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Top 250 Largest Hedge Funds - 2017

Top 250 Hedge Funds 2017

List of the top 250 global hedge funds 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	BlueCrest Capital Management	Geneva	Switzerland	55,100
14	Moore Capital Management	New York	United States	53,824	Global Macro
15	Och-Ziff Capital Management	New York	United States	51,743	Global Macro
16	Two Sigma Investments	New York	United States	49,268	Commodities
17	Cerberus Capital Management	New York	United States	47,972	Aerospace/Defense
18	Capula Investment Management	London	United Kingdom	45,811	Absolute Return
19	Viking Global Investors	Greenwich	United States	43,378	Global Macro
20	Adage Capital Management	Boston	United States	41,968
21	GAM Fund Management	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	40,318	Fund of Funds
22	Tudor Investment Corporation	Greenwich	United States	39,661	Multi Strategy
23	Angelo Gordon & Co.	New York	United States	38,253	Real Estate
24	Balyasny Asset Management	Chicago	United States	37,210	Multi Strategy
25	BlackRock Alternative Advisors	New York	United States	33,250	Global Macro
26	Lone Pine Capital	Greenwich	United States	33,157	Long/Short
27	Discovery Capital Management	Norwalk	United States	33,072	Equity
28	Lighthouse Investment Partners	Palm Beach Gardens	United States	32,567	Fund of Funds
29	Pictet Alternative Investments	Geneva	Switzerland	31,715	Fund of Funds
30	Baupost Group	Boston	United States	31,563	Global Equity
31	Davidson Kempner	New York	United States	31,023	Global Equity
32	Graham Capital Management	Rowayton	United States	30,308	Global Macro
33	GoldenTree Asset Management	New York	United States	27,384	Private Equity
34	Anchorage Capital Group	New York	United States	27,176	Credit
35	Centerbridge Partners LP	New York	United States	26,049	Multi Strategy
36	HBK Capital Management	Dallas	United States	25,447	Multi Strategy
37	Farallon Capital Management	San Francisco	United States	25,436	Multi Strategy
38	Hillhouse Capital	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	24,959	Emerging Markets
39	PointState Capital	New York	United States	24,763	Energy
40	Tiger Global Management LLC	New York	United States	23,595
41	Bracebridge Capital	Boston	United States	23,527	Absolute Returns
42	Appaloosa Management	Short Hills	United States	22,845	Global Equity
43	Hutchin Hill Capital	New York	United States	22,808	Event Driven
44	Bluemountain Capital Management	New York	United States	22,787	Global Macro
45	King Street Capital Management	New York	United States	21,219	Global Macro
46	Winton Capital Management	London	United Kingdom	21,157	Managed Futures
47	Select Equity	New York	United States	20,511	Equity
48	York Capital Management	New York	United States	19,974	Event Driven
49	York Capital Management	London	United Kingdom	19,974	Event Driven
50	Magnetar Capital	Evanston	United States	19,895	Multi Strategy
51	Brigade Capital Management	New York	United States	19,730	Managed Futures
52	Polygon Investment Partners	London	United Kingdom	19,650	Multi Strategy
53	Caxton Associates	Princeton	United States	19,426	Global Macro
54	Third Point LLC	New York	United States	19,411	Event Driven
55	Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors	Los Angeles	United States	19,357	Private Equity
56	Canyon Partners	Los Angeles	United States	19,148	Multi Strategy
57	Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.	Boston	United States	18,960	Emerging Markets
58	Carlson Alternative Advisors	Dallas	United States	18,881	Private Equity
59	Highfields Capital Management	Boston	United States	18,796
60	MKP Capital Management	New York	United States	18,705	Multi Strategy
61	Platinum Asset Management	Sydney	Australia	17,954	Equity
62	ValueAct Capital	San Francisco	United States	17,581	Long/Short
63	Alyeska Investment Group	Chicago	United States	16,532	Managed Futures
64	Spectrum Asset Management	Stamford	United States	16,509	Fixed Income
65	Egerton Capital	London	United Kingdom	16,435	Long/Short
66	Glenview Capital Management	New York	United States	16,319	Multi Strategy
67	Tilden Park Capital Management	New York	United States	16,058	Multi Strategy
68	Comac Capital	London	United Kingdom	15,983	Global Macro
69	Maverick Capital	Dallas	United States	15,921	Global Macro
70	Neuberger Berman	New York	United States	15,900	Fund of Funds
71	Danske Capital	Copenhagen	Denmark	15,500	European Equity
72	Cevian Capital	Stockholm	Sweden	15,452	Activist
73	Marathon Asset Management	New York	United States	15,248	Credit
74	Candriam	Paris	France	15,130	Fixed Income
75	Carval Investors	Hopkins	United States	14,653	Fixed Income
76	UBS Hedge Fund Solutions	Stamford	United States	14,549	Equity
77	Arrowgrass Capital Partners	London	United Kingdom	14,440	Convertibles
78	OrbiMed Advisors	New York	United States	14,400	Private Equity
79	Brummer and Partners	Stockholm	Sweden	14,200	Long/Short
80	Lazard Alternatives	New York	United States	14,120	Multi Strategy
81	Paloma Partners	Greenwich	United States	14,022
82	Cheyne Capital	London	United Kingdom	13,939	Real Estate
83	Henderson Global Investors	London	United Kingdom	13,926	Global Macro
84	Pershing Square Capital Management	New York	United States	13,810	Value
85	Coatue Management	New York	United States	13,755
86	Varde Partners	Minneapolis	United States	13,541	Distressed Assets
87	Senator Investment Group	New York	United States	13,387	Long/Short
88	Pharo Management	New York	United States	13,382	Global Macro
89	M Square Investimentos	Sao Paulo	Brazil	13,378
90	Alcentra	London	United Kingdom	13,330	Distressed Assets
91	Beach Point Capital Management	Santa Monica	United States	13,032	Multi Strategy
92	Fir Tree Partners	New York	United States	13,017
93	Trian Fund Management LP	New York	United States	12,478
94	Paulson & Co.	New York	United States	12,443	Multi Strategy
95	Blue Ridge Capital	Atlanta	United States	12,410	Real Estate
96	Silver Point Capital	Greenwich	United States	12,345	Multi Strategy
97	Arrowstreet Capital	Boston	United States	12,200
98	Benefit Street Partners	New York	United States	11,828	Credit
99	Metacapital Management LP	New York	United States	11,733	Fixed Income
100	Soroban Capital Partners	New York	United States	11,626	Long/Short
101	Nephila Capital	Larkspur	United States	11,575	Insurance
102	Scopia Capital	New York	United States	11,369	Long/Short
103	Lindsell Train Limited	London	United Kingdom	11,342	Fixed Income
104	Eton Park Capital Management	New York	United States	11,328	Credit
105	Horsley Bridge Partners	San Francisco	United States	11,172	Private Equity
106	LaSalle Investment Management	Chicago	United States	11,011	Real Estate
107	Lyxor Asset Management	Paris	France	10,958	Convertibles
108	KLS Diversified	New York	United States	10,940	Fixed Income
109	Polar Capital Partners	London	United Kingdom	10,861	Long/Short
110	MJX Asset Management	New York	United States	10,568	CDO
111	Eminence Capital	New York	United States	10,550	Activist
112	CQS Investment Management	London	United Kingdom	10,500	Multi Strategy
113	Wafra Investment Group	New York	United States	10,483	Multi Strategy
114	Verde Asset Management	Sao Paulo	Brazil	10,452	Global Macro
115	Commonfund Capital	Wilton	United States	10,404	Multi Strategy
116	AKO Capital	London	United Kingdom	10,240	Long/Short
117	Oxford Asset Management	Oxford	United Kingdom	10,200	Absolute Returns
118	Pacific Alternative Asset Management	Irvine	United States	10,053	Fund of Funds
119	RWC Partners	London	United Kingdom	9,817	Absolute Returns
120	K2 Advisors	Stamford	United States	9,808	Fund of Funds
121	HSBC Alternative Investments	London	United Kingdom	9,804	Multi Strategy
122	PDT Partners	New York	United States	9,720
123	ArcLight Capital Partners	Boston	United States	9,616	Energy
124	Aviva Investors	London	United Kingdom	9,599	Convertibles
125	Abrams Capital	Boston	United States	9,313	Managed Futures
126	Ellington Management Group	Old Greenwich	United States	9,238	ABS
127	Kensico Capital Management	Greenwich	United States	9,209	Multi Strategy
128	Highbridge Capital Management	New York	United States	9,134	Convertibles
129	Whitebox Advisors	Minneapolis	United States	8,863	Global Macro
130	Graticule Asset Management Asia	Singapore	Singapore	8,826	Global Macro
131	Steadfast Financial LP	New York	United States	8,760	Long/Short
132	Natixis Alternative Investments	New York	United States	8,690	Multi Strategy
133	Greenlight Capital	New York	United States	8,676	Long/Short
134	Catterton Partners	Greenwich	United States	8,573	Food and Beverage
135	Prisma Capital Partners	New York	United States	8,540	Fund of Funds
136	Rockpoint Group	Jacksonville	United States	8,504	Real Estate
137	Jana Partners	New York	United States	8,500	Event Driven
138	Panagora	Boston	United States	8,420	Global Macro
139	Crestline Management	Fort Worth	United States	8,410	Fund of Funds
140	Rimrock Capital Management	Irvine	United States	8,359	Commodities
141	Parallax Fund	San Francisco	United States	8,310	Multi Strategy
142	EJF Asset Management	Arlington	United States	8,243	Event Driven
143	Systematica Investments	London	United Kingdom	8,082	Commodities
144	Alder Capital	Del Mar	United States	8,070	Managed Futures
145	GMT Capital	Atlanta	United States	8,019	Long/Short
146	Solus Alternative Asset Management	New York	United States	7,937	Distressed Assets
147	Odey Asset Management	London	United Kingdom	7,916	Absolute Returns
148	Taconic Capital Advisors	New York	United States	7,761	Managed Futures
149	Onex Credit Partners	Toronto	Canada	7,738	Credit
150	Oak Hill Advisors	New York	United States	7,580	Credit
151	PAR Capital Management	Boston	United States	7,529	Global Macro
152	MSD Capital	New York	United States	7,436	Credit
153	Corvex Management	New York	United States	7,417	Activist
154	Marshall Wace	London	United Kingdom	7,355	Global Macro
155	Capital Fund Management	New York	United States	7,239	Managed Futures
156	Structured Portfolio Management	Stamford	United States	7,234	ABS
157	Samlyn Capital	New York	United States	7,150
158	Altrinsic Global Advisors	Greenwich	United States	7,108	Equity
159	Blue Mountain Capital Management	London	United Kingdom	7,100	Managed Futures
160	Pamplona Capital Management	London	United Kingdom	7,100	Fund of Funds
161	The Children's Investment Fund	London	United Kingdom	7,000	Long/Short
162	Coast Asset Management	Santa Monica	United States	6,930	Fund of Funds
163	Redwood Capital Management	Englewood Cliffs	United States	6,927	Credit
164	JP Morgan Alternative Investments	New York	United States	6,905	Multi Strategy
165	Rockwood Capital	San Francisco	United States	6,850	Real Estate
166	Luminus Management	New York	United States	6,825	Long/Short
167	The Carlyle Group	New York	United States	6,800
168	MCP Asset Management	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	6,740	Fund of Funds
169	Amundi Alternative Investments	Paris	France	6,580	Fund of Funds
170	Indus Capital Partners	New York	United States	6,528	Multi Strategy
171	Alphadyne Asset Management	New York	United States	6,520	Equity
172	Aspect Capital	London	United Kingdom	6,320	Long/Short
173	Magnitude Capital	New York	United States	6,313	Fund of Funds
174	Wolverine Asset Management	Chicago	United States	6,282	Arbitrage
175	Paskewitz Asset Management	Edison	United States	6,249	Managed Futures
176	Tennenbaum Capital Partners	Santa Monica	United States	6,243	Multi Strategy
177	Pentwater Capital Management	Evanston	United States	6,227	Global Equity
178	Investec Asset Management	London	United Kingdom	6,210
179	Cyrus Capital Partners	Stamford	United States	6,192	Special Situations
180	Omega Advisors	New York	United States	6,106	Global Macro
181	Gramercy	Greenwich	United States	6,094	Multi Strategy
182	GSA Capital	London	United Kingdom	6,085
183	Strategic Value Partners	Greenwich	United States	6,084	Distressed Assets
184	Reservoir Capital Group	New York	United States	6,026	Global Macro
185	Haidar Capital Management	New York	United States	6,013	Global Macro
186	Water Street Capital, Inc.	Jacksonville	United States	5,928
187	Tourbillon Capital Partners	New York	United States	5,829	Long/Short
188	Convexity Capital Management	Boston	United States	5,828	Multi Strategy
189	Autonomy Capital	New York	United States	5,785	Emerging Markets
190	Partner Fund Management	San Francisco	United States	5,758
191	BlueBay Asset Management	London	United Kingdom	5,720	Fixed Income
192	DW Partners	New York	United States	5,650	Credit
193	Finisterre Capital	London	United Kingdom	5,646	Fixed Income
194	PAG Absolute Returns	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	5,620	Credit
195	Dymon Asia Capital	Singapore	Singapore	5,610	Global Macro
196	Axonic Capital LLC	New York	United States	5,574	Long/Short
197	Monarch Alternative Capital	New York	United States	5,543	Fixed Income
198	Chenavari Financial Group	London	United Kingdom	5,474	Fixed Income
199	SPARX Group Co.	Tokyo	Japan	5,438	Asian Equity
200	Ashmore Investment Management	London	United Kingdom	5,388	Emerging Markets
201	Stone Milliner Asset Management	London	United Kingdom	5,380	FX
202	Anchor Bolt Capital	Chicago	United States	5,261	Long/Short
203	Lakewood Capital Management	New York	United States	5,206	Value
204	Entrust Partners	New York	United States	5,184	Fund of Funds
205	Transtrend	Rotterdam	Netherlands	5,180	Managed Futures
206	Barings	London	United Kingdom	5,149	Fund of Funds
207	Highclere International Investors	London	United Kingdom	5,081	Small Cap
208	Empyrean Capital Partners	Los Angeles	United States	5,054	Fixed Income
209	Sensato Investors	San Francisco	United States	4,985	Long/Short
210	Grove Street Advisors	Newton	United States	4,981	Fund of Funds
211	Luxor Capital Group	New York	United States	4,976
212	Cantab Capital Partners	Cambridge	United Kingdom	4,910	Global Macro
213	Sloane Robinson	London	United Kingdom	4,900	Long/Short
214	Stevens Capital Management	Radnor	United States	4,860
215	Jabre Capital Partners	Geneva	Switzerland	4,860	Multi Strategy
216	Alkeon Capital Management	New York	United States	4,819
217	Evanston Capital Management	Evanston	United States	4,786	Fund of Funds
218	Highline Capital Management	New York	United States	4,711	Global Macro
219	Value Partners	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	4,681	Asian Equity
220	Overlook Investments Group	Georgetown	Cayman Islands	4,561
221	DellaCamera Capital Management	Rye Brook	United States	4,534	Credit
222	Brahman Capital	New York	United States	4,519	Managed Futures
223	Aristeia Capital	Greenwich	United States	4,515
224	Harbert Management Corporation	Birmingham	United States	4,506	Emerging Markets
225	Contrarian Capital Management	Greenwich	United States	4,450	Multi Strategy
226	Ivory Investment Management	Los Angeles	United States	4,388	Value
227	Wayzata Investment Partners	Wayzata	United States	4,320	Private Equity
228	Passport Capital	San Francisco	United States	4,295	Long/Short
229	Aurelius Capital Management	New York	United States	4,253	Managed Futures
230	Myriad Asset Management	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	4,115	Multi Strategy
231	Tybourne Capital Management	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	4,080
232	Ascend Capital	Orinda	United States	4,036	Long/Short
233	Aquila Capital	Hamburg	Germany	3,905	Arbitrage
234	SEB Asset Management	Frankfurt	Belgium	3,890	Fund of Funds
235	Hitchwood Capital Management	New York	United States	3,822	Equity
236	Owl Creek Asset Management	New York	United States	3,756	Equity
237	BTG Pactual	Sao Paulo	Brazil	3,670	Emerging Markets
238	Sprott Asset Management	Toronto	Canada	3,539	Small Cap
239	Mason Capital Management LLC	New York	United States	3,507
240	Symmetry Investments	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	3,500	Credit
241	Credit Suisse Alternatives	Zurich	Switzerland	3,482	Fund of Funds
242	ECM	London	United Kingdom	3,480	Fixed Income
243	Brevan Howard Asset Management	London	United Kingdom	3,465	Global Macro
244	Greenwoods Asset Management	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	3,417	Global Macro
245	Criterion Capital Management	San Francisco	United States	3,374	Long/Short
246	Hoplite Capital Management	New York	United States	3,360	Long/Short
247	LibreMax Capital	New York	United States	3,289	Distressed Assets
248	Aetos Capital	Menlo Park	United States	3,281	Fund of Funds
249	HighVista Strategies	Boston	United States	3,247	Multi Strategy
250	Oceanwood Capital Management	London	United Kingdom	3,221	Credit

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Key Stats on Top 250 Hedge Funds for 2017

9 of the top 250 hedge fund managers are based in Hong Kong
39 of the top 250 hedge fund managers are based in the United Kingdom
179 of the top 250 hedge fund managers are based in the US
88 of the top 250 hedge funds are based in New York
37 of the top 250 hedge funds are based in London
13 of the top 250 hedge funds are based in Greenwich, CT

The top 250 hedge funds have $4.47 trillion in assets under management (AUM)
The average AUM of the top 250 hedge funds in $17.8 billion
The median AUM of the top 250 hedge funds is $9.3 billion
The average number of employees at the top hedge funds is 58
16 of the top 250 hedge funds were launched in 2000, more than any other year
108 of the top 250 hedge funds are currently hiring new employees

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