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.
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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