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 243,982 Multi Strategy 2 Bridgewater Associates Westport USA 239,323 Long/Short 3 Millennium Management New York USA 207,626 Multi Strategy 4 Citadel Investment Group Chicago USA 152,656 Convertibles 5 Goldman Sachs Asset Management New York USA 106,240 6 Wellington Management Company LLP Boston USA 99,739 Multi Strategy 7 Renaissance Technologies East Setauket USA 97,005 Multi Strategy 8 Pine River Capital Management Minnetonka USA 82,775 Multi Strategy 9 DE Shaw New York USA 81,316 Absolute Return 10 Fortress Investment Group New York USA 56,936 Private Equity 11 Elliott Management New York USA 56,006 Global Equity 12 Element Capital Management New York USA 55,882 Global Macro 13 Moore Capital Management New York USA 53,824 Global Macro 14 Och-Ziff Capital Management New York USA 51,743 Global Macro 15 Two Sigma Investments New York USA 49,268 Commodities 16 Cerberus Capital Management New York USA 47,972 Aerospace/Defense 17 Viking Global Investors Greenwich USA 43,378 Global Macro 18 Adage Capital Management Boston USA 41,968 19 Tudor Investment Corporation Greenwich USA 39,661 Multi Strategy 20 Angelo Gordon & Co. New York USA 38,318 Real Estate 21 Balyasny Asset Management Chicago USA 37,210 Multi Strategy 22 BlackRock Alternative Advisors New York USA 33,250 Global Macro 23 Lone Pine Capital Greenwich USA 33,157 Long/Short 24 Discovery Capital Management Norwalk USA 33,072 Equity 25 Baupost Group Boston USA 31,563 Global Equity 26 Davidson Kempner Capital Management New York USA 31,023 Global Equity 27 Graham Capital Management Rowayton USA 30,308 Global Macro 28 GoldenTree Asset Management New York USA 27,384 Private Equity 29 Anchorage Capital Group New York USA 27,176 Credit 30 Centerbridge Partners LP New York USA 26,049 Multi Strategy 31 HBK Capital Management Dallas USA 25,447 Multi Strategy 32 Farallon Capital Management San Francisco USA 25,436 Multi Strategy 33 PointState Capital New York USA 24,762 Energy 34 Tiger Global Management LLC New York USA 23,595 35 Bracebridge Capital Boston USA 23,527 Absolute Returns 36 Appaloosa Management Short Hills USA 22,845 Global Equity 37 Hutchin Hill Capital New York USA 22,808 Event Driven 38 Bluemountain Capital Management New York USA 22,787 Global Macro 39 Third Point LLC New York USA 22,615 Event Driven 40 Lighthouse Investment Partners Palm Beach Gardens USA 21,237 Fund of Funds 41 King Street Capital Management New York USA 21,219 Global Macro 42 Select Equity New York USA 20,510 Equity 43 York Capital Management New York USA 19,974 Event Driven 44 Magnetar Capital Evanston USA 19,895 Multi Strategy 45 Brigade Capital Management New York USA 19,730 Managed Futures 46 Caxton Associates Princeton USA 19,426 Global Macro 47 Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Los Angeles USA 19,357 Private Equity 48 Canyon Partners Los Angeles USA 19,148 Multi Strategy 49 Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. Boston USA 18,960 Emerging Markets 50 Carlson Alternative Advisors Dallas USA 18,881 Private Equity 51 Highfields Capital Management Boston USA 18,796 52 MKP Capital Management New York USA 18,705 Multi Strategy 53 ValueAct Capital San Francisco USA 17,581 Long/Short 54 Alyeska Investment Group Chicago USA 16,532 Managed Futures 55 Spectrum Asset Management Stamford USA 16,509 Fixed Income 56 Glenview Capital Management New York USA 16,319 Multi Strategy 57 Tilden Park Capital Management New York USA 16,058 Multi Strategy 58 Maverick Capital Dallas USA 15,921 Global Macro 59 Neuberger Berman New York USA 15,900 Fund of Funds 60 Marathon Asset Management New York USA 15,248 Credit 61 OrbiMed Advisors New York USA 15,200 Private Equity 62 UBS Hedge Fund Solutions Stamford USA 14,549 Equity 63 Lazard Alternatives New York USA 14,120 Multi Strategy 64 Paloma Partners Greenwich USA 14,022 65 Pershing Square Capital Management New York USA 13,810 Value 66 Coatue Management New York USA 13,755 67 Carval Investors Hopkins USA 13,646 Fixed Income 68 Varde Partners Minneapolis USA 13,541 Distressed Assets 69 Senator Investment Group New York USA 13,387 Long/Short 70 Pharo Management New York USA 13,382 Global Macro 71 Beach Point Capital Management Santa Monica USA 13,032 Multi Strategy 72 Fir Tree Partners New York USA 13,017 73 Trian Fund Management LP New York USA 12,478 74 Paulson & Co. New York USA 12,443 Multi Strategy 75 Blue Ridge Capital Atlanta USA 12,410 Real Estate 76 Silver Point Capital Greenwich USA 12,345 Multi Strategy 77 Arrowstreet Capital Boston USA 12,200 78 Benefit Street Partners New York USA 11,828 Credit 79 Metacapital Management LP New York USA 11,733 Fixed Income 80 Soroban Capital Partners New York USA 11,626 Long/Short 81 Nephila Capital Larkspur USA 11,575 Insurance 82 Scopia Capital New York USA 11,369 Long/Short 83 Eton Park Capital Management New York USA 11,328 Credit 84 Horsley Bridge Partners San Francisco USA 11,172 Private Equity 85 LaSalle Investment Management Chicago USA 11,011 Real Estate 86 KLS Diversified New York USA 10,940 Fixed Income 87 MJX Asset Management New York USA 10,568 CDO 88 Eminence Capital New York USA 10,550 Activist 89 Wafra Investment Group New York USA 10,483 Multi Strategy 90 Commonfund Capital Wilton USA 10,363 Multi Strategy 91 Pacific Alternative Asset Management Irvine USA 10,052 Fund of Funds 92 K2 Advisors Stamford USA 9,808 Fund of Funds 93 PDT Partners New York USA 9,719 94 ArcLight Capital Partners Boston USA 9,616 Energy 95 Abrams Capital Boston USA 9,313 Managed Futures 96 Ellington Management Group Old Greenwich USA 9,238 ABS 97 Kensico Capital Management Greenwich USA 9,209 Multi Strategy 98 Highbridge Capital Management New York USA 9,134 Convertibles 99 Whitebox Advisors Minneapolis USA 8,863 Global Macro 100 Steadfast Financial LP New York USA 8,760 Long/Short
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Key Stats on Top 100 Largest US Hedge Funds for 2018
51 of the top 100 US hedge funds in 2018 are based in New York, NY
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 top 10 US hedge funds in 2018 have $1.37 trillion in assets under management (AUM)
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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