Top 50 Hedge Funds in Europe 2021 - Largest Hedge Funds by AUM (2024)

2021 Top 50 European Hedge Funds Overview

There are some minor changes for the 2021 top hedge fund rankings versus the list of top European hedge funds for 2020. Global macro remains the most popular strategy among the top hedge funds in Europe. In general, long biased and emerging market funds had the largest increases in AUM for 2021.

Capula Investment Management, with over $100 billion USD in assets is the largest hedge fund in Europe. Pictet Alternative investments is the largest hedge fund in the European Union (EU).

Europe’s top 50 hedge funds manage a combined $521 billion USD / 427 billion EUR in assets. The four largest hedge funds in Europe are all based in London.

Top 50 Hedge Funds Europe 2021

List of the 50 biggest European hedge funds for 2021 ranked by assets under management (AUM)

Rank Fund Name City Country AUM ($Millions) Strategy
1.0 Capula Investment Management LLP London United Kingdom 0.0 Absolute Returns
2.0 Man Group London United Kingdom 0.0 Global Macro
3.0 Brevan Howard Asset Management London United Kingdom 0.0 Global Macro
4.0 Lansdowne Partners London United Kingdom 0.0 Absolute Returns
5.0 Pictet Alternative Investments Geneva Switzerland 0.0 Fund of Funds
6.0 Arrowgrass Capital Partners London United Kingdom 0.0 Convertibles
7.0 Marshall Wace London United Kingdom 0.0 Global Macro
8.0 Aviva Investors London United Kingdom 0.0 Convertibles
9.0 Danske Capital Copenhagen Denmark 0.0 European Equity
10.0 LMR Partners London United Kingdom 0.0 Global Macro
11.0 Investcorp London United Kingdom 0.0 Convertibles
12.0 Brummer and Partners Stockholm Sweden 0.0 Long/Short
13.0 Aquila Capital Hamburg Germany 0.0 Arbitrage
14.0 BlueCrest Capital Management London United Kingdom 0.0 Multi Strategy
15.0 Blue Mountain Capital Partners London United Kingdom 0.0 Managed Futures
16.0 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation London United Kingdom 0.0 Long/Short
17.0 Amundi Alternative Investments Paris France 0.0 Fund of Funds
18.0 Edgbaston Investment Partners London United Kingdom 0.0 Asian Equity
19.0 Investec Asset Management London United Kingdom 0.0 Multi Strategy
20.0 Stone Milliner Asset Management London United Kingdom 0.0 FX
21.0 Cantab Capital Partners Cambridge United Kingdom 0.0 Global Macro
22.0 Cyrus Capital Partners London United Kingdom 0.0 Special Situations
23.0 Highclere International Investors London United Kingdom 0.0 Small Cap
24.0 ABC Arbitrage Paris France 0.0 Arbitrage
25.0 Edesia Asset Management Geneva Switzerland 0.0 Commodities
26.0 Altima Partners London United Kingdom 0.0 Special Situations
27.0 RWC London London United Kingdom 0.0 Absolute Returns
28.0 Oceanwood Capital Management London United Kingdom 0.0 Credit
29.0 Credit Suisse Alternatives Zurich Switzerland 0.0 Fund of Funds
30.0 Rokos Capital Management London United Kingdom 0.0 Global Macro
31.0 Cheyne Capital London United Kingdom 0.0 Real Estate
32.0 Ashmore Investment Management London United Kingdom 0.0 Emerging Markets
33.0 36 South Capital Advisors London United Kingdom 0.0 Global Macro
34.0 Algebris Investments London United Kingdom 0.0 Credit
35.0 Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie Petit-Lancy Switzerland 0.0 Fund of Funds
36.0 Argentem Creek UK LLP London United Kingdom 0.0 Credit
37.0 Barings London United Kingdom 0.0 Fund of Funds
38.0 Systematica Investments London United Kingdom 0.0 Commodities
39.0 Polar Capital Partners London United Kingdom 0.0 Long/Short
40.0 Egerton Capital London United Kingdom 0.0 Long/Short
41.0 H2O Asset Management London United Kingdom 0.0 Absolute Returns
42.0 Janus Henderson London United Kingdom 0.0 Global Macro
43.0 Wimmer Horizon London United Kingdom 0.0 Managed Futures
44.0 Lyxor Asset Management Paris France 0.0 Convertibles
45.0 Alcentra London United Kingdom 0.0 Distressed Assets
46.0 Finisterre Capital London United Kingdom 0.0 Fixed Income
47.0 Squarepoint Ops London United Kingdom 0.0 Quantitative
48.0 HSBC Alternative Investments London United Kingdom 0.0 Multi Strategy
49.0 CQS Investment Management Limited London United Kingdom 0.0 Multi Strategy
50.0 Winton Capital Management London United Kingdom 0.0 Managed Futures

Key Stats on Top 50 Hedge Funds in Europe – 2021

Top 50 Hedge Funds in Europe 2021 - Largest Hedge Funds by AUM (1)40 of the top 50 European hedge fund managers are based in the United KingdomTop 50 Hedge Funds in Europe 2021 - Largest Hedge Funds by AUM (2)4 of the top 50 hedge funds in Europe for 2021 are based in SwitzerlandTop 50 Hedge Funds in Europe 2021 - Largest Hedge Funds by AUM (3)3 of the 50 largest hedge funds for 2021 are based in FranceTop 50 Hedge Funds in Europe 2021 - Largest Hedge Funds by AUM (4)39 of the top 50 hedgefunds in Europe are based in London

Top 50 Hedge Funds in Europe 2021 - Largest Hedge Funds by AUM (5)The top 50 hedge fund companies in Europe have $521 billion USD / 427 billion EUR in assets under management (AUM)

Top 50 Hedge Funds in Europe 2021 - Largest Hedge Funds by AUM (6)The average AUM of the top 50 hedge funds in Europe for 2021 is $10.42 billion USD / 8.55 billion EUR

Top 50 Hedge Funds in Europe 2021 - Largest Hedge Funds by AUM (7)The median AUM of the top 50 hedge funds for 2021 is $3.66 billion USD / 3.00 billion EUR

Top 50 Hedge Funds in Europe 2021 - Largest Hedge Funds by AUM (8)The average number of employees at the top 50 European hedge funds is 25

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