Last year’s largest hedge fund, D.E. Shaw & Co, only fell one notch down the list to number two. David Shaw’s New York-based hedge fund recorded assets of $25.8 billion, slightly down from the $26.7 billion the multi-strategy hedge fund shop managed at the end of 2009.
Robert Atchinson and Phil Gross’ Adage Capital Partners retained its number three spot on the list. Adage reportedly managed $25.5 billion, noticeably up from the firm’s previous mark of $19.9 billion. Last year’s number two, Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies, fell a couple of notches down to number four with $24.6 billion.
Last year, only 5 of the top 10 hedge funds on the list managed more than $10 billion in equity assets. Notably, all 10 of the hedge funds on this year’s list managed more than $11.5 billion. Newcomers to the top 10 hedge fund list include: #5 Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group, #6 Steven A. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors, #9 Clifford Asness’ AQR Capital Management LLC and #10 Carl Icahn’s Icahn Associates .
Rank | Institution | Assets ($MM) |
1 | Paulson & Co. | $29,271 |
2 | D.E. Shaw & Co | $25,846 |
3 | Adage Capital Partners | $25,559 |
4 | Renaissance Technologies | $24,617 |
5 | Citadel Investment Group | $18,287 |
6 | SAC Capital Advisors | $12,286 |
7 | Viking Global Investors | $12,057 |
8 | Lone Pine Capital | $11,463 |
9 | AQR Capital Management LLC | $11,275 |
10 | Icahn Associates | $11,514 |
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