Top 50 Hedge Funds in the United Kingdom 2021
2021 Top 50 UK Hedge Funds Overview
There are some minor changes for the 2021 top hedge fund rankings versus the list of top UK hedge funds for 2020. Global macro remains the most popular strategy among the top hedge funds in the UK.
Capula Investment Management, with over $100 billion USD in assets is the largest hedge fund in the UK, as well as Europe as a whole. Man Group and Brevan Howard, with $64 billion and $58 billion in AUM respectively, rank second and third among the biggest UK hedge funds.
The UK’s top 50 hedge funds manage a combined $432 billion USD / £315 billion GBP in assets. The four largest hedge funds in Europe are all based in London.
This page is from 2021, view the Top 50 UK Hedge Funds for 2023
Top 50 Hedge Funds in the UK 2021
List of the 50 biggest UK hedge funds for 2021 ranked by assets under management (AUM)
Rank Fund Name City Country AUM Other Strategies
1.0
Capula Investment Management LLP
London
United Kingdom
105,951.6
Absolute Returns, Credit
2.0
Man Group
London
United Kingdom
64,740.6
Global Macro, Convertibles, Crypto
3.0
Brevan Howard Asset Management
London
United Kingdom
58,630.0
Global Macro, Commodities
4.0
Lansdowne Partners
London
United Kingdom
31,740.0
Absolute Returns, Global Macro, Long/Short
5.0
Arrowgrass Capital Partners
London
United Kingdom
21,208.4
Convertibles, Multi Strategy, Credit
6.0
Marshall Wace
London
United Kingdom
18,854.4
Global Macro, Multi Strategy
7.0
Aviva Investors
London
United Kingdom
16,044.9
Convertibles, Multi Strategy, Global Equity
8.0
LMR Partners
London
United Kingdom
15,350.0
Global Macro, Event Driven
9.0
Investcorp
London
United Kingdom
14,932.5
Convertibles
10.0
BlueCrest Capital Management
London
United Kingdom
9,000.0
Multi Strategy, Managed Futures, Emerging Markets, Global Macro
11.0
Blue Mountain Capital Partners
London
United Kingdom
7,100.0
Managed Futures, Credit
12.0
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation
London
United Kingdom
7,000.0
Long/Short
13.0
Edgbaston Investment Partners
London
United Kingdom
6,336.6
Asian Equity
14.0
Investec Asset Management
London
United Kingdom
6,210.0
Multi Strategy
15.0
Stone Milliner Asset Management
London
United Kingdom
5,380.0
FX, Global Macro, Fixed Income, Emerging Markets
16.0
Cantab Capital Partners
Cambridge
United Kingdom
4,910.0
Global Macro, Quantitative
17.0
Cyrus Capital Partners
London
United Kingdom
4,703.5
Special Situations, Arbitrage, Distressed Assets, Credit
18.0
Highclere International Investors
London
United Kingdom
4,325.8
Small Cap
19.0
Altima Partners
London
United Kingdom
3,656.6
Special Situations
20.0
RWC London
London
United Kingdom
3,569.9
Absolute Returns, Long/Short, Emerging Markets
21.0
Oceanwood Capital Management
London
United Kingdom
3,347.4
Credit, Distressed Assets
22.0
Rokos Capital Management
London
United Kingdom
2,194.2
Global Macro
23.0
Cheyne Capital
London
United Kingdom
2,007.9
Real Estate, Fixed Income, Long/Short, Convertibles
24.0
Ashmore Investment Management
London
United Kingdom
1,686.0
Emerging Markets, Multi Strategy, Fixed Income
25.0
36 South Capital Advisors
London
United Kingdom
1,546.9
Global Macro
26.0
Algebris Investments
London
United Kingdom
1,375.6
Credit, UCITS, Emerging Markets, Global Macro
27.0
Argentem Creek UK LLP
London
United Kingdom
1,036.9
Credit, Emerging Markets
28.0
Barings
London
United Kingdom
914.2
Fund of Funds, Multi Strategy
29.0
Systematica Investments
London
United Kingdom
797.8
Commodities
30.0
Polar Capital Partners
London
United Kingdom
674.9
Long/Short, Convertibles
31.0
Egerton Capital
London
United Kingdom
631.8
Long/Short
32.0
H2O Asset Management
London
United Kingdom
572.4
Absolute Returns, Fixed Income, Long/Short, Global Macro
33.0
Janus Henderson
London
United Kingdom
535.0
Global Macro, Long/Short
34.0
Wimmer Horizon
London
United Kingdom
475.8
Managed Futures, Commodities, FX
35.0
Alcentra
London
United Kingdom
438.0
Distressed Assets
36.0
Finisterre Capital
London
United Kingdom
431.6
Fixed Income, FX, Special Situations, Emerging Markets
37.0
Squarepoint Ops
London
United Kingdom
431.2
Quantitative
38.0
HSBC Alternative Investments
London
United Kingdom
425.2
Multi Strategy, Global Macro, Emerging Markets, Fund of Funds
39.0
CQS Investment Management Limited
London
United Kingdom
392.8
Multi Strategy, Convertibles, Long/Short, Fixed Income
40.0
Winton Capital Management
London
United Kingdom
370.1
Managed Futures, Absolute Returns, Long/Short
41.0
Toscafund Asset Management
London
United Kingdom
289.0
Long/Short, Event Driven, Real Estate, Credit
42.0
MKP Capital Europe
London
United Kingdom
219.5
Multi Strategy
43.0
Odey Asset Management
London
United Kingdom
219.5
Absolute Returns, Long/Short
44.0
Insight Investment
London
United Kingdom
210.2
Fixed Income
45.0
Lindsell Train Limited
London
United Kingdom
197.5
Fixed Income, Asian Equity, Global Macro, Long/Short
46.0
CapeView Capital LLP
London
United Kingdom
179.6
Credit, Long/Short
47.0
Oxford Asset Management
Oxford
United Kingdom
147.2
Absolute Returns, Global Macro
48.0
Lindengrove Capital Llp
London
United Kingdom
136.2
Global Macro
49.0
Two Sigma International Limited
London
United Kingdom
94.4
Long/Short
50.0
GSA Capital
London
United Kingdom
2.0
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Key Stats on Top 50 UK Hedge Funds in 2021
48 of the top 50 UK hedge fund managers are based in London
1 of the top 50 hedge funds in the UK for 2021 is based in Cambridge
1 of the 50 largest hedge funds for 2021 is based in Oxford
The top 50 hedge fund companies in the UK have $431 billion USD / £315 billion GBP in assets under management (AUM)
The average AUM of the top 50 hedge funds in Europe for 2021 is $8.63 billion USD / £6.30 billion GBP
The median AUM of the top 50 hedge funds for 2021 is $1.46 billion USD / £1.07 billion GBP
The average number of employees at the top 50 European hedge funds is 22
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