Top 100 Largest US Hedge Funds 2022
2022 Top 100 US Hedge Funds Overview
There are some minor changes for the 2022 largest hedge fund rankings versus the list of top hedge funds for 2021. Combined, the top 100 US hedge funds managed $4.62 trillion in assets as of 2022, an increase of more than 50% over 2021.
The top 10 US hedge funds manage more than $1.7 trillion. Multi-strategy, global macro, and credit are the most common strategies employed by the United State’s largest funds.
Just over half of the largest hedge funds in the US (52 of top 100) are headquartered in New York City. Boston and Greenwich finish a distant second and third in terms of the US’ largest hedge funds by assets.
Top 100 US Hedge Funds 2022
List of the top 100 hedge funds in the United States for 2022 ranked by assets under management (AUM)
2022 Rank Fund Name City AUM ($ millions) Strategy 1 Citadel Investment Group Chicago 244,269.6 Convertibles 2 Bridgewater Associates Westport 223,014.0 Long/Short 3 Millennium Capital Partners New York 218,000.0 Multi Strategy 4 Mariner Investment Group LLC New York 187,902.2 Arbitrage 5 AQR Capital Management Greenwich 164,441.4 Multi Strategy 6 Balyasny Asset Management Chicago 160,245.3 Multi Strategy 7 Ares Management Los Angeles 135,448.1 Managed Futures 8 Renaissance Technologies East Setauket 130,857.8 Crypto 9 Alphadyne Asset Management New York 128,132.3 Equity 10 Point72 Asset Management Stamford 117,537.5 11 DE Shaw New York 111,937.1 Absolute Returns 12 Exoduspoint Capital Management, LP New York 109,623.9 Multi-Strategy 13 Goldman Sachs Asset Management New York 106,240.0 Multi Strategy 14 Fortress Investment Group New York 102,427.5 Private Equity 15 Garda Capital Minneapolis 97,024.5 Global Macro 16 Tiger Global Management LLC New York 79,149.6 Crypto 17 Cerberus Capital Management New York 70,510.6 Credit 18 Two Sigma Investments New York 68,902.8 Commodities 19 Element Capital Management New York 62,026.4 Global Macro 20 Lighthouse Investment Partners Palm Beach Gardens 61,866.1 Fund of Funds 21 Sculptor Capital Management New York 61,859.7 Multi-Strategy 22 Och-Ziff Capital Management New York 61,859.7 Global Macro 23 Angelo Gordon & Co. New York 59,597.6 Real Estate 24 Viking Global Investors Greenwich 59,160.8 Global Macro 25 Adage Capital Management Boston 49,687.1 Global Equity 26 Coatue Management New York 48,605.0 27 Tudor Investment Corporation Stamford 44,580.1 Crypto 28 Select Equity New York 43,912.3 Equity 29 Davidson Kempner Capital Management New York 42,249.9 Global Equity 30 Field Street Capital Management New York 41,982.8 Credit 31 GoldenTree Asset Management New York 40,543.0 Credit 32 Oaktree Capital Management Los Angeles 38,350.0 Fixed Income 33 Farallon Capital Management San Francisco 37,946.5 Multi Strategy 34 Bracebridge Capital Boston 37,303.2 Absolute Returns 35 Lone Pine Capital Greenwich 36,646.4 Long/Short 36 BlackRock Alternative Advisors New York 33,250.0 Global Macro 37 Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Los Angeles 32,684.3 Private Equity 38 Apollo Capital New York 32,680.0 Managed Futures 39 Baupost Group Boston 32,019.7 Global Equity 40 Anchorage Capital Group New York 30,599.2 Credit 41 Moore Capital Management New York 30,307.6 Global Macro 42 III Capital Boca Raton 29,678.1 Credit 43 Brigade Capital Management New York 29,479.2 Managed Futures 44 Shenkman Capital Management New York 27,531.4 Convertibles 45 Wellington Management Company LLP Boston 27,210.0 Multi Strategy 46 Capstone Investment Advisors LLC New York 26,990.0 Derivatives 47 Third Point LLC New York 25,994.0 Event Driven 48 Tenaron Capital Management New York 25,969.1 Global Macro 49 Magnetar Capital Evanston 25,961.4 Multi Strategy 50 Caxton Associates New York 25,697.1 Global Macro 51 Pharo Management New York 25,656.0 Global Macro 52 Haidar Capital Management New York 25,205.4 Global Macro 53 Centerbridge Partners LP New York 24,815.4 Multi Strategy 54 Whale Rock Capital Management Boston 24,748.8 55 Marathon Asset Management New York 24,077.0 Credit 56 Benefit Street Partners New York 23,768.6 Credit 57 Varde Partners Minneapolis 23,362.6 Distressed Assets 58 UBS Hedge Fund Solutions Stamford 22,442.5 Equity 59 Wafra Investment Group New York 22,091.0 Multi Strategy 60 King Street Capital Management New York 21,888.7 Global Macro 61 Holocene Advisors New York 21,829.9 Long/Short 62 Alkeon Capital Management New York 21,817.8 63 OrbiMed Advisors New York 21,447.0 Private Equity 64 Canyon Partners Los Angeles 20,850.4 Multi Strategy 65 Parallax Fund San Francisco 20,789.6 Multi Strategy 66 Altimeter Capital Boston 20,660.1 Long/Short 67 Voloridge Investment Management Jupiter 20,370.1 Quantitative 68 Nephila Capital Larkspur 20,131.8 Insurance 69 L Catterton Greenwich 19,833.8 Food and Beverage 70 HBK Capital Management Dallas 19,773.6 Multi Strategy 71 Arrowstreet Capital Boston 19,600.0 Emerging Markets 72 Appaloosa Management Short Hills 19,100.0 Global Equity 73 Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. Boston 18,960.0 Emerging Markets 74 Graham Capital Management Rowayton 18,460.0 Global Macro 75 CarVal Investors Minneapolis 17,590.7 Fixed Income 76 Horsley Bridge Partners San Francisco 17,439.0 Private Equity 77 Crestline Investors Fort Worth 17,435.0 Fund of Funds 78 Beach Point Capital Management Santa Monica 17,333.9 Multi Strategy 79 York Capital Management New York 16,796.9 Event Driven 80 MJX Asset Management New York 16,164.0 CDO 81 Neuberger Berman New York 15,900.0 Fund of Funds 82 Silver Point Capital Greenwich 15,880.4 Multi Strategy 83 LaSalle Investment Management Chicago 15,437.5 Real Estate 84 Hudson Bay Capital Management New York 14,987.5 Multi Strategy 85 Bayview Asset Management Coral Gables 14,700.0 Credit 86 Steadfast Financial LP New York 14,548.9 Long/Short 87 Pershing Square Capital Management New York 14,452.3 Value 88 Commonfund Capital Wilton 14,388.2 Multi Strategy 89 Lazard Alternatives New York 14,120.0 Multi Strategy 90 Wolverine Asset Management Chicago 14,068.4 Arbitrage 91 TIG Advisors New York 14,005.4 Global Equity 92 ValueAct Capital San Francisco 13,697.5 Long/Short 93 BlueMountain Capital New York 13,676.1 Long/Short 94 Entrust Permal New York 13,658.6 Fund of Funds 95 Waterfall Asset Management New York 13,535.7 MBS 96 Hildene Capital Management Stamford 13,239.5 Distressed Assets 97 Paskewitz Asset Management Edison 13,196.9 Managed Futures 98 LibreMax Capital New York 13,081.5 Distressed Assets 99 Ellington Management Group Old Greenwich 12,851.4 ABS 100 PDT Partners New York 12,800.4 Quantitative
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Key Stats on Top 100 Hedge Funds in the US – 2022
52 of the top 100 US hedge fund managers are based in the NY (52%)
8 of the biggest 100 US hedge fund managers for 2022 are based in Boston (8%)
5 of the top 100 hedge fund companies are based in Greenwich (5%)
11 of the top 100 hedge funds are based in CT (11%)
The 100 largest US hedge funds in 2022 have $4.63 trillion USD in assets under management (AUM)
The average AUM of the top 100 US hedge funds for 2022 is $46.27 billion
The median AUM of the top 100 hedge funds is $25.67 billion
The average number of employees at the top hedge funds is 76
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