Top 50 Largest US Hedge Funds - 2017
Top 100 Hedge Funds in the US 2017
List of the 100 largest hedge funds based in the US for 2017, ranked by assets under management (AUM)
# Fund Name City Country AUM($Millions) Fund Strategy 1 AQR Capital Management Greenwich United States 243,982 Multi Strategy 2 Bridgewater Associates Westport United States 239,323 Long/Short 3 Millennium Management New York United States 207,626 Multi Strategy 4 Citadel Investment Group Chicago United States 152,656 Convertibles 5 Goldman Sachs Asset Management New York United States 106,240 6 Wellington Management Company Boston United States 99,739 Multi Strategy 7 Renaissance Technologies East Setauket United States 97,005 Multi Strategy 8 Pine River Capital Management Minnetonka United States 82,775 Multi Strategy 9 DE Shaw New York United States 81,316 Absolute Return 10 Fortress Investment Group New York United States 56,936 Private Equity 11 Elliott Management New York United States 56,006 Global Equity 12 Element Capital Management New York United States 55,882 Global Macro 13 Moore Capital Management New York United States 53,824 Global Macro 14 Och-Ziff Capital Management New York United States 51,743 Global Macro 15 Two Sigma Investments New York United States 49,268 Commodities 16 Cerberus Capital Management New York United States 47,972 Aerospace/Defense 17 Viking Global Investors Greenwich United States 43,378 Global Macro 18 Adage Capital Management Boston United States 41,968 19 Tudor Investment Corporation Greenwich United States 39,661 Multi Strategy 20 Angelo Gordon & Co. New York United States 38,253 Real Estate 21 Balyasny Asset Management Chicago United States 37,210 Multi Strategy 22 BlackRock Alternative Advisors New York United States 33,250 Global Macro 23 Lone Pine Capital Greenwich United States 33,157 Long/Short 24 Discovery Capital Management Norwalk United States 33,072 Equity 25 Lighthouse Investment Partners Palm Beach Gardens United States 32,567 Fund of Funds 26 Baupost Group Boston United States 31,563 Global Equity 27 Davidson Kempner New York United States 31,023 Global Equity 28 Graham Capital Management Rowayton United States 30,308 Global Macro 29 GoldenTree Asset Management New York United States 27,384 Private Equity 30 Anchorage Capital Group New York United States 27,176 Credit 31 Centerbridge Partners LP New York United States 26,049 Multi Strategy 32 HBK Capital Management Dallas United States 25,447 Multi Strategy 33 Farallon Capital Management San Francisco United States 25,436 Multi Strategy 34 PointState Capital New York United States 24,763 Energy 35 Tiger Global Management LLC New York United States 23,595 36 Bracebridge Capital Boston United States 23,527 Absolute Returns 37 Appaloosa Management Short Hills United States 22,845 Global Equity 38 Hutchin Hill Capital New York United States 22,808 Event Driven 39 Bluemountain Capital Management New York United States 22,787 Global Macro 40 King Street Capital Management New York United States 21,219 Global Macro 41 Select Equity New York United States 20,511 Equity 42 York Capital Management New York United States 19,974 Event Driven 43 Magnetar Capital Evanston United States 19,895 Multi Strategy 44 Brigade Capital Management New York United States 19,730 Managed Futures 45 Caxton Associates Princeton United States 19,426 Global Macro 46 Third Point LLC New York United States 19,411 Event Driven 47 Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Los Angeles United States 19,357 Private Equity 48 Canyon Partners Los Angeles United States 19,148 Multi Strategy 49 Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. Boston United States 18,960 Emerging Markets 50 Carlson Alternative Advisors Dallas United States 18,881 Private Equity 51 Highfields Capital Management Boston United States 18,796 52 MKP Capital Management New York United States 18,705 Multi Strategy 53 ValueAct Capital San Francisco United States 17,581 Long/Short 54 Alyeska Investment Group Chicago United States 16,532 Managed Futures 55 Spectrum Asset Management Stamford United States 16,509 Fixed Income 56 Glenview Capital Management New York United States 16,319 Multi Strategy 57 Tilden Park Capital Management New York United States 16,058 Multi Strategy 58 Maverick Capital Dallas United States 15,921 Global Macro 59 Neuberger Berman New York United States 15,900 Fund of Funds 60 Marathon Asset Management New York United States 15,248 Credit 61 Carval Investors Hopkins United States 14,653 Fixed Income 62 UBS Hedge Fund Solutions Stamford United States 14,549 Equity 63 OrbiMed Advisors New York United States 14,400 Private Equity 64 Lazard Alternatives New York United States 14,120 Multi Strategy 65 Paloma Partners Greenwich United States 14,022 66 Pershing Square Capital Management New York United States 13,810 Value 67 Coatue Management New York United States 13,755 68 Varde Partners Minneapolis United States 13,541 Distressed Assets 69 Senator Investment Group New York United States 13,387 Long/Short 70 Pharo Management New York United States 13,382 Global Macro 71 Beach Point Capital Management Santa Monica United States 13,032 Multi Strategy 72 Fir Tree Partners New York United States 13,017 73 Trian Fund Management LP New York United States 12,478 74 Paulson & Co. New York United States 12,443 Multi Strategy 75 Blue Ridge Capital Atlanta United States 12,410 Real Estate 76 Silver Point Capital Greenwich United States 12,345 Multi Strategy 77 Arrowstreet Capital Boston United States 12,200 78 Benefit Street Partners New York United States 11,828 Credit 79 Metacapital Management LP New York United States 11,733 Fixed Income 80 Soroban Capital Partners New York United States 11,626 Long/Short 81 Nephila Capital Larkspur United States 11,575 Insurance 82 Scopia Capital New York United States 11,369 Long/Short 83 Eton Park Capital Management New York United States 11,328 Credit 84 Horsley Bridge Partners San Francisco United States 11,172 Private Equity 85 LaSalle Investment Management Chicago United States 11,011 Real Estate 86 KLS Diversified New York United States 10,940 Fixed Income 87 MJX Asset Management New York United States 10,568 CDO 88 Eminence Capital New York United States 10,550 Activist 89 Wafra Investment Group New York United States 10,483 Multi Strategy 90 Commonfund Capital Wilton United States 10,404 Multi Strategy 91 Pacific Alternative Asset Management Irvine United States 10,053 Fund of Funds 92 K2 Advisors Stamford United States 9,808 Fund of Funds 93 PDT Partners New York United States 9,720 94 ArcLight Capital Partners Boston United States 9,616 Energy 95 Abrams Capital Boston United States 9,313 Managed Futures 96 Ellington Management Group Old Greenwich United States 9,238 ABS 97 Kensico Capital Management Greenwich United States 9,209 Multi Strategy 98 Highbridge Capital Management New York United States 9,134 Convertibles 99 Whitebox Advisors Minneapolis United States 8,863 Global Macro 100 Steadfast Financial LP New York United States 8,760 Long/Short
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Key Stats on Top 100 US Hedge Funds for 2017
- 51 of the top 100 US hedge funds are based in New York
- 9 of the top 100 US hedge funds are based in Boston
- The biggest hedge fund in the US is AQR Capital Management
- The second largest US hedge fund is Bridgewater Associates
- The 100 largest hedge funds in the US have $3.2 trillion in assets under management (AUM)
- The average AUM of the top 100 US hedge funds is $32.3 billion
- The median AUM of the top 100 US hedge funds is $18.8 billion
- 44 of the the 100 largest US hedge funds are currently hiring new employees
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