Top 100 US Equity Hedge Funds oversee $557 billion in AUM |
Date: Friday, July 29, 2011
Author: HedgeTracker
HedgeTracker has announced the release of its latest list of the Top 100 U.S.
Equity Hedge Funds. According to the report, the top hedge fund managers on the
list oversee a combined $557 billion in equity assets under management.
The top five hedge funds impressively are responsible for managing $130 billion
in assets, accounting for more than 23% of the equity assets under management
for the top 100. Regionally, New York City has the most hedge fund managers on
the list, followed by Greenwich/Stamford, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Not surprisingly, topping the list are John Paulson’s Paulson & Co. with $34.2
billion and Boston-based Adage Capital Partners with $26.5 billion. Rounding out
the top 5 are other notable industry stalwarts: Renaissance Technologies Corp,
Citadel Investment Group and D.E. Shaw & Co.
The top hedge fund rankings are compiled using quarterly equity holdings
information of the hedge fund firm’s overall U.S. equity assets under
management. Beyond assets under management, the top 100 Hedge Funds list
includes: investment styles, locations and contact information for all the
funds.
To view the Top 100 Hedge Funds in its entirety,
please click here.
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