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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