Top 50 US Hedge Funds 2017

Top 50 US Hedge Funds 2017

This is a list of the top 50 hedge fund companies in the US for 2017. Combined, the top 50 US hedge funds have $2.59 billion in assets under management (AUM). The top 10 US hedge funds include AQR Capital Management, Bridgewater Associates, Millennium Management, Citadel Investment Group, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Wellington Management Company, Renaissance Technologies, Pine River Capital Management, DE Shaw, and Fortress Investment Group.

25 of the top 50 us hedge funds are based in New York. 5 of the top 50 US hedge funds are based in Boston and 4 are based in Greenwich, CT. Dallas, Los Angeles, and Chicago each have two of the top 50 hedge fund managers.

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TOP 50 US Hedge Funds

 

Rank	Fund Name	City	AUM ($MM)	Strategy
1	AQR Capital Management	Greenwich	243982	Multi Strategy
2	Bridgewater Associates	Westport	239323	Long/Short
3	Millennium Management	New York	207626	Multi Strategy
4	Citadel Investment Group	Chicago	152656	Convertibles
5	Goldman Sachs Asset Management	New York	106240
6	Wellington Management Company	Boston	99739	Multi Strategy
7	Renaissance Technologies	East Setauket	97005	Multi Strategy
8	Pine River Capital Management	Minnetonka	82775	Multi Strategy
9	DE Shaw	New York	81316	Absolute Return
10	Fortress Investment Group	New York	56936	Private Equity
11	Elliott Management	New York	56006	Global Equity
12	Element Capital Management	New York	55882	Global Macro
13	Moore Capital Management	New York	53824	Global Macro
14	Och-Ziff Capital Management	New York	51743	Global Macro
15	Two Sigma Investments	New York	49268	Commodities
16	Cerberus Capital Management	New York	47972	Aerospace/Defense
17	Viking Global Investors	Greenwich	43378	Global Macro
18	Adage Capital Management	Boston	41968
19	Tudor Investment Corporation	Greenwich	39661	Multi Strategy
20	Angelo Gordon & Co.	New York	38253	Real Estate
21	Balyasny Asset Management	Chicago	37210	Multi Strategy
22	BlackRock Alternative Advisors	New York	33250	Global Macro
23	Lone Pine Capital	Greenwich	33157	Long/Short
24	Discovery Capital Management	Norwalk	33072	Equity
25	Lighthouse Investment Partners	Palm Beach Gardens	32567	Fund of Funds
26	Baupost Group	Boston	31563	Global Equity
27	Davidson Kempner	New York	31023	Global Equity
28	Graham Capital Management	Rowayton	30308	Global Macro
29	GoldenTree Asset Management	New York	27384	Private Equity
30	Anchorage Capital Group	New York	27176	Credit
31	Centerbridge Partners LP	New York	26049	Multi Strategy
32	HBK Capital Management	Dallas	25447	Multi Strategy
33	Farallon Capital Management	San Francisco	25436	Multi Strategy
34	PointState Capital	New York	24762	Energy
35	Tiger Global Management LLC	New York	23595
36	Bracebridge Capital	Boston	23527	Absolute Returns
37	Appaloosa Management	Short Hills	22845	Global Equity
38	Hutchin Hill Capital	New York	22808	Event Driven
39	Bluemountain Capital Management	New York	22787	Global Macro
40	King Street Capital Management	New York	21219	Global Macro
41	Select Equity	New York	20510	Equity
42	York Capital Management	New York	19974	Event Driven
43	Magnetar Capital	Evanston	19895	Multi Strategy
44	Brigade Capital Management	New York	19730	Managed Futures
45	Caxton Associates	Princeton	19426	Global Macro
46	Third Point LLC	New York	19411	Event Driven
47	Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors	Los Angeles	19357	Private Equity
48	Canyon Partners	Los Angeles	19148	Multi Strategy
49	Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.	Boston	18960	Emerging Markets
50	Carlson Alternative Advisors	Dallas	18881	Private Equity

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