Top 50 Largest Hedge Funds in United Kingdom – 2021
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 Largest Hedge Funds in United Kingdom – 2021
Ranked by assets under management (AUM). Click any column to sort. Fund names link to detailed profiles.
| Rank | Fund Name | City | Country | AUM | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Key Statistics
- 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.
- 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 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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