Top 50 Hedge Funds in Europe 2021
2021 Top 50 European Hedge Funds Overview
There are some minor changes for the 2021 top hedge fund rankings versus the list of top European hedge funds for 2020. Global macro remains the most popular strategy among the top hedge funds in Europe. In general, long biased and emerging market funds had the largest increases in AUM for 2021.
Capula Investment Management, with over $100 billion USD in assets is the largest hedge fund in Europe. Pictet Alternative investments is the largest hedge fund in the European Union (EU).
Europe’s top 50 hedge funds manage a combined $521 billion USD / €427 billion EUR in assets. The four largest hedge funds in Europe are all based in London.
Top 50 Hedge Funds Europe 2021
List of the 50 biggest European hedge funds for 2021 ranked by assets under management (AUM)
Rank Fund Name City Country AUM ($Millions) Strategy
1.0
Capula Investment Management LLP
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Absolute Returns
2.0
Man Group
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Global Macro
3.0
Brevan Howard Asset Management
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Global Macro
4.0
Lansdowne Partners
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Absolute Returns
5.0
Pictet Alternative Investments
Geneva
Switzerland
0.0
Fund of Funds
6.0
Arrowgrass Capital Partners
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Convertibles
7.0
Marshall Wace
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Global Macro
8.0
Aviva Investors
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Convertibles
9.0
Danske Capital
Copenhagen
Denmark
0.0
European Equity
10.0
LMR Partners
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Global Macro
11.0
Investcorp
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Convertibles
12.0
Brummer and Partners
Stockholm
Sweden
0.0
Long/Short
13.0
Aquila Capital
Hamburg
Germany
0.0
Arbitrage
14.0
BlueCrest Capital Management
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Multi Strategy
15.0
Blue Mountain Capital Partners
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Managed Futures
16.0
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Long/Short
17.0
Amundi Alternative Investments
Paris
France
0.0
Fund of Funds
18.0
Edgbaston Investment Partners
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Asian Equity
19.0
Investec Asset Management
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Multi Strategy
20.0
Stone Milliner Asset Management
London
United Kingdom
0.0
FX
21.0
Cantab Capital Partners
Cambridge
United Kingdom
0.0
Global Macro
22.0
Cyrus Capital Partners
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Special Situations
23.0
Highclere International Investors
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Small Cap
24.0
ABC Arbitrage
Paris
France
0.0
Arbitrage
25.0
Edesia Asset Management
Geneva
Switzerland
0.0
Commodities
26.0
Altima Partners
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Special Situations
27.0
RWC London
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Absolute Returns
28.0
Oceanwood Capital Management
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Credit
29.0
Credit Suisse Alternatives
Zurich
Switzerland
0.0
Fund of Funds
30.0
Rokos Capital Management
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Global Macro
31.0
Cheyne Capital
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Real Estate
32.0
Ashmore Investment Management
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Emerging Markets
33.0
36 South Capital Advisors
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Global Macro
34.0
Algebris Investments
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Credit
35.0
Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie
Petit-Lancy
Switzerland
0.0
Fund of Funds
36.0
Argentem Creek UK LLP
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Credit
37.0
Barings
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Fund of Funds
38.0
Systematica Investments
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Commodities
39.0
Polar Capital Partners
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Long/Short
40.0
Egerton Capital
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Long/Short
41.0
H2O Asset Management
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Absolute Returns
42.0
Janus Henderson
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Global Macro
43.0
Wimmer Horizon
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Managed Futures
44.0
Lyxor Asset Management
Paris
France
0.0
Convertibles
45.0
Alcentra
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Distressed Assets
46.0
Finisterre Capital
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Fixed Income
47.0
Squarepoint Ops
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Quantitative
48.0
HSBC Alternative Investments
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Multi Strategy
49.0
CQS Investment Management Limited
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Multi Strategy
50.0
Winton Capital Management
London
United Kingdom
0.0
Managed Futures
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Key Stats on Top 50 Hedge Funds in Europe – 2021
40 of the top 50 European hedge fund managers are based in the United Kingdom
4 of the top 50 hedge funds in Europe for 2021 are based in Switzerland
3 of the 50 largest hedge funds for 2021 are based in France
39 of the top 50 hedgefunds in Europe are based in London
The top 50 hedge fund companies in Europe have $521 billion USD / €427 billion EUR in assets under management (AUM)
The average AUM of the top 50 hedge funds in Europe for 2021 is $10.42 billion USD / €8.55 billion EUR
The median AUM of the top 50 hedge funds for 2021 is $3.66 billion USD / €3.00 billion EUR
The average number of employees at the top 50 European hedge funds is 25
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