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September 18, 2017 01:00 AM

The largest managers of hedge funds

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    Ranked by discretionary assets managed in hedge funds worldwide, in millions, as of June 30, 2017.

    RankManagerAssetsChange

    from

    2016

    1Bridgewater Associates$123,000 19.5%
    2AQR Capital Mgmt.$76,619 21.6%
    3Man Group$53,100 14.7%
    4Renaissance Technologies$48,600 51.9%
    5Two Sigma $35,400 28.3%
    6Millennium Mgmt.$34,373 3.2%
    7Elliott Mgmt.$32,700 13.4%
    8Baupost Group$31,100 6.5%
    9BlackRock$27,615 -3.4%
    10Winton Capital Mgmt.$27,559 -16.6%
    11D.E. Shaw Group$27,486 1.7%
    12Citadel $27,107 12.9%
    13Davidson Kempner Cap. Mgmt.$27,100 7.3%
    14Marshall Wace$23,913 4.0%
    15Farallon Capital Mgmt.$23,800 13.3%
    16Och-Ziff Capital Mgmt.$22,000 -15.7%
    17Canyon Capital Advisors2$21,000 47.9%
    18Viking Global Investors $20,143 1.8%
    19King Street Capital Mgmt.$18,800 -1.1%
    20PIMCO$17,352 2.2%
    21Appaloosa Mgmt.$17,000 N/A
    22Anchorage Capital Group$16,800 7.7%
    23York Capital Mgmt.$16,700 -8.7%
    24Cevian Capital$16,627 31.8%
    25Third Point $16,500 N/A
    26TCI Fund Mgmt.$15,854 26.8%
    27Capula Investment Mgmt.$14,900 5.7%
    28Pershing Square Holdings$14,796 N/A
    29BlueMountain Capital Mgmt. $14,200 0.7%
    30Graham Capital Mgmt.$14,086 11.2%
    31Magnetar Capital$13,200 0.0%
    32Highfields Capital Mgmt.$12,900 5.7%
    33Fortress Inv. Group$12,868 -5.3%
    34Angelo, Gordon & Co.$12,400 2.5%
    35GoldenTree Asset Mgmt.$12,010 3.9%
    36Brevan Howard Asset Mgmt.$11,873 -38.8%
    37Glenview Capital Mgmt.$11,476 21.3%
    38Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt.$11,200 -13.8%
    39PointState Capital$10,600 4.0%
    40Nephila Capital $10,450 4.7%
    41Fir Tree Partners$9,539 -0.6%
    42Carlson Capital$9,100 8.9%
    43Marathon Asset Mgmt.$8,820 1.4%
    44Senator Investment Group$8,800 3.7%
    45Greenlight Capital$7,000 -18.6%
    46Tiger Global Mgmt.$7,000 18.6%
    47CQS4$6,612 9.2%
    48Waterfall Asset Mgmt. $6,447 53.5%
    49Solus Alternative Asset Mgmt.$6,338 25.8%
    50Aspect Capital$6,288 6.5%
    51Taconic Capital Advisors$6,000 -3.1%
    52Cheyne Capital$5,879 N/A
    53Ellington Mgmt. Group$5,500 3.8%
    54J.P. Morgan Asset Mgmt.5$5,500 -9.2%
    55MKP Capital Mgmt.$5,322 -28.0%
    56Paloma Partners$5,300 0.0%
    57UBS O'Connor3$5,113 -8.7%
    58PDT Partners$5,000 0.0%
    59Autonomy Capital$4,800 37.1%
    60Eminence Capital$4,763 N/A
    61Pine River Capital Mgmt.$4,589 -43.3%
    62Samlyn Capital$4,500 -10.0%
    63Contrarian Capital Mgmt.$4,300 36.9%
    64Tilden Park Capital Mgmt.$4,124 6.8%
    65Capstone Investment Advisors$4,019 47.1%
    66Gramercy Funds Mgmt.$3,883 -1.8%
    67Neuberger Berman Group $3,856 N/A
    68Highline Capital Mgmt.$3,615 26.6%
    69Napier Park Global Capital$3,332 77.1%
    70Empyrean Capital Partners$3,200 N/A
    71HG Vora Capital Mgmt.$3,200 33.3%
    72Valinor Capital Mgmt.$3,200 N/A
    73DW Partners$3,100 -24.4%
    74Kepos Capital$3,100 40.9%
    75Acadian Asset Mgmt.$3,097 51.3%
    76Garda Capital Partners $3,046 21.5%
    77Hutchin Hill Capital$3,000 -18.9%
    78Halcyon Capital Mgmt.$2,700 N/A
    79Ionic Capital Mgmt.$2,500 -7.4%
    80Ivory Investment Mgmt.$2,500 -16.4%
    81Hudson Bay Capital Mgmt.$2,400 -11.1%
    82Tricadia Capital Mgmt.$2,400 -22.6%
    83LibreMax Capital$2,300 -4.2%
    84Long Pond Capital$2,236 N/A
    85La Francaise Inv. Solutions$2,104 N/A
    86Finisterre Capital $1,953 5.6%
    87Structured Portfolio Mgmt.$1,920 -9.4%
    88Cadian Capital Mgmt.$1,800 N/A
    89Strategic Value Partners3$1,800 20.0%
    90Kingdon Capital Mgmt.$1,717 -16.8%
    91Gotham Asset Mgmt.$1,700 N/A
    92Salient$1,662 -6.7%
    93Polygon Global Partners $1,601 N/A
    94Saba Capital Mgmt.$1,500 -11.8%
    95400 Capital Mgmt.$1,468 -0.5%
    96Shelter Growth Cap. Partners$1,442 N/A
    97Atlantic Investment Mgmt.$1,411 N/A
    98Atreaus Capital Mgmt.$1,400 0.0%
    99Three Bays Capital$1,400 -12.5%
    100Senvest Mgmt. $1,330 37.0%
    101Perella Weinberg Partners1$1,297 15.3%
    102Candlewood Investment Group$1,289 N/A
    103ZAIS Group $1,250 N/A
    104Seer Capital Mgmt.$1,140 -30.1%
    105Brenner West Capital Partners$1,120 -14.2%
    106Warlander Asset Mgmt.$1,100 N/A
    107Highland Capital Mgmt.$955 -10.0%
    108LightStreet Capital Mgmt.$933 N/A
    109Birch Grove Capital $902 13.2%
    110Martin Currie Inv. Mgmt.$700 N/A
    111Omni Partners $492 N/A
    112Nut Tree Capital Mgmt.$422 N/A
    113Haidar Capital Mgmt.$303 N/A

    Notes: 1 Data as of March 31, 2017. 2 Data as of April 1, 2017, from industry sources. 3 Data as of July 1, 2017. 4 CQS' 2017 AUM excludes non-hedge fund assets which were included in the 2016 survey data. 2016 AUM has been restated for comparison. 5 J.P. Morgan's 2017 AUM excludes wealth management assets which were included in the firm's 2016 P&I survey data. 2016 AUM has been restated for comparison.

    Source: Pensions & Investments survey, unless noted

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