Where the Hedge Fund Assets Are


Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Author: New York City Asset Management Law Blog

Global hedge fund assets under management (AuM) were estimated to total $2.147 trillion as of June 30th of this year. Almost 96% of those assets were being managed in just nine countries (total AuMs in $billions):

  • Country
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Brazil
  • Hong Kong
  • Channel Islands
  • Sweden
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Singapore
  • Total Hedge Fund AuM
  • $1,542.0
  • 269.4
  • 53.1
  • 47.0
  • 39.7
  • 30.7
  • 28.3
  • 25.0
  • 20.9
  • Percent of Global
  • 71.8
  • 12.5
  • 2.5
  • 2.2
  • 1.8
  • 1.4
  • 1.3
  • 1.2
  • 1.0

Fourteen other countries host hedge funds with AuMs totaling at least $1 billion (total AuMs in $billions):

Switzerland ($19.1)

France ($12.6)

Netherlands ($11.6)

South Africa ($7.0)

China ($6.8)

Japan ($5.7)

Russia ($3.7)

Denmark ($2.2)

Cyprus ($2.2)

Monaco ($2.0)

Norway ($1.7)

Chile ($1.7)

Ireland ($1.1)

Italy ($1.0)