
Top 100 Hedge Funds in the US 2018
List of the 100 largest hedge funds based in the US for 2018, ranked by assets under management (AUM).
Rank Fund Name City Country AUM ($millions) Strategy 1 AQR Capital Management Greenwich USA 0 Multi Strategy 2 Bridgewater Associates Westport USA 0 Long/Short 3 Millennium Management New York USA 0 Multi Strategy 4 Citadel Investment Group Chicago USA 0 Convertibles 5 Goldman Sachs Asset Management New York USA 0 6 Wellington Management Company LLP Boston USA 0 Multi Strategy 7 Renaissance Technologies East Setauket USA 0 Multi Strategy 8 Pine River Capital Management Minnetonka USA 0 Multi Strategy 9 DE Shaw New York USA 0 Absolute Return 10 Fortress Investment Group New York USA 0 Private Equity 11 Elliott Management New York USA 0 Global Equity 12 Element Capital Management New York USA 0 Global Macro 13 Moore Capital Management New York USA 0 Global Macro 14 Och-Ziff Capital Management New York USA 0 Global Macro 15 Two Sigma Investments New York USA 0 Commodities 16 Cerberus Capital Management New York USA 0 Aerospace/Defense 17 Viking Global Investors Greenwich USA 0 Global Macro 18 Adage Capital Management Boston USA 0 19 Tudor Investment Corporation Greenwich USA 0 Multi Strategy 20 Angelo Gordon & Co. New York USA 0 Real Estate 21 Balyasny Asset Management Chicago USA 0 Multi Strategy 22 BlackRock Alternative Advisors New York USA 0 Global Macro 23 Lone Pine Capital Greenwich USA 0 Long/Short 24 Discovery Capital Management Norwalk USA 0 Equity 25 Baupost Group Boston USA 0 Global Equity 26 Davidson Kempner Capital Management New York USA 0 Global Equity 27 Graham Capital Management Rowayton USA 0 Global Macro 28 GoldenTree Asset Management New York USA 0 Private Equity 29 Anchorage Capital Group New York USA 0 Credit 30 Centerbridge Partners LP New York USA 0 Multi Strategy 31 HBK Capital Management Dallas USA 0 Multi Strategy 32 Farallon Capital Management San Francisco USA 0 Multi Strategy 33 PointState Capital New York USA 0 Energy 34 Tiger Global Management LLC New York USA 0 35 Bracebridge Capital Boston USA 0 Absolute Returns 36 Appaloosa Management Short Hills USA 0 Global Equity 37 Hutchin Hill Capital New York USA 0 Event Driven 38 Bluemountain Capital Management New York USA 0 Global Macro 39 Third Point LLC New York USA 0 Event Driven 40 Lighthouse Investment Partners Palm Beach Gardens USA 0 Fund of Funds 41 King Street Capital Management New York USA 0 Global Macro 42 Select Equity New York USA 0 Equity 43 York Capital Management New York USA 0 Event Driven 44 Magnetar Capital Evanston USA 0 Multi Strategy 45 Brigade Capital Management New York USA 0 Managed Futures 46 Caxton Associates Princeton USA 0 Global Macro 47 Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Los Angeles USA 0 Private Equity 48 Canyon Partners Los Angeles USA 0 Multi Strategy 49 Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. Boston USA 0 Emerging Markets 50 Carlson Alternative Advisors Dallas USA 0 Private Equity 51 Highfields Capital Management Boston USA 0 52 MKP Capital Management New York USA 0 Multi Strategy 53 ValueAct Capital San Francisco USA 0 Long/Short 54 Alyeska Investment Group Chicago USA 0 Managed Futures 55 Spectrum Asset Management Stamford USA 0 Fixed Income 56 Glenview Capital Management New York USA 0 Multi Strategy 57 Tilden Park Capital Management New York USA 0 Multi Strategy 58 Maverick Capital Dallas USA 0 Global Macro 59 Neuberger Berman New York USA 0 Fund of Funds 60 Marathon Asset Management New York USA 0 Credit 61 OrbiMed Advisors New York USA 0 Private Equity 62 UBS Hedge Fund Solutions Stamford USA 0 Equity 63 Lazard Alternatives New York USA 0 Multi Strategy 64 Paloma Partners Greenwich USA 0 65 Pershing Square Capital Management New York USA 0 Value 66 Coatue Management New York USA 0 67 Carval Investors Hopkins USA 0 Fixed Income 68 Varde Partners Minneapolis USA 0 Distressed Assets 69 Senator Investment Group New York USA 0 Long/Short 70 Pharo Management New York USA 0 Global Macro 71 Beach Point Capital Management Santa Monica USA 0 Multi Strategy 72 Fir Tree Partners New York USA 0 73 Trian Fund Management LP New York USA 0 74 Paulson & Co. New York USA 0 Multi Strategy 75 Blue Ridge Capital Atlanta USA 0 Real Estate 76 Silver Point Capital Greenwich USA 0 Multi Strategy 77 Arrowstreet Capital Boston USA 0 78 Benefit Street Partners New York USA 0 Credit 79 Metacapital Management LP New York USA 0 Fixed Income 80 Soroban Capital Partners New York USA 0 Long/Short 81 Nephila Capital Larkspur USA 0 Insurance 82 Scopia Capital New York USA 0 Long/Short 83 Eton Park Capital Management New York USA 0 Credit 84 Horsley Bridge Partners San Francisco USA 0 Private Equity 85 LaSalle Investment Management Chicago USA 0 Real Estate 86 KLS Diversified New York USA 0 Fixed Income 87 MJX Asset Management New York USA 0 CDO 88 Eminence Capital New York USA 0 Activist 89 Wafra Investment Group New York USA 0 Multi Strategy 90 Commonfund Capital Wilton USA 0 Multi Strategy 91 Pacific Alternative Asset Management Irvine USA 0 Fund of Funds 92 K2 Advisors Stamford USA 0 Fund of Funds 93 PDT Partners New York USA 0 94 ArcLight Capital Partners Boston USA 0 Energy 95 Abrams Capital Boston USA 0 Managed Futures 96 Ellington Management Group Old Greenwich USA 0 ABS 97 Kensico Capital Management Greenwich USA 0 Multi Strategy 98 Highbridge Capital Management New York USA 0 Convertibles 99 Whitebox Advisors Minneapolis USA 0 Global Macro 100 Steadfast Financial LP New York USA 0 Long/Short
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Key Stats on Top 100 Largest US Hedge Funds for 2018

9 of the top 100 US hedge funds are based in Boston, MA
7 of the largest US hedge funds are based in Greenwich, CT
The biggest hedge fund in the US by AUM is AQR Capital Management
The second largest US hedge fund is Bridgewater Associates

The 50 top US hedge funds in 2018 have $2.59 trillion in AUM
The average AUM of the top 100 US hedge funds is $32.2 billion
The median AUM of the top 100 US hedge funds is $18.8 billion
41 of the the 100 largest US hedge funds are currently hiring new employees
22 of the top 100 US hedge funds in 2018 utilize a multi-strategy investment approach

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