Research and Rankings

  • More money, more problems

    February 01, 2012

    New hedge funds that launched in 2011 pulled in $19.96 billion, a big jump over the previous year. But getting off the ground is tougher than ever.

  • Bridgewater, Renaissance take top honors at AR Awards

    November 11, 2011

    Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater won Management Firm of Year and Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund captured Fund of Year.

  • Five to watch

    November 01, 2011

    Flexibility and a focus on niche strategies have powered these five young funds to stellar returns despite the market’s volatility

  • Billion Dollar Club

    October 03, 2011

    The largest 241 American hedge fund firms gain $102 billion in the first half of 2011, for a total of $1.399 trillion. Bridgewater Associates maintains its number one spot with $70.30 billion

  • Hedge Fund Report Card: Full Results (2011)

    September 21, 2011

    Complete statistics for our third annual investor ranking of hedge funds.

  • “Black Swan” Taleb joins AR Symposium

    September 01, 2011

    The risk expert will offer keynote, along with Man’s Roman and Canyon’s Julis

  • Hedge fund report card

    September 01, 2011

    Investors now prize performance over liquidity and transparency—and managers who made the big bucks have shot up in the rankings

  • Help AR pick the next Funds to Watch

    July 20, 2011

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

  • The return of the mega launch

    July 01, 2011

    Some 29 new American hedge funds garnered $10.3 billion for the first half of the year, but nearly half that came from a single blockbuster launch

  • Joining the school yard battle

    June 01, 2011

    Dozens of hedge fund managers have funded the charter school movement—and stepped into one of the most contentious public debates in America


Closed Funds Survey


Philanthropy Ranking

  • Joining the school yard battle

    June 01, 2011

    Dozens of hedge fund managers have funded the charter school movement—and stepped into one of the most contentious public debates in America

  • 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 broker power shift

    May 01, 2011

    J.P. Morgan expands lead, with Goldman Sachs a close second and Morgan Stanley a distant third.

  • 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

  • Betting on admin

    June 01, 2011

    Citco tops the list of hedge fund administrators with $133 billion. But several competitors, particularly investment banks, are fighting hard to gain market share in the business by cross-selling their services

  • 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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