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Key findings:

· The largest 314 hedge funds in the Americas managed a combined $1.97 trillion at the midyear, up 5.50% from the start of 2015.

· Club assets increased by $103 billion over the first half of the year, and collectively these firms account for a staggering 91% of all US hedge fund assets

· Bridgewater is the world’s first $100 billion hedge fund firm, having ballooned to $103.6 billion as of July.

· Major winners include Bridgewater Associates, AQR Capital Management and Millennium Management.

· New members of the Club are $1.2 billion global equity shop Folger Hill Capital Management, and the credit-focused $1 billion Wingspan Investment Management.

Ten top hedge funds:

Firm Name - City, State - AUM $bn (1 July 15)
Bridgewater Associates, Westport CT, 103.60
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, New York NY, 55.90
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, New York NY, 46.80
AQR Capital Management, Greenwich, CT 45.60
Millennium Management, New York NY, 30.40
Adage Capital Management, Boston MA, 28.40
Baupost Group, Boston MA, 28.40
Elliott Management Corporation, New York NY, 27.00
Renaissance Technologies, East Setauket NY, 27.00
D.E. Shaw Group, New York NY, 26.06

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