Here’s is a list of largest hedge funds in the world. The largest hedge funds in the world are ranked according to the amount of capital they have in management.
List of Top 10 Largest hedge Funds in The World
- Ray Dalios Bridgewater Associates. Under $94 billion in management. World’s biggest hedge fund.
- J.P. Morgan Asset Management. $54.2 billion under management.
- Man Investments. $40.6 billion.
- Paulson & Co. $35.8 billion. Controlled by the famous John Paulson!
- Breven Howard. $32 billion. a British-based hedge fund manager that is the largest in Europe. The fund, co-founded by Alan Howard and Jean-Philippe
- Soros Fund Management. $27.9 billion. George Soros is no longer at the controls of the day to day operations.
- Och-Ziff Capital Management. $27.6 billion. This hedge fund is listed in NYSE.
- Black Rock. $25 billion under management
- BlueCrest Capital Management – $24.5 billion.
- Angelo, Gordon, & Co – $23.6 billion.
Note . Hedge funds move up and down. A Hedge fund may be on the list now but may drop tomorrow due to bad performance.
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George Soros is retiring from hedge funding business. The billionaire hedge fund manager is returning money to outside investors in his $25.5 billion firm, ending a career as hedge-fund manager that spanned more than four decades.
Soros, will hand back the money, less than $1 billion, by the end of the year. His firm will focus on managing assets solely for Soros and his family, according to a letter to investors.
George Soros Reason for Retiring
George Soros’s sons said they took the decision because new financial regulations would have made it necessary for the firm to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission by March 2012 if it continued to manage money for outsiders.
George Soros legacy
Soro’s will forever be remembered a speculator, who in 1992 made $1 billion betting that the Bank of England would be forced to devalue the pound.
In the last 30 years, he’s given away more than $8 billion to promote democracy, foster free speech, improve education and fight poverty around the world.
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In an interview with Yahoo! Finance’s new daily trading and investing show, “Breakout,” Jim Rogers hinted he may buy U.S dollars.
Internationally renowned investor Jim Rogers told “Breakout” hosts Matt Nesto and Jeff Macke that he’s considering buying the U.S. dollar now, but with a catch.
“We’re at a moment of truth for the dollar,” he says.
Rogers, who is currently long the yen, notes that the dollar has been declining despite events that would normally trigger a global flight to safety. Source: Yahoo Finance Breakout Show.
James Rogers, is an American investor and author based in Singapore. He is chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund with George Soros and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index.
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Soros Fund Management’s 13F filing reveals that the money management firm continues to bet on gold, even while calling the metal “the ultimate bubble” for the past year.
At the end of 2010, the fund held $774 million worth of ETFs that owned gold, about the same as the previous quarter’s gold holdings.
In Q3, the fund reduced its position on some gold mining stocks, but Soros held onto its 12.9 million shares of NovaGold Resources in Q4, the same amount owned at the end of the previous quarter.
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An interesting list for 2011 is the ranking of top ten hedge funds manager. It is a list of largest generator of profits for investors among hedge funds. The ranking calculates how much profits a hedge fund manager has generated since he opened for business.
This is the list of top ten hedge fund managers as December 2010.
1. George Soros – $35.2 billion
2. John Paulson – $32.2 billion
3. Ray Dalio’s of Bridgewater Pure Alpha -$22 billion
4. Seth Klarman of Baupost Group’s – $15.6 billion
5. David Tepper of Appaloosa – $14.5 billion
6. Bruce Kovner’s of Caxton – $13.1 billion.
7. Moore Capital Management Partners – $13 billion
8. Brevan Howard Fund – $12.5 billion
9. Farallon Capital – $12.2 billion.
10. Ed Lampert’s ESL Partners – $12 billion
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When Soros said Gold was a bubble, we thought the hedge fund manager was going to start shorting Gold but the money manager seems to have done the opposite. According to Soros Fund Management’s 13F filing for Quarter ending Dec 2010 it reveals that the money management firm continues to bet on gold.
George Soro Top Five Holdings
SPDR Gold Shares – 13% of portfolio
InterOil – 6% of portfolio
Monsanto – 5% of portfolio
Delta Airlines – 4% of Portfolio
Nova Gold Resources – 4% of portfolio
In George Soros complete filing it shows the man holds over 800 stocks. Diversified across technology stocks, financial stocks, ETF stocks, health care stocks, telecommunication stocks, & industrial stocks. See a complete list at Guru Stocks.
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Back in 1992 George Soros’ bet against the British pound.
George Soros bet (correctly) that the Bank of England would not support the pound participation in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) indefinitely by jacking up interest rates in an economy already in recession. Soros made $1 billion overnight when the Bank of England let the British currency devalue.
For indepth research on the events that led to pound devaluation and how Soros’ and other investor took advantage, read the following article, George Soros’the man who broke the bank of england
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In a Reuters interview George Soros says the Johnnies come lately buying into gold now might end up in tears. The famous investor thinks the gold rush underway is the ultimate bubble.
The yellow precious metal has been in a super bull trend for the last ten years. The great gold party begun in 2004.George Soros now thinks many are late for the party of decade.
The following is a chronicle of the rise and rise of Gold.
2004 Gold broke beyond $400
2005 Gold Hits $500
2006 Gold hits $730
2007 Gold Hits $845
2008 Gold hits $1000
2009 Gold hits $1230
2010 Gold hits $1275
Listen to the Video at Reuters Finance.
They say whatever goes up must come down.
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Thomas Kaplan, a billionaire investor has been profiled in the latest issue of Business week magazine. He is also the Chairman of Tigris Financial Group
Thomas Kaplan gold forecast
Kaplan says the big rally is still to come. It’s not riots in the streets he envisions, but a more fundamental case of demand outstripping supply as gold becomes a currency in its own right.
Gold Stocks he is holding
Thomas has invested in in Vancouver-based mining company NovaGold Resources. Other investors in this mining operationg include George Soros & John Paulson.
Best Thomas Kaplan quote
“People view gold as emotional, but when they demythologize it, when they look at it for what it is and the opportunity it represents, they’re going to say, ‘We really should own some of that.’ The question will then change to ‘Where do we get the gold?’ “
Source Businessweek Gold Evangelist
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Novagold resources is a Vancouver based mining company. The interesting thing about this mining company is the heavy hitters who have bet their money in it.
According to an article in businessweek. Some of the famous billionaire commodity investors who have invested their money in it are, George Soros, John Paulson and Thomas Kaplan.
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