Appendix
The Billion Dollar Club is a biannual survey carried out by Alpha magazine, which ranks all hedge funds in the United States that have more than $1 billion in assets.
Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR).
This chart depicts the growth in assets and number of Billion Dollar Club firms from 2003 to 2011.
Source: HedgeFund Intelligence.
This chart depicts the number of new fund launches above $50 million and their total assets from 2003 to 2011.
Source: HedgeFund Intelligence.
This is the geographic dispersion of assets held by the Billion Dollar Club firms.
Source: HedgeFund Intelligence
This chart presents the global fund shutdowns across America, Asia, and Europe from 2001 to 2010.
Source: HedgeFund Intelligence
This chart depicts the growth in global hedge fund assets from 2000 to the first half of 2011. From 2009, it also takes into account UCITS.
Source: HedgeFund Intelligence
This is a pie chart depicting the location of Billion Dollar Club managers by assets.
Source: HedgeFund Intelligence Figures have been rounded, except for the total
This is a bar graph presenting the distribution of global assets in the hedge fund industry.
Hedge Funds Research’s Monthly Indices–2011 Monthly Performance*
Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR).
* Comprised of research from 6,800 funds and finds of funds collected directly from fund managers and/or their respective offshore administrations.
Hedge Funds Research’s Monthly Indices–Quarterly Performance Q1 2011–Q4 2011
Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR).
Estimated Growth of Assets/Net Asset Flow Hedge Fund Industry 1990–2011
Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR).
Estimated Change in Assets per Main Strategy Net Asset Flow vs. Performance-Based Q4 2011
Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR).
Estimated Strategy Composition by Assets Under Management Q4 2011
Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR).
Estimated Total Number of Hedge Funds and Fund of Funds 1990–2011
Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR).
Estimated Number of Funds Launched/Liquidated 1996–YTD Q3 2011
Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR).
Estimated Growth of Assets/Net Asset Flow Equity Hedge (Total) 1990–2011
Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR).
