Distressed/Event-Driven Hedge Fund List — 337+ Funds with Contacts & Emails

The Distressed/Event-Driven Hedge Fund List is the most comprehensive downloadable database of event-driven strategy hedge funds available.

It includes detailed contact information for more than 337 hedge funds worldwide that invest around corporate events — mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, restructurings, spin-offs, activist campaigns, and other catalysts that create pricing dislocations. Covering managers across the US, UK, Europe, and Asia, this list spans the full range from merger arbitrage specialists to distressed debt investors and activist funds.

Each listing includes 40 categories of data including direct email addresses, executive contacts, AUM, investment strategy, and current hiring status. Delivered in Excel (.xls) and .csv format for instant use with any spreadsheet or CRM software.

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Distressed/Event-Driven Hedge Fund List

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Need comprehensive data on event-driven hedge funds? Our list provides AUM figures, strategy classifications, employee counts, year founded, and dozens of other data points. Perfect for studying activist campaign frequency, merger arbitrage deal flow, distressed cycle dynamics, and how event-driven managers position around corporate catalysts. Download and work with the data in Excel instantly.

What Is a Distressed/Event-Driven Hedge Fund?

Event-driven hedge funds invest around specific corporate events that create pricing dislocations in a company’s securities. These catalysts include mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies and restructurings, spin-offs, management changes, share buybacks, regulatory actions, activist campaigns, and other identifiable events that the manager believes the market is mispricing. The unifying principle is that the fund’s return is driven primarily by the outcome of a specific event rather than by broad market direction — if the deal closes, if the restructuring succeeds, if the activist campaign forces change, the position profits regardless of what the S&P 500 does. This event-specific return driver gives the strategy a return profile that is distinct from both equity long/short and traditional fixed income, making it a valuable source of diversification in institutional portfolios.

The event-driven category encompasses several distinct sub-strategies. Merger arbitrage (also called risk arbitrage) managers invest in announced M&A transactions, typically buying the target company and shorting the acquirer to capture the deal spread while hedging market risk. Distressed and restructuring managers invest in the debt and equity of companies in financial distress, bankruptcy, or post-reorganization, seeking to profit from the restructuring process and the eventual recovery in value. Activist managers take significant equity stakes in companies and then push for strategic, operational, or governance changes designed to unlock shareholder value — such as board changes, divestitures, capital returns, or outright sales. Special situations managers trade around a broader set of corporate events including spin-offs, recapitalizations, regulatory changes, and litigation outcomes.

Each of the 337+ hedge fund listings in our Distressed/Event-Driven Hedge Fund List includes 40 categories of verified information. Contact data includes company address, main phone and fax numbers, company website URL, main company email address, and direct email addresses for up to four key executives. You will also find each fund’s assets under management (AUM), 12-month and 24-month change in AUM, primary investment strategy, year the fund was launched, number of employees, number of clients, and current hiring status. Funds in this list are located across 20+ countries, with the heaviest concentrations in the United States (New York and Greenwich dominate), the United Kingdom (London), and across Europe.

The Distressed/Event-Driven Hedge Fund List is formatted for immediate use. Sort and filter by country, city, AUM range, or any other data field using Excel’s built-in tools. Whether you are building a targeted marketing campaign to reach event-driven fund managers, researching the competitive landscape of merger arbitrage and distressed strategies, prospecting for new business among activist and special situations managers, or identifying event-driven funds that are actively hiring, this list gives you the data you need in a format you can use right away.

Unlike enterprise hedge fund databases like Preqin or PitchBook that charge tens of thousands of dollars per year for subscription access, HedgeLists provides this data as a one-time download at a fraction of the cost. Your purchase includes 12 months of free updates — every 30 to 60 days we will send you a link to download the latest version with new funds added, updated contacts, and current AUM figures.

Related Strategy & Hedge Fund Resources

Explore our other strategy-focused and regional hedge fund lists before you buy. Event-driven strategies overlap with several related approaches — see our Fixed Income/Credit Hedge Fund List for credit and distressed debt specialists, our Long/Short Hedge Fund List for equity-focused managers who also trade around catalysts, and our Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund List for diversified platforms with event-driven teams. You can also browse by geography — see our North America, Europe, or Asia Hedge Fund Lists. For worldwide coverage across all strategies, explore our Global Hedge Fund List covering 10,000+ funds across 30+ countries.

• Fixed Income/Credit Hedge Fund List
• Long/Short Hedge Fund List
• Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund List
• Absolute Return Hedge Fund List
• North America Hedge Fund List
• Europe Hedge Fund List
• Asia Hedge Fund List
• Global Hedge Fund List

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