Barron’s Best 100 Hedge Funds 2012 By Strategy & Rank
2012 | 2011 | Name | Assets (M) | Strategy | 3-Yr CAR | R 2012 | TFA (MILL) |
65 | N.R. | Blue Harbour Strategic Value Offshore Ltd | 1,100 | Activist | 13.61 | 16.20 | 1,300 |
86 | N.R. | Dymon Asia Macro | 2,535 | Asian Global Macro | 11.80 | 1.00 | 2,800 |
3 | N.R. | Chenavari – Toro Capital IA (Euro) | 362 | Asset-Backed Securities | 46.54 | 32.42 | 3,214 |
7 | N.R. | STS Partners LP | 652 | Asset-Backed Securities | 28.38 | 27.43 | 818 |
29 | N.R. | 400 Capital Credit Opportunities LP | 354 | Asset-Backed Securities | 18.79 | 34.20 | 577 |
30 | N.R. | Waterfall Eden Fund, Ltd | 489 | Asset-Backed Securities | 18.48 | 23.23 | 2,000 |
50 | N.R. | Good Hill Overseas Ltd | 342 | Asset-Backed Securities | 15.00 | 11.96 | 381 |
82 | N.R. | CQS ABS Ltd Class B (USD) | 2,433 | Asset-Backed Securities | 11.92 | 16.86 | 12,000 |
100 | N.R. | Whitebox Concentrated Convertible Ltd | 303 | Convertible Arbitrage | 11.28 | 9.50 | 2,311 |
26 | 54 | Silver Point Capital LP | 2,600 | Credit | 19.00 | 25.14 | 7,200 |
96 | N.R. | Fir Tree Capital Opportunity LP | 1,550 | Credit | 11.41 | 12.70 | 8,848 |
24 | N.R. | Ares Enhanced Credit Opportunities | 2,504 | Credit Long/Short | 19.14 | 19.07 | 58,471 |
40 | N.R. | GoldenTree Credit Opportunities Ltd | 1,310 | Credit Long/Short | 16.94 | 17.70 | 16,700 |
63 | 69 | Rimrock High Income PLUS Ltd | 1,322 | Credit Long/Short | 13.68 | 14.34 | 2,320 |
79 | 25 | GoldenTree Master | 2,939 | Credit Long/Short | 12.17 | 14.49 | 16,700 |
91 | N.R. | MidOcean Credit Opportunity LP | 441 | Credit Long/Short | 11.55 | 10.77 | 638 |
42 | 10 | Palomino Fund–Class B | 5,100 | Credit/Global Macro | 16.82 | 29.27 | 14,400 |
53 | N.R. | Oculus | 9,000 | Discretionary Macro | 14.82 | 20.00 | 20,000 |
51 | 85 | Halcyon Off-Shore Asset-Backed Value Ltd | 2,600 | Distressed Asset-Backed Securities | 14.86 | 16.13 | 12,000 |
37 | N.R. | Angelo Gordon Mortgage Value Partners LP | 3,180 | Distressed Credit | 17.10 | 20.60 | 25,000 |
44 | N.R. | GLG European Distressed–Class A | 548 | Distressed Credit | 16.34 | 17.92 | 26,600 |
6 | N.R. | Hildene Opportunities Fund Ltd | 655 | Distressed Securities | 30.62 | 45.46 | 1,070 |
33 | 63 | Drawbridge Special Opportunities | 4,910 | Distressed Securities | 17.95 | 17.90 | 53,430 |
83 | N.R. | Perella Weinberg Partners Asset-Based Value LP | 871 | Distressed Securities | 11.87 | 10.49 | 8,500 |
98 | 94 | Contrarian Capital Fund I | 2,100 | Distressed | 11.36 | 24.54 | 3,200 |
52 | N.R. | Redwood Offshore Ltd | 4,300 | DistressedCredit | 14.86 | 23.40 | 5,000 |
41 | 14 | GLG Market Neutral Fund (USD) | 836 | Diversified Credit | 16.82 | 18.40 | 26,600 |
48 | N.R. | BlackRock Fixed-Income Global Alpha | 3,786 | Diversified Fixed-Income | 15.17 | 14.37 | 3,792,000 |
94 | N.R. | Eagle Global Ltd | 387 | Diversified Systematic | 11.46 | 8.10 | 2,578 |
25 | 86 | All Weather @ 12% Ltd | 65,034 | Diversified Systematic | 19.03 | 16.49 | 144,000 |
35 | N.R. | AHL Evolution Ltd | 2,000 | Diversified, Systematic | 17.87 | 23.62 | 14,400 |
93 | N.R. | Marathon EM Opportunity | 320 | Emerging Market Credit | 11.48 | 4.90 | 10,800 |
20 | N.R. | Greylock Global Opportunity Ltd | 3,902 | Emerging Market Fixed-Income | 19.72 | 33.49 | 600 |
18 | N.R. | Black River EMEA, LP | 355 | Emerging Market Multi-Strategy | 20.22 | 20.84 | 5,500 |
92 | N.R. | Value Partners High-Dividend Stocks Fund | 880 | Emerging Markets –Asia | 11.49 | 24.97 | 7,900 |
10 | 9 | VR Global Partners LP | 1,816 | Emerging Markets/Distressed | 25.53 | 20.62 | 1,816 |
87 | N.R. | GMO Emerging Country Debt LP | 978 | Emerging Sovereign | 11.78 | 20.50 | 106,200 |
11 | 26 | ValueAct Capital Master | 8,952 | Equity Long/Short | 25.20 | 20.40 | 8,952 |
34 | N.R. | BlackRock 32 Capital | 716 | Equity Long/Short | 17.91 | 8.77 | 3,792,000 |
46 | 56 | Omega Overseas Partners Ltd | 7,007 | Equity Long/Short | 15.56 | 29.70 | 7,007 |
54 | N.R. | Children’s Investment Fund | 4,944 | Equity Long/Short | 14.74 | 29.52 | 8,200 |
59 | N.R. | Lone Kauri | 3,897 | Equity Long/Short | 14.24 | 27.70 | 17,000 |
61 | N.R. | Citadel Global Equities Ltd | 2,132 | Equity Long/Short | 14.00 | 16.90 | 13,000 |
64 | N.R. | MW Global Opportunities | 1,552 | Equity Long/Short | 13.64 | 6.83 | 8,345 |
74 | N.R. | Echo Street Capital Partners LP | 4,844 | Equity Long/Short | 12.47 | 16.60 | 484 |
75 | 40 | Glenview Offshore Opportunity Ltd | 937 | Equity Long/Short | 12.30 | 53.80 | 4,530 |
88 | N.R. | SAC Capital International | 9,000 | Equity Long/Short | 11.75 | 14.00 | 15,000 |
89 | N.R. | Newbrook Capital Partners | 540 6 | Equity Long/Short | 11.70 | 10.40 | 685 |
90 | N.R. | Dorsal Capital Partners, LP | 735 | Equity Long/Short | 11.59 | 11.25 | 735 |
62 | N.R. | Adage Capital Partners | 18,200 | Equity Long/Short ex Small Cap | 13.70 | 20.80 | 27,245 |
80 | 61 | Teton Capital Partners, LP | 546 | Equity Long/Short | 12.16 | 22.25 | 546 |
19 | N.R. | Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund LLC Series BB | 5,738 | Equity Long-Bias | 19.73 | 9.42 | 21,637 |
77 | 24 | Cambrian Fund Ltd | 776 | Equity–Long Only | 12.22 | 8.31 | 1,777 |
32 | 27 | Titan Partners, LP | 625 | Equity–Long Only | 18.14 | 18.42 | 1,871 |
22 | 6 | ECF Value Fund, LP | 1,450 | Event Driven | 19.34 | 27.35 | 1,450 |
60 | 93 | Litespeed Offshore Ltd | 1,366 | Event Driven | 14.08 | 21.84 | 1,366 |
72 | N.R. | JANA Nirvana Offshore Fund, Ltd | 547 | Event Driven | 12.70 | 33.31 | 3,951 |
78 | 18 | Serengeti Opportunities | 643 | Event Driven | 12.20 | 13.40 | 1,124 |
69 | N.R. | Solus Sola Ltd | 1,112 | Event Driven/Distressed | 13.38 | 11.56 | 3,021 |
12 | 8 | Barnegat Ltd | 655 | Fixed-Income Arbitrage | 23.85 | 47.57 | 655 |
16 | 20 | Danske Invest Hedge Fixed Income Strategies | 1,145 | Fixed-Income Arbitrage | 22.10 | 33.71 | 121,830 |
8 | N.R. | Asgard Fixed Income I Ltd (Euro) | 348 | Fixed-Income Relative Value | 26.57 | 34.12 | 348 |
13 | 12 | Pine River Fixed Income Ltd | 3,538 | Fixed-Income Relative Value | 23.05 | 34.84 | 11,590 |
57 | 62 | Obsidian | 810 | Fixed-Income Relative Value | 14.34 | 34.28 | 3,792,000 |
70 | N.R. | III Fund Ltd Series 1 | 5,963 | G7 Sovereign and Agency Debt | 13.06 | 11.83 | 2,296 |
99 | N.R. | PIMCO PARS V Master Ltd | 367 | Global Fixed-Income | 11.30 | 15.90 | 2,000,000 |
2 | N.R. | Quantedge Global | 488 | Global Macro | 50.07 | 39.46 | 488 |
4 | 52 | AQR Global Risk Premium–Full Risk | 400 | Global Macro | 39.20 | 40.80 | 70,700 |
14 | 43 | Pure Alpha 18% Strategy | 60,730 | Global Macro | 22.30 | 0.80 | 144,000 |
21 | 15 | Autonomy Global Macro Ltd | 2,200 | Global Macro | 19.68 | 20.60 | 3,300 |
55 | N.R. | PanAgora Diversified Risk Multi Asset | 2,126 | Global Macro | 14.49 | 14.29 | 28,700 |
71 | 60 | Friedberg Global Macro, Ltd | 878 | Global Macro | 12.71 | (8.72) | 2,788 |
95 | 16 | Element Capital Ltd | 3,939 | Global Macro | 11.42 | 2.74 | 3,939 |
84 | 29 | Discovery Global Opportunity Ltd | 6,232 | Global Macro/Equity Long-Short | 11.85 | 15.05 | 8,560 |
66 | 17 | Pine River Ltd | 1,628 | Global Multi-Strategy Relative Value | 13.59 | 21.75 | 11,590 |
97 | N.R. | First Quadrant Essential Beta–10% Volatility | 565 | Long-only futures and options | 11.38 | 7.88 | 17,105 |
49 | 84 | Quaesta Capital Bond Global Select | 604 | Macro | 15.11 | 19.13 | 793 |
5 | 2 | Metacapital Mortgage Opportunities Fund Ltd | 1,440 | Mortgage-Backed Securities | 38.64 | 41.25 | 1,600 |
15 | 7 | Providence MBS Fund Ltd | 1,801 | Mortgage-Backed Securities | 22.16 | 10.94 | 1,801 |
47 | N.R. | Napier Park Mortgage Credit Opportunity | 452 | Mortgage-Backed Securities | 15.40 | 26.83 | 6,400 |
58 | N.R. | Premium Point Mortgage Credit | 811 | Mortgage-Backed Securities | 14.33 | 25.72 | 1,577 |
67 | N.R. | Ellington Credit Opportunities Ltd | 463 | Mortgage-Backed Securities | 13.53 | 27.73 | 4,900 |
9 | N.R. | SPM Core Ltd | 1,831 | Mortgage-Backed Securities–Agency and Non-Agency | 25.88 | 19.65 | 3,708 |
85 | N.R. | Waterfall Victoria Ltd | 466 | Mortgage-Backed Securities–Non-performing | 11.84 | 14.51 | 2,000 |
28 | 21 | Citadel Kensington Ltd | 4,609 | Multi-Strategy | 18.89 | 24.83 | 13,000 |
36 | 42 | Third Point Offshore | 10,100 | Multi-Strategy | 17.49 | 21.50 | 10,100 |
39 | 45 | CQS Directional Opportunities (USD) | 1,567 | Multi-Strategy | 16.98 | 35.94 | 12,000 |
68 | N.R. | Visium Global Offshore Ltd | 500 | Multi-Strategy | 13.40 | 19.53 | 4,000 |
73 | 36 | PH&N Absolute Return Fund | 769 | Multi-Strategy | 12.63 | 10.81 | |
45 | N.R. | Cevian Capital II Ltd (USD hedged) | 7,432 | Operational Activist | 16.20 | 22.40 | 8,580 |
31 | 19 | NZC Guggenheim | 1,262 | Opportunistic Credit | 18.41 | 21.01 | 160,000 |
81 | N.R. | Fir Tree Value LP | 6,121 | Opportunistic Value | 11.97 | 17.38 | 8,848 |
17 | N.R. | OxAM Quant | 3,800 | Quantitative Multi-Strategy | 20.92 | 13.70 | 3,800 |
76 | N.R. | III Relative Value Credit Strategies Ltd Series 2 | 5,535 | Relative Value Credit | 12.27 | 10.22 | 2,296 |
38 | N.R. | Seer Capital Partners LP | 1,388 | Securitized Credit | 17.08 | 25.86 | 1,537 |
1 | 1 | Zais Opportunity Fund Class B | 462 | Structured Credit | 52.39 | 24.69 | 5,400 |
27 | N.R. | Axonic Credit Opportunities Ltd | 1,089 | Structured Credit | 18.93 | 25.69 | 1,343 |
43 | 46 | Guggenheim Partners Opportunistic Investment-Grade Securities | 1,961 | Structured Credit | 16.67 | 15.05 | 160,000 |
23 | N.R. | FORT Global Contrarian LP | 308 | Systematic CTA | 19.16 | 2.83 | 437 |
56 | N.R. | Cassiopeia Fund – Class B | 689 | Volatility Arbitrage | 14.47 | 25.38 | 747 |
Barron’s Top 100 Hedge Fund Average | 17.42 | 20.28 | |||||
BarclayHedge Fund Index Average | 4.30 | 8.25 | |||||
S&P 500 Average | 10.87 | 16.00 | |||||
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Average | 6.19 | 4.21 |