Top 50 Largest Hedge Funds in United Kingdom – 2022
There are some minor changes for the 2022 top hedge fund rankings versus the list of top UK hedge funds for 2021. Global macro remains the most popular strategy among the top hedge funds in the UK.
Capula Investment Management, with over $80 billion USD in assets is the largest hedge fund in the UK, as well as Europe as a whole. Two Sigma and Brevan Howard, with $69 billion and $59 billion in AUM respectively, rank second and third among the biggest UK hedge funds.
The UK’s 50 largest hedge funds manage a combined $712 billion USD / £627 billion GBP in assets.
Virtually all of the largest hedge funds in the United Kingdom are based in London.
Top 50 Largest Hedge Funds in United Kingdom – 2022
Ranked by assets under management (AUM). Click any column to sort. Fund names link to detailed profiles.
| Rank | Fund Name | City | AUM | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capula Investment Management LLP | London | 82,111.8 | Absolute Returns |
| 2 | Two Sigma International Limited | London | 68,902.8 | Long/Short |
| 3 | Brevan Howard Asset Management | London | 58,630.0 | Global Macro |
| 4 | Squarepoint Ops | London | 36,234.2 | Quantitative |
| 5 | Lindsell Train Limited | London | 33,982.4 | Fixed Income |
| 6 | Lansdowne Partners | London | 31,740.0 | Absolute Returns |
| 7 | Polar Capital Partners | London | 28,561.3 | Long/Short |
| 8 | Cheyne Capital | London | 27,432.0 | Real Estate |
| 9 | Egerton Capital | London | 27,418.6 | Long/Short |
| 10 | Aviva Investors | London | 26,675.6 | Convertibles |
| 11 | Marshall Wace | London | 26,675.1 | Global Macro |
| 12 | Alcentra | London | 23,768.0 | Distressed Assets |
| 13 | Man Group | London | 23,581.4 | Global Macro |
| 14 | Barings | London | 18,540.7 | Fund of Funds |
| 15 | Algebris Investments | London | 18,074.2 | Credit |
| 16 | LMR Partners | London | 15,350.0 | Global Macro |
| 17 | RWC London | London | 13,971.6 | Absolute Returns |
| 18 | Systematica Investments | London | 12,262.1 | Commodities |
| 19 | Janus Henderson | London | 10,646.7 | Global Macro |
| 20 | MKP Capital Europe | London | 9,598.1 | Multi Strategy |
| 21 | BlueCrest Capital Management | London | 9,000.0 | Multi Strategy |
| 22 | HSBC Alternative Investments | London | 8,708.9 | Multi Strategy |
| 23 | Emso Asset Management Limited | London | 7,470.5 | 0 |
| 24 | Blue Mountain Capital Partners | London | 7,100.0 | Managed Futures |
| 25 | The Children's Investment Fund Foundation | London | 7,000.0 | Long/Short |
| 26 | Investec Asset Management | London | 6,210.0 | Multi Strategy |
| 27 | Highclere International Investors | London | 5,893.2 | Small Cap |
| 28 | Winton Capital Management | London | 5,627.4 | Managed Futures |
| 29 | Stone Milliner Asset Management | London | 5,380.0 | FX |
| 30 | Ashmore Investment Management | London | 5,350.3 | Emerging Markets |
| 31 | Odey Asset Management | London | 5,238.3 | Absolute Returns |
| 32 | Cantab Capital Partners | Cambridge | 4,910.0 | Global Macro |
| 33 | Oxford Asset Management | Oxford | 4,544.6 | Absolute Returns |
| 34 | GSA Capital | London | 4,413.5 | 0 |
| 35 | Aspect Capital | London | 4,028.2 | Managed Futures |
| 36 | Cyrus Capital Partners | London | 4,006.1 | Special Situations |
| 37 | Wimmer Horizon | London | 3,878.7 | Managed Futures |
| 38 | CQS Investment Management Limited | London | 3,702.8 | Multi Strategy |
| 39 | Altima Partners | London | 3,666.5 | Special Situations |
| 40 | Toscafund Asset Management | London | 2,306.0 | Long/Short |
| 41 | Rokos Capital Management | London | 1,971.9 | Global Macro |
| 42 | 36 South Capital Advisors | London | 1,327.6 | Global Macro |
| 43 | CapeView Capital LLP | London | 1,247.3 | Credit |
| 44 | Edgbaston Investment Partners | London | 1,216.8 | Asian Equity |
| 45 | Oceanwood Capital Management | London | 1,101.6 | Credit |
| 46 | Argentem Creek UK LLP | London | 822.9 | Credit |
| 47 | H2O Asset Management | London | 704.6 | Absolute Returns |
| 48 | Arrowgrass Capital Partners | London | 511.0 | Convertibles |
| 49 | Finisterre Capital | London | 245.4 | Fixed Income |
| 50 | Insight Investment | London | 210.2 | Fixed Income |
Key Statistics
- Capula Investment Management, with over $80 billion USD in assets is the largest hedge fund in the UK, as well as Europe as a whole. Two Sigma and Brevan Howard, with $69 billion and $59 billion in AUM respectively, rank second and third among the biggest UK hedge funds.
- The UK’s 50 largest hedge funds manage a combined $712 billion USD / £627 billion GBP in assets.
- 1 of the top 50 hedge funds in the UK for 2022 is based in Cambridge
- 1 of the 50 largest hedge funds for 2022 is based in Oxford
- The average AUM of the top 50 hedge funds in Europe for 2021 is $14.3 billion USD / £12.5 billion GBP
- The median AUM of the top 50 hedge funds for 2022 is $6.6 billion USD / £5.8 billion GBP
- The average number of employees at the top 50 European hedge funds is 23
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