50 Global Top Hedge Funds (4)
(11) Winton Capital Management
Founded in 1997, Winton manages more than $30 billion and employs more than 400 people in nine offices around the world.
Winton is a systematic investment firm that applies a scientific approach to trading. It uses statistical analysis and mathematical modeling of historical data to identify profit opportunities. It spans a wide range of products, from highly diversified multi-asset to regional multi-cap stocks. It doesn't listen to traditional markets and takes disciplined, systematic, fact-based decisions without emotional bias. It believes that the traditional approach to research and development departments in the best pharmaceutical, engineering and information technology companies can be applied in the financial world by the Very well used. And as a result, the department has more than a third of its employees.
It is also worth mentioning that the company has a number of special projects open to the public. These projects are made possible by the Winton Investment System (WIS), a company that has been putting together scientific, technical and statistical research for almost two decades. A product of application to investment management practices. This system allows the public to participate in investment decisions, thereby also creating a pool of advice for the firm's own investments. These programs, in turn, are specific channels of participation, including the Winton Diversification Program, the Winton Futures Program, and others.
12) Viking Global Investors LP
The firm was founded in 1999 and has approximately $30 billion under management. It has offices in Greenwich, New York, Hong Kong and London, and is an SEC-registered investment Advisor.
Since its inception, Viking has used fundamental analysis to select investment targets, essentially multi-industry, multi-border public and private Equity, Shares. In general, the company bases its approach on a comprehensive assessment of the investment target's business model, management quality and long-term trends in the industry Investment decisions.
The company's organizational structure decentralizes investment research and analytical decisions and centralizes risk management as a way to ensure brainstorming under stable risk.
13) Man Group
Man Group has been trading since 1783 and has 25 years of experience in alternative investments. With $76.4 billion under management, it is headquartered in London and has offices in every major financial centre in the world. In order to diversify its business, the Group has made moves such as the acquisition of ManNumeric Quantitative Investments, Inc. It has increasingly attracted institutional clients in recent years.
The Group can claim to be a leader in the field of high liquidity, high alpha investing. It believes that the key to achieving high alpha in the capital markets is to provide pioneering asset managers with an institutionalised Framework.
The Group has the ability to offer a range of liquid investment strategies, including quantitative and subjective, long and long-short, single and multi-strategy. The Group also places a strong emphasis on performance, asset allocation, growth and operational efficiency and asset management disciplines. It is also strongly developing its quantitative investment division and expanding its US division.
In addition, the group has a strong focus on its social responsibility and is engaged in philanthropy through the Man Charitable Trust.
(14) Soros Fund Management, LLC Soros Quantum Fund
George Soros is almost universally known as a tough guy in the financial world. His Soros Quantum Fund was also once a leader in the hedge fund industry, and the cash has been transformed into a family office.
Founded in 1969 and headquartered in New York, the firm manages more than $20 billion. It was named one of the most profitable firms in the hedge fund industry in 2010. Over a 40-year period, it has earned an average annual return of 20%.
The firm's investments include equities, worldwide fixed income products and foreign currencies, currencies, commodities, private equity funds and Venture Capital Fund. The firm has significant investments in the transportation, energy, retail, and financial sectors.In 2016, the fund provided Hillary's presidential election More than $7 million was donated to the company.
When we talk about this company, we have to talk about the founder, the legendary "rich as 42 countries" Soros. The Hungarian-American tycoon once brought down the Bank of England by blocking the British pound, also sniped the Thai baht and the Hong Kong dollar, and triggered the Asian financial turmoil! . He is known in the investment community for his unique philosophical approach to investment structuring, his love of philosophy and literature, and his ability to understand a country's political and cultural history through the s research to make investment decisions. In addition, he is an avid politician, involved in color revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine, and is a supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States.
Now that Soros Quant has been transformed into a family office, its influence on the hedge fund industry will never be lost.
