American Hedge Funds Control 73 Cents of Every Dollar in AUM
North American hedge funds control 73 cents of every dollar in assets under management, according to Hedge Funds Review, the leading magazine for the alternative investment industry.
eVestment
recently completed an analysis of the structural details of funds in
its research database with the goal of providing a detailed breakdown of
the hedge fund industry as a whole and by regional location of
operations. eVestment’s research data set is a combination of its
commercial data along with information collected via private portals.
Hedge
funds operating out of North America (US or Canada) control 73 cents of
every dollar in assets under management (AUM); this is also the only
region to comprise a smaller percentage of active funds relative to its
active fund AUM (62% versus 73%). Specifically, the US is an AUM
bastion, representing 70% of the total, or more than four times that of
the next highest nation (the UK).
North
America has the widest dispersion of AUM while those with operations
domiciled in Africa and the Middle East had the least. By this we mean
North America has not only the largest funds in the industry, but also
maintains a healthy group of emerging managers.
Source: Risk