Top 100 Hedge Funds in the US 2018

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List of the 100 largest hedge funds based in the US for 2018, ranked by assets under management (AUM).

Rank	Fund Name	City	Country	AUM ($millions)	Strategy
1	AQR Capital Management	Greenwich	USA	243,982	Multi Strategy
2	Bridgewater Associates	Westport	USA	239,323	Long/Short
3	Millennium Management	New York	USA	207,626	Multi Strategy
4	Citadel Investment Group	Chicago	USA	152,656	Convertibles
5	Goldman Sachs Asset Management	New York	USA	106,240
6	Wellington Management Company LLP	Boston	USA	99,739	Multi Strategy
7	Renaissance Technologies	East Setauket	USA	97,005	Multi Strategy
8	Pine River Capital Management	Minnetonka	USA	82,775	Multi Strategy
9	DE Shaw	New York	USA	81,316	Absolute Return
10	Fortress Investment Group	New York	USA	56,936	Private Equity
11	Elliott Management	New York	USA	56,006	Global Equity
12	Element Capital Management	New York	USA	55,882	Global Macro
13	Moore Capital Management	New York	USA	53,824	Global Macro
14	Och-Ziff Capital Management	New York	USA	51,743	Global Macro
15	Two Sigma Investments	New York	USA	49,268	Commodities
16	Cerberus Capital Management	New York	USA	47,972	Aerospace/Defense
17	Viking Global Investors	Greenwich	USA	43,378	Global Macro
18	Adage Capital Management	Boston	USA	41,968
19	Tudor Investment Corporation	Greenwich	USA	39,661	Multi Strategy
20	Angelo Gordon & Co.	New York	USA	38,318	Real Estate
21	Balyasny Asset Management	Chicago	USA	37,210	Multi Strategy
22	BlackRock Alternative Advisors	New York	USA	33,250	Global Macro
23	Lone Pine Capital	Greenwich	USA	33,157	Long/Short
24	Discovery Capital Management	Norwalk	USA	33,072	Equity
25	Baupost Group	Boston	USA	31,563	Global Equity
26	Davidson Kempner Capital Management	New York	USA	31,023	Global Equity
27	Graham Capital Management	Rowayton	USA	30,308	Global Macro
28	GoldenTree Asset Management	New York	USA	27,384	Private Equity
29	Anchorage Capital Group	New York	USA	27,176	Credit
30	Centerbridge Partners LP	New York	USA	26,049	Multi Strategy
31	HBK Capital Management	Dallas	USA	25,447	Multi Strategy
32	Farallon Capital Management	San Francisco	USA	25,436	Multi Strategy
33	PointState Capital	New York	USA	24,762	Energy
34	Tiger Global Management LLC	New York	USA	23,595
35	Bracebridge Capital	Boston	USA	23,527	Absolute Returns
36	Appaloosa Management	Short Hills	USA	22,845	Global Equity
37	Hutchin Hill Capital	New York	USA	22,808	Event Driven
38	Bluemountain Capital Management	New York	USA	22,787	Global Macro
39	Third Point LLC	New York	USA	22,615	Event Driven
40	Lighthouse Investment Partners	Palm Beach Gardens	USA	21,237	Fund of Funds
41	King Street Capital Management	New York	USA	21,219	Global Macro
42	Select Equity	New York	USA	20,510	Equity
43	York Capital Management	New York	USA	19,974	Event Driven
44	Magnetar Capital	Evanston	USA	19,895	Multi Strategy
45	Brigade Capital Management	New York	USA	19,730	Managed Futures
46	Caxton Associates	Princeton	USA	19,426	Global Macro
47	Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors	Los Angeles	USA	19,357	Private Equity
48	Canyon Partners	Los Angeles	USA	19,148	Multi Strategy
49	Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.	Boston	USA	18,960	Emerging Markets
50	Carlson Alternative Advisors	Dallas	USA	18,881	Private Equity
51	Highfields Capital Management	Boston	USA	18,796
52	MKP Capital Management	New York	USA	18,705	Multi Strategy
53	ValueAct Capital	San Francisco	USA	17,581	Long/Short
54	Alyeska Investment Group	Chicago	USA	16,532	Managed Futures
55	Spectrum Asset Management	Stamford	USA	16,509	Fixed Income
56	Glenview Capital Management	New York	USA	16,319	Multi Strategy
57	Tilden Park Capital Management	New York	USA	16,058	Multi Strategy
58	Maverick Capital	Dallas	USA	15,921	Global Macro
59	Neuberger Berman	New York	USA	15,900	Fund of Funds
60	Marathon Asset Management	New York	USA	15,248	Credit
61	OrbiMed Advisors	New York	USA	15,200	Private Equity
62	UBS Hedge Fund Solutions	Stamford	USA	14,549	Equity
63	Lazard Alternatives	New York	USA	14,120	Multi Strategy
64	Paloma Partners	Greenwich	USA	14,022
65	Pershing Square Capital Management	New York	USA	13,810	Value
66	Coatue Management	New York	USA	13,755
67	Carval Investors	Hopkins	USA	13,646	Fixed Income
68	Varde Partners	Minneapolis	USA	13,541	Distressed Assets
69	Senator Investment Group	New York	USA	13,387	Long/Short
70	Pharo Management	New York	USA	13,382	Global Macro
71	Beach Point Capital Management	Santa Monica	USA	13,032	Multi Strategy
72	Fir Tree Partners	New York	USA	13,017
73	Trian Fund Management LP	New York	USA	12,478
74	Paulson & Co.	New York	USA	12,443	Multi Strategy
75	Blue Ridge Capital	Atlanta	USA	12,410	Real Estate
76	Silver Point Capital	Greenwich	USA	12,345	Multi Strategy
77	Arrowstreet Capital	Boston	USA	12,200
78	Benefit Street Partners	New York	USA	11,828	Credit
79	Metacapital Management LP	New York	USA	11,733	Fixed Income
80	Soroban Capital Partners	New York	USA	11,626	Long/Short
81	Nephila Capital	Larkspur	USA	11,575	Insurance
82	Scopia Capital	New York	USA	11,369	Long/Short
83	Eton Park Capital Management	New York	USA	11,328	Credit
84	Horsley Bridge Partners	San Francisco	USA	11,172	Private Equity
85	LaSalle Investment Management	Chicago	USA	11,011	Real Estate
86	KLS Diversified	New York	USA	10,940	Fixed Income
87	MJX Asset Management	New York	USA	10,568	CDO
88	Eminence Capital	New York	USA	10,550	Activist
89	Wafra Investment Group	New York	USA	10,483	Multi Strategy
90	Commonfund Capital	Wilton	USA	10,363	Multi Strategy
91	Pacific Alternative Asset Management	Irvine	USA	10,052	Fund of Funds
92	K2 Advisors	Stamford	USA	9,808	Fund of Funds
93	PDT Partners	New York	USA	9,719
94	ArcLight Capital Partners	Boston	USA	9,616	Energy
95	Abrams Capital	Boston	USA	9,313	Managed Futures
96	Ellington Management Group	Old Greenwich	USA	9,238	ABS
97	Kensico Capital Management	Greenwich	USA	9,209	Multi Strategy
98	Highbridge Capital Management	New York	USA	9,134	Convertibles
99	Whitebox Advisors	Minneapolis	USA	8,863	Global Macro
100	Steadfast Financial LP	New York	USA	8,760	Long/Short

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Key Stats on Top 100 Largest US Hedge Funds for 2018

51 of the top 100 US hedge funds in 2018 are based in New York, NY

9 of the top 100 US hedge funds are based in Boston, MA

7 of the largest US hedge funds are based in Greenwich, CT

The biggest hedge fund in the US by AUM is AQR Capital Management

The second largest US hedge fund is Bridgewater Associates

The top 10 US hedge funds in 2018 have $1.37 trillion in assets under management (AUM)

The 50 top US hedge funds in 2018 have $2.59 trillion in AUM

The average AUM of the top 100 US hedge funds is $32.2 billion

The median AUM of the top 100 US hedge funds is $18.8 billion

41 of the the 100 largest US hedge funds are currently hiring new employees

22 of the top 100 US hedge funds in 2018 utilize a multi-strategy investment approach