Management	Hong Kong	40318	Fund of Funds
22	Tudor Investment Corporation	United States	39662	Multi Strategy
23	Angelo Gordon & Co.	United States	38253	Real Estate
24	Balyasny Asset Management	United States	37210	Multi Strategy
25	BlackRock Alternative Advisors	United States	33250	Global Macro
26	Lone Pine Capital	United States	33157	Long/Short
27	Discovery Capital Management	United States	33072	Equity
28	Lighthouse Investment Partners	United States	32568	Fund of Funds
29	Pictet Alternative Investments	Switzerland	31715	Fund of Funds
30	Baupost Group	United States	31563	Global Equity
31	Davidson Kempner	United States	31023	Global Equity
32	Graham Capital Management	United States	30308	Global Macro
33	GoldenTree Asset Management	United States	27384	Private Equity
34	Anchorage Capital Group	United States	27176	Credit
35	Centerbridge Partners LP	United States	26049	Multi Strategy
36	HBK Capital Management	United States	25448	Multi Strategy
37	Farallon Capital Management	United States	25436	Multi Strategy
38	Hillhouse Capital	Hong Kong	24960	Emerging Markets
39	PointState Capital	United States	24763	Energy
40	Tiger Global Management LLC	United States	23596
41	Bracebridge Capital	United States	23528	Absolute Returns
42	Appaloosa Management	United States	22845	Global Equity
43	Hutchin Hill Capital	United States	22809	Event Driven
44	Bluemountain Capital Management	United States	22788	Global Macro
45	King Street Capital Management	United States	21219	Global Macro
46	Winton Capital Management	United Kingdom	21157	Managed Futures
47	Select Equity	United States	20511	Equity
48	York Capital Management	United Kingdom	19975	Event Driven
49	York Capital Management	United States	19975	Event Driven
50	Magnetar Capital	United States	19895	Multi Strategy
51	Brigade Capital Management	United States	19731	Managed Futures
52	Polygon Investment Partners	United Kingdom	19650	Multi Strategy
53	Caxton Associates	United States	19427	Global Macro
54	Third Point LLC	United States	19412	Event Driven
55	Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors	United States	19358	Private Equity
56	Canyon Partners	United States	19149	Multi Strategy
57	Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.	United States	18960	Emerging Markets
58	Carlson Alternative Advisors	United States	18882	Private Equity
59	Highfields Capital Management	United States	18796
60	MKP Capital Management	United States	18705	Multi Strategy
61	Platinum Asset Management	Australia	17954	Equity
62	ValueAct Capital	United States	17581	Long/Short
63	Alyeska Investment Group	United States	16532	Managed Futures
64	Spectrum Asset Management	United States	16509	Fixed Income
65	Egerton Capital	United Kingdom	16435	Long/Short
66	Glenview Capital Management	United States	16320	Multi Strategy
67	Tilden Park Capital Management	United States	16058	Multi Strategy
68	Comac Capital	United Kingdom	15984	Global Macro
69	Maverick Capital	United States	15922	Global Macro
70	Neuberger Berman	United States	15900	Fund of Funds
71	Danske Capital	Denmark	15500	European Equity
72	Cevian Capital	Sweden	15453	Activist
73	Marathon Asset Management	United States	15248	Credit
74	Candriam	France	15131	Fixed Income
75	Carval Investors	United States	14654	Fixed Income
76	UBS Hedge Fund Solutions	United States	14550	Equity
77	Arrowgrass Capital Partners	United Kingdom	14440	Convertibles
78	OrbiMed Advisors	United States	14400	Private Equity
79	Brummer and Partners	Sweden	14200	Long/Short
80	Lazard Alternatives	United States	14120	Multi Strategy
81	Paloma Partners	United States	14022
82	Cheyne Capital	United Kingdom	13940	Real Estate
83	Henderson Global Investors	United Kingdom	13927	Global Macro
84	Pershing Square Capital Management	United States	13811	Value
85	Coatue Management	United States	13755
86	Varde Partners	United States	13541	Distressed Assets
87	Senator Investment Group	United States	13388	Long/Short
88	Pharo Management	United States	13382	Global Macro
89	M Square Investimentos	Brazil	13379
90	Alcentra	United Kingdom	13330	Distressed Assets
91	Beach Point Capital Management	United States	13033	Multi Strategy
92	Fir Tree Partners	United States	13018
93	Trian Fund Management LP	United States	12478
94	Paulson & Co.	United States	12443	Multi Strategy
95	Blue Ridge Capital	United States	12410	Real Estate
96	Silver Point Capital	United States	12345	Multi Strategy
97	Arrowstreet Capital	United States	12200
98	Benefit Street Partners	United States	11829	Credit
99	Metacapital Management LP	United States	11734	Fixed Income
100	Soroban Capital Partners	United States	11626	Long/Short

Data as of June 1, 2017

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The top 5 largest hedge fund managers have $950 billion in combined assets under management

The top 10 biggest hedge funds have $1.4 trillion in combined assets under management (AUM)

The top 50 biggest hedge funds have $2.7 trillion in combined assets under management (AUM)

The top 100 biggest hedge funds have $3.5 trillion in combined assets under management (AUM)

80 of the 100 largest hedge fund managers are based in the US

10 of the 100 top hedge funds in the world are based in the UK

 

Top 75 Largest US Hedge Funds 2016

Below is a list of the top 75 US Hedge Funds based on equity assets for 2016:

Rank	Hedge Fund	State	Equity Assets	Primary Strategy	More Information
1	Citadel LLC	IL	$79.3B	Convertibles	View More Info
2	DE Shaw	NY	$55.8B	Absolute Return	View More Info
3	AQR Capital Management	CT	$55.5B	Global Macro	View More Info
4	Renaissance Technologies	NY	$52.6B	Multi Strategy	View More Info
5	Millennium Management	NY	$40B	Fund of Funds	View More Info
6	Adage Capital Management	MA	$36.9B		View More Info
7	Viking Global Investors	CT	$22.7B	Global Macro	View More Info
8	Icahn Capital	NY	$21.5B	Event Driven	View More Info
9	Two Sigma Investments	NY	$21B	Commodities	View More Info
10	Lone Pine Capital	CT	$20.1B	Long/Short	View More Info
11	Balyasny Asset Management	NY	$16.8B	Multi Strategy	View More Info
12	Glenview Capital Management	NY	$13.7B	Multi Strategy	View More Info
13	Pentwater Capital Management	IL	$13.6B	Global Equity	View More Info
14	Paulson & Co.	NY	$13.5B	Multi Strategy	View More Info
15	Point72 Asset Management	CT	$13B		View More Info
16	Yacktman Asset Management	TX	$12.8B	Value	View More Info
17	Select Equity	NY	$11.9B	Equity	View More Info
18	Iridian Asset Management	CT	$11.7B	Global Macro	View More Info
19	Gateway Investment Advisers	OH	$11.5B	Fixed Income	View More Info
20	Third Point LLC	NY	$10.9B	Event Driven	View More Info
21	Highfields Capital Management	MA	$10.7B		View More Info
22	Farallon Capital Management	CA	$10.5B	Multi Strategy	View More Info
23	Trian Fund Management LP	NY	$10.4B		View More Info
24	Alyeska Investment Group	IL	$10.2B	Managed Futures	View More Info
25	ValueAct Capital	CA	$10B	Long/Short	View More Info
26	Elliott Management	NY	$9.5B	Global Equity	View More Info
27	Numeric Investors	MA	$9.5B	Long/Short	View More Info
28	HBK Capital Management	TX	$9.2B	Multi Strategy	View More Info
29	Pershing Square Capital Management	NY	$8.9B	Value	View More Info
30	Carlson Alternative Advisors	TX	$8.3B	Private Equity	View More Info
31	Coatue Management	NY	$8B		View More Info
32	Bridgewater Associates	CT	$7.9B	Long/Short	View More Info
33	Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors	CA	$7.2B	Private Equity	View More Info
34	Baupost Group	MA	$6.9B	Global Equity	View More Info
35	Brandes Investment Partners	CA	$6.9B	Global Equity	View More Info
36	Discovery Capital Management	CT	$6.9B	Equity	View More Info
37	Tiger Global Management LLC	NY	$6.9B		View More Info
38	Maverick Capital	TX	$6.3B	Global Macro	View More Info
39	Par Capital Management	MA	$6.24B	Global Macro	View More Info
40	Advent Capital Management	NY	$6.2B	Fund of Funds	View More Info
41	Highbridge Capital Management	NY	$6B	Convertibles	View More Info
42	Greenlight Capital	NY	$5.9B	Long/Short	View More Info
43	Visium Asset Management	NY	$5.9B	Mid-Atlantic	View More Info
44	Cantillon Capital Management	NY	$5.7B	Multi Strategy	View More Info
45	Eminence Capital	NY	$5.7B	Activist	View More Info
46	Levin Capital Strategies	NY	$5.5B		View More Info
47	Scopia Capital	NY	$5.4B	Long/Short	View More Info
48	Chartwell Investment Partners	PA	$5.3B	Global Equity	View More Info
49	Jana Partners	NY	$5.3B	Activist	View More Info
50	Kensico Capital Management	CT	$5B	Multi Strategy	View More Info
51	Alkeon Capital Management	NY	$4.8B		View More Info
52	Samlyn Capital	NY	$4.7B		View More Info
53	Lyrical-Antheus Management, L.P.	NJ	$4.6B	Real Estate	View More Info
54	York Capital Management	NY	$4.6B	Event Driven	View More Info
55	Bluemountain Capital Management	NY	$4.5B	Global Macro	View More Info
56	Arrowpoint Partners	CO	$4.1B		View More Info
57	GMT Capital	NY	$4.1B	Long/Short	View More Info
58	Energy Income Partners	CT	$3.8B	Energy	View More Info
59	Omega Advisors	NY	$3.7B	Global Macro	View More Info
60	International Value Investors	NY	$3.5B	Global Macro	View More Info
61	Salient Advisors	TX	$3.5B	Fund of Funds	View More Info
62	Palisade Capital	NJ	$3B	Global Macro	View More Info
63	Ivory Investment Management	CA	$2.9B	Value	View More Info
64	Fir Tree Partners	NY	$2.6B		View More Info
65	Huber Capital Management	CA	$2.5B	Global Equity	View More Info
66	Zazove Associates	IL	$2.2B	Convertibles	View More Info
67	Luxor Capital Group	NY	$2B		View More Info
68	PDT Partners	NY	$1.6B		View More Info
69	3G Capital Partners	NY	$1.5B	Value	View More Info
70	Altimeter Capital	MA	$1.5B		View More Info
71	Snyder Capital Management	CA	$1.5B		View More Info
72	Cadence Capital Management	MA	$1.4B	Directional	View More Info
73	Copper Rock Capital Partners	MA	$1.2B	Global Macro	View More Info
74	Shenkman Capital Management	NY	$1.1B	Convertibles	View More Info
75	Abrams Bison Investments	MD	$1B		View More Info

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.

NOTE: Please see the updated TOP 75 Hedge Funds 2016  or view the Top 250 Global Hedge Funds 2017

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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