Billion Dollar Club: Bigger do better as D.E. Shaw, Mariner set pace
September 05, 2012
Rob Copeland
The largest 268 hedge funds in the Americas now manage $1.42 trillion, up from $1.34 trillion six months earlier.
The biggest hedge funds in the Americas added assets at a steady clip during the first half of the year, with 268 firms managing $1.42 trillion as of July 1, according to Absolute Return’s biannual Billion Dollar Club survey.
The latest total is about 1.43% more than a year ago, when 241 such firms managed a combined total of about $1.4 trillion. It remains well short of the industry’s July 2008 peak, when the largest 268 firms in the Americas managed a combined $1.675 trillion.
Bridgewater Associates retained the top position for the ninth consecutive time in the rankings, reaching a new all-time high of $77.2 billion in hedge fund assets as of July 1st. As if in celebration, the firm recently announced its plan to construct a $750 million waterfront headquarters in Stamford, Conn.
Yet despite keeping its leadership spot, the...
TAKE A FREE TRIAL
The full contents of this article are available to Absolute Return subscribers and trialists only.
To continue reading please, take a free trial, subscribe or log in.
Subscribe
Subscribers have unlimited access to all current and archive content. Start your subscription today - click on the button below.
Subscribe now