Research and Rankings

  • Hedge Fund Report Card: September 2010

    August 31, 2010

    As investors have shifted their focus back to making money, they have also changed their views of many big players

  • 2010 AR Awards nominees announced

    August 31, 2010

    Brevan Howard, Bridgewater, Graham, Kingdon, King Street, Millennium, Omega, Pershing Square, Third Point and York will be among those considered.

  • AR seeks top performers

    August 18, 2010

    How do you stack up? The sixth annual AR Awards will reward the best hedge funds in the Americas.

  • Help AR pick tomorrow's best hedge funds

    July 21, 2010

    Which firms are headed for greatness? Who deserves more assets and investors? You tell us.

  • New funds bounce back

    July 01, 2010

    Fund launches began to pick up pace compared with last year, and the biggest 43 funds garnered $10.9 billion.

  • Doing more with less

    June 01, 2010

    Demand for aid went up during the recession—at the same time growth of hedge fund philanthropy slowed.

  • The boom in independent administration

    June 01, 2010

    At least $587 billion in U.S. hedge fund assets now use independent administrators, up from $438 billion last year. Citco continues to be the top administrator, with $147 billion, according to the AR database.

  • Prime time

    May 01, 2010

    Prime brokers are back on their feet and aggressively going after market share, using add-on services like capital introductions to attract cash-strapped hedge funds.

  • The Rich List

    March 31, 2010

    Is the recession over? It is for the wealthiest hedge fund managers, who made a record $25 billion in 2009.

  • Record assets leave hedge funds in 2009

    March 01, 2010

    Tracking the aftershocks of 2008.


Closed Funds Survey


Philanthropy Ranking

  • Doing more with less

    June 01, 2010

    Demand for aid went up during the recession—at the same time growth of hedge fund philanthropy slowed.

  • Digging deep

    June 01, 2009

    Hedge fund philanthropists tap their personal resources to rebuild their foundations, but a lengthy recession, coupled with greater scrutiny of charitable activities by the federal government, could start to take a toll.


Top 25 Fund of Funds


Alpha's Hedge Fund 100


Prime Brokerage Ranking

  • Prime time

    May 01, 2010

    Prime brokers are back on their feet and aggressively going after market share, using add-on services like capital introductions to attract cash-strapped hedge funds.

  • Heavy lifting ahead

    March 30, 2009

    Faced with constraints on precious capital and a shrinking client base, prime brokers struggle to profit from an industry in flux.

  • Through the looking glass

    April 30, 2008

    After years of rampant liquidity, the financial landscape has changed into a surreal world. Financial institutions can no longer lend at terms of the past, and hedge funds are likewise deleveraging. They are also looking to increase their number of prime brokers to protect themselves.


Adminstration Ranking

  • The boom in independent administration

    June 01, 2010

    At least $587 billion in U.S. hedge fund assets now use independent administrators, up from $438 billion last year. Citco continues to be the top administrator, with $147 billion, according to the AR database.

  • Looking for checks and balances

    May 01, 2009

    Following Madoff, and at the behest of investors, more U.S. hedge funds are hiring independent administrators to prove their operational strength.


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