Top 50 Largest Hedge Funds in the UK – 2018
The biggest hedge fund in the UK for 2018 is Capula Investment Management
The second largest hedge fund in the UK is Winton Capital Management
The 5 largest UK hedge funds have a combined $120.5 billion in AUM
The average AUM of the top 25 hedge funds in the UKÂ is $7.0 billion
Top 50 Largest Hedge Funds in the UK – 2018
Ranked by assets under management (AUM). Click any column to sort. Fund names link to detailed profiles.
| Rank | Fund Name | City | Country | AUM | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capula Investment Management LLP | London | United Kingdom | 45,811 | Absolute Return |
| 2 | Winton Capital Management | London | United Kingdom | 21,156 | Managed Futures |
| 3 | York Capital Management | London | United Kingdom | 19,974 | Event Driven |
| 4 | Egerton Capital | London | United Kingdom | 17,146 | Long/Short |
| 5 | Cheyne Capital | London | United Kingdom | 16,397 | Real Estate |
| 6 | Arrowgrass Capital Partners | London | United Kingdom | 14,440 | Convertibles |
| 7 | Alcentra | London | United Kingdom | 13,330 | Distressed Assets |
| 8 | Oxford Asset Management | Oxford | United Kingdom | 13,042 | Absolute Returns |
| 9 | Algebris Investments | London | United Kingdom | 12,494 | Credit |
| 10 | Polar Capital Partners | London | United Kingdom | 11,944 | Long/Short |
| 11 | HSBC Alternative Investments | London | United Kingdom | 11,620 | Multi Strategy |
| 12 | Lindsell Train Limited | London | United Kingdom | 11,342 | Fixed Income |
| 13 | RWC Partners | London | United Kingdom | 10,581 | Absolute Returns |
| 14 | CQS Investment Management Limited | London | United Kingdom | 10,500 | Multi Strategy |
| 15 | Marshall Wace | London | United Kingdom | 10,324 | Global Macro |
| 16 | Aviva Investors | London | United Kingdom | 9,599 | Convertibles |
| 17 | GSA Capital | London | United Kingdom | 8,509 | 0 |
| 18 | Systematica Investments | London | United Kingdom | 8,036 | Commodities |
| 19 | Blue Mountain Capital Management | London | United Kingdom | 7,100 | Managed Futures |
| 20 | The Children's Investment Fund Foundation | London | United Kingdom | 7,000 | Long/Short |
| 21 | Odey Asset Management | London | United Kingdom | 6,931 | Absolute Returns |
| 22 | Investec Asset Management | London | United Kingdom | 6,210 | 0 |
| 23 | Finisterre Capital | London | United Kingdom | 5,646 | Fixed Income |
| 24 | Stone Milliner Asset Management | London | United Kingdom | 5,380 | FX |
| 25 | Highclere International Investors | London | United Kingdom | 5,311 | Small Cap |
| 26 | Barings | London | United Kingdom | 5,149 | Fund of Funds |
| 27 | Ashmore Investment Management | London | United Kingdom | 4,996 | Emerging Markets |
| 28 | Cantab Capital Partners | Cambridge | United Kingdom | 4,910 | Global Macro |
| 29 | ECM | London | United Kingdom | 3,480 | Fixed Income |
| 30 | Oceanwood Capital Management | London | United Kingdom | 3,238 | Credit |
| 31 | Edgbaston Investment Partners | London | United Kingdom | 2,541 | Asian Equity |
| 32 | CapeView Capital LLP | London | United Kingdom | 2,330 | Credit |
| 33 | Investcorp | London | United Kingdom | 2,096 | Convertibles |
| 34 | Brevan Howard Asset Management | London | United Kingdom | 2,003 | Global Macro |
| 35 | Toscafund Asset Management | London | United Kingdom | 1,854 | Long/Short |
| 36 | Beach Horizon | London | United Kingdom | 1,590 | Managed Futures |
| 37 | Altima Partners | London | United Kingdom | 1,575 | Special Situations |
| 38 | Consulta Limited | London | United Kingdom | 1,388 | Energy |
| 39 | Henderson Global Investors | London | United Kingdom | 1,170 | Global Macro |
| 40 | 36 South Capital Advisors | London | United Kingdom | 853 | Global Macro |
| 41 | Man Group | London | United Kingdom | 739 | Global Macro |
| 42 | Lansdowne Partners | London | United Kingdom | 387 | Absolute Returns |
| 43 | Insight Investment | London | United Kingdom | 210 | Fixed Income |
| 44 | Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company | London | United Kingdom | 205 | Fund of Funds |
| 45 | Cape Ann Asset Management | London | United Kingdom | 153 | Emerging Markets |
| 46 | St. Helens Capital | London | United Kingdom | 150 | Long/Short |
| 47 | Daiwa Asset Management | London | United Kingdom | 148 | Commodities |
| 48 | Blackfriars Asset Management | London | United Kingdom | 146 | Emerging Markets |
| 49 | Laxey Partners | Isle of Man | United Kingdom | 143 | Arbitrage |
| 50 | Currency Insight | London | United Kingdom | 133 | FX |
Key Statistics
- The 5 largest UK hedge funds have a combined $120.5 billion in AUM
- The average AUM of the top 25 hedge funds in the UK is $7.0 billion
- The median AUM of the top 25 hedge funds in UK is $5.2 billion
- 20 of the top 50 hedge funds in the UK are currently hiring new employees for 2018
- 6 of the top 50 UK hedge funds utilize a Global Macro strategy
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