Managers in size order Assets Under Management ($ Billion) @ January 2006 Growth in 2005 Registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Goldman Sachs Asset Management 22.0 96.4% yes
Bridgewater Associates 20.5 65.3% yes
D. E. Shaw & Co. 18.8 64.9% yes
Farallon Capital Management 16.5 32.0% yes
Och-Ziff Capital Management 15.0 30.4% yes
Barclays Global Investors 14.3 50.5% yes
Tudor Investment Corp 12.9 20.6% no
Caxton Associates 12.9 8.4% yes
Campbell & Co. 12.0 26.3% yes
Citadel Investment Group 12.0 9.1% no
Maverick Capital 11.5 21.1% yes
Perry Corp 11.4 10.7% yes
Cerberus Capital Management 10.8 16.1% no
Numeric Investors 10.5 16.7% yes
Moore Capital Management 10.2 20.0% no
Angelo, Gordon & Co. 10.0 17.6% yes
Soros Fund Management 9.6 20.0% no
ESL Investments* 9.5 n/a yes
Avenue Capital Group 9.0 38.5% yes
HBK Investments 8.8 57.1% yes
Atticus Capital 8.7 148.6% no
Renaissance Technologies Corp. 8.7 64.2% yes
SAC Capital Advisors 8.5 41.7% no
Wellington Management Co.* 8.4 5.0% yes
Cantillon Capital Management 8.1 39.7% yes
Canyon Capital Advisors 8.1 19.1% yes
Highbridge Capital Management 8.1 9.5% yes
FX Concepts 7.9 54.9% yes
AQR Capital Management 7.8 20.0% yes
Adage Capital* 7.7 92.5% yes
Highfields Capital Management 7.7 18.5% no
York Capital 7.6 55.1% yes
Stark Investments 7.6 31.0% yes
Amaranth Advisors 7.5 11.9% no
Lone Pine Capital 7.5 7.1% yes
Duquesne Capital Management* 7.5 0.0% no
Fairfield Greenwich Advisors 7.3 -7.6% yes
Pequot Capital Management 7.1 6.0% yes
J&W Seligman 7.0 -7.9% yes
Fortress Investment Group 6.8 36.0% yes
Millennium Mgt/Millennium International Mgt 6.5 51.2% no
Glenview Capital Management 6.4 88.2% no
FrontPoint Partners 6.3 46.5% yes
Davidson Kempner Partners 6.2 6.9% yes
Orbis Investment Management 6.1 110.3% no
King Street Capital Management 6.1 24.5% no
Baupost Group 5.8 13.3% yes
TPG-Axon Capital 5.7 n/a no
Elliott Associates 5.6 30.2% no
Satellite Asset Management 5.5 -6.8% yes
Kingdon Capital Management 5.3 43.2% no
Marathon Asset Management 5.2 40.5% yes
Lotsoff Capital 5.2 26.8% yes
Bain Capital/Brookside Capital Partners 5.2 20.9% no
Viking Global Investors 5.0 42.9% no
Graham Capital Management 4.9 -27.9% yes
Silver Point Capital 4.8 29.7% no
Alliance Bernstein 4.7 30.6% yes
Grantham, May, Van Otterloo (GMO) 4.6 17.9% yes
Standard Pacific Capital 4.6 -6.1% yes
Trafelet & Co. 4.5 181.3% no
Tremblant Capital Group 4.5 150.0% yes
JANA Partners 4.5 80.0% no
Eton Park Capital 4.5 28.6% no
Black River Asset Management 4.4 83.3% yes
Paulson & Co. 4.4 25.7% yes
UBS O'Connor Ltd. 4.4 -21.4% yes
Omega Advisors 4.2 23.5% yes
Kingate/Madoff* 4.2 0.0% no
Sandell Asset Management 4.2 -4.5% no
Grossman Asset Management 4.1 -14.6% yes
D.B. Zwirn 4.0 73.9% yes
QVT Financial 4.0 33.3% no
Ellington Management 4.0 17.6% yes
Appaloosa Management 3.9 18.2% no
III Offshore Advisors 3.9 0.0% yes
GoldenTree Asset Management 3.8 72.7% yes
BlackRock Inc. 3.8 58.3% yes
Contrarian Capital Management* 3.7 60.9% yes
Atlantic Investment Management 3.7 54.2% yes
Zazove Associates 3.6 24.1% yes
Greenlight Capital Management 3.6 16.1% no
Ospraie Management 3.5 84.2% yes
Chilton Investment Co. 3.5 16.7% yes
JP Morgan* 3.5 0.0% yes
John A. Levin & Co. 3.5 -10.3% no
Third Point Management Company 3.4 61.9% yes
Blue Ridge Capital 3.4 36.0% no
DKR Capital 3.4 -15.0% yes
Bear Stearns Asset Management 3.3 26.9% yes
Mariner Investment Group 3.2 n/a yes
Halcyon Management Co. 3.2 23.1% yes
Ramius Capital Group 3.2 -17.9% yes
Regiment Capital 3.1 3.3% no
Gabriel Capital Group* 3.0 n/a no
Eminence Capital 3.0 50.0% no
Andor Capital Management* 3.0 20.0% yes
Steel Partners* 3.0 0.0% no
Tewksbury Capital Management 3.0 -3.2% no
Deephaven Capital Management 3.0 -14.3% yes
Galleon Group 3.0 -25.0% yes
North Sound Capital* 2.9 20.8% yes
Optima Fund Management 2.8 86.7% yes
DB Advisors Capital Management 2.8 33.3% yes
Icahn Partners 2.7 68.8% no
Camden Asset Management 2.7 -15.6% yes
Carlson Capital 2.7 -42.6% yes
John W. Henry & Co. 2.6 -21.2% no
Ritchie Capital Management 2.5 19.0% yes
Fir Tree Partners 2.5 8.7% no
Crabel Capital Management 2.5 4.2% no
BlueMountain Capital Management 2.5 4.2% yes
Two Sigma* 2.5 0.0% no
Drake Management 2.5 -7.4% yes
Wexford Capital Management 2.4 167.6% yes
Argent Financial Group 2.4 -38.5% yes
GSO Capital Partners 2.3 n/a yes
Magnetar Capital Management 2.3 n/a yes
Strategic Value Partners 2.3 64.3% yes
Alpine Associates* 2.2 83.3% no
Taconic Capital (TCA) 2.2 69.2% yes
Stanfield Capital Partners 2.2 4.8% yes
Concordia Advisors 2.1 5.0% yes
Kynikos Associates 2.1 5.0% yes
WG Trading Co. 2.1 5.0% no
Shumway Capital Management 2.1 -4.5% no
Symphony Asset Management 2.1 -8.7% yes
Perot 2.0 n/a no
Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisers 2.0 53.8% yes
Parkcentral Capital Management 2.0 42.9% yes
Intrepid Capital Management 2.0 25.0% yes
Sowood Capital* 2.0 0.0% no
Sunrise Capital Partners 2.0 -23.1% no
Kinetics Advisors 2.0 65.0% yes
Caspian Capital Management 1.9 5.7% yes
Quadrangle 1.9 26.7% no
JWM Partners 1.9 0.0% yes
Basswood Capital Management 1.9 -5.0% yes
Cavalry Asset Management* 1.9 -5.0% yes
HighSide Capital Management 1.8 80.0% yes
Amber Capital Investment Management 1.8 63.6% yes
Tribeca Global Management 1.8 63.6% yes
Alson Capital 1.8 38.5% yes
Everest Capital 1.8 28.6% yes
Redwood Capital Management 1.8 12.5% yes
Zweig-DiMenna Associates 1.8 -5.3% no
Archeus Capital 1.8 -21.7% yes
Whitebox Advisors 1.7 21.4% yes
Oak Hill Platinum Partners 1.7 6.2% yes
Chesapeake Capital Management 1.7 -5.6% yes
Karsch Capital* 1.7 -19.0% yes
MKP Capital 1.7 -22.7% yes
Sailfish Capital Partners 1.7 n/a yes
Dune Capital Management 1.6 220.0% no
Ore Hill Partners 1.6 63.6% yes
Tiedemann Investment Group 1.6 14.3% yes
BBT Asset Management 1.6 14.3% no
INVESCO 1.6 6.7% yes
Thales Fund Management 1.6 -5.9% yes
Paloma Partners 1.6 -30.4% no
Pirate Capital 1.5 334.8% yes
GMT Capital Corp. 1.5 50.0% yes
Empyrean Capital Partners 1.5 36.4% yes
Elm Ridge Capital 1.5 0.0% yes
Cumberland Associates 1.5 -16.7% yes
Lydian Asset Management 1.5 -25.0% yes
Traxis Partners 1.5 -25.0% yes
K Capital Partners 1.5 -50.0% yes
Clarium Capital Management 1.4 344.4% yes
Epsilon Investment Management 1.4 40.0% no
SAB Capital 1.4 -12.5% yes
Longacre Fund Management 1.3 21.4% yes
ReachCapital Management 1.3 52.0% yes
DiMaio Ahmed Capital (Lespinard) 1.3 30.0% yes
Hunter Capital Advisors 1.3 30.0% yes
Stonebrook Fund Management 1.3 18.2% yes
Partner Fund Management 1.3 18.2% yes
Fore Research & Management 1.3 -18.8% yes
Alexandra Investment Management 1.3 -27.8% yes
Neuberger Berman/Liberty View 1.3 -31.6% yes
Oaktree Capital Management 1.3 -48.0% yes
Moon Capital 1.2 n/a yes
Stone Tower Capital 1.2 n/a yes
Touradji Capital Management 1.2 n/a no
Pershing Square 1.2 406.3% yes
Gramercy Advisors 1.2 41.2% yes
Knott Partners (Shoshone)* 1.2 0.0% no
Milburn Ridgefield Corporation 1.2 -7.7% no
Gruss & Co. 1.2 -14.3% yes
Advent Capital 1.2 -20.0% yes
Plainfield Asset Management 1.1 n/a yes
Owl Creek Asset Management 1.1 48.2% yes
Ascend Capital 1.1 10.0% yes
Clinton Group 1.1 -8.3% yes
Salus Capital Management 1.1 -8.3% yes
Bain Capital/Absolute Return Capital Partners 1.0 n/a yes