Updated The biggest hedge funds

(Updated and corrected March 15)

Largest hedge fund managers
(in $ billions as of Dec. 31, 2009)
J.P. Morgan***$53.5
Bridgewater Associates$43.6
Paulson & Co.$32.0
Brevan Howard$27.0
Soros Fund Mgmt.$27.0
Man Group$25.3
Och-Ziff Capital Mgmt. Group$23.1
D.E. Shaw Group*$23.0
BlackRock (BGI)$21.0
Farallon Capital Mgmt.$20.7
Baupost Group**$20.0
King Street Capital*$19.0
Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt.$17.8
BlueCrest Capital Mgmt.$17.3
Canyon Partners$17.0
Elliott Management$16.2
Landsdowne Partners*$15.0
Renaissance Technologies$15.0
Fortress Investment Group$13.8
Eton Park Capital Mgmt. $13.0
Moore Capital Mgmt.$12.4
Viking Global Investors*$12.4
SAC Capital Partners$12.0
GLG Partners$11.5
York Capital Management$11.1
Tudor Investment$10.0
Total$530.6
Source: Company information, industry sources

* As of Jan. 1, 2010

** As of Sept. 30, 2009

*** Total reflects assets managed in hedge fund strategies

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