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 $712 billion USD / £627 billion GBP in assets.
Virtually all of the largest hedge funds in the United Kingdom are based in London.
Top 50 Hedge Funds in the UK 2022
List of the 50 biggest UK hedge funds for 2022 ranked by assets under management (AUM)
2022 Rank
Fund Name
City
AUM ($ millions)
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
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48 of the top 50 UK hedge fund managers are based in London
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 top 50 hedge fund companies in the UK have $712 billion USD / £627 billion GBP in assets under management (AUM)
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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