In 2020, alternative data was mainly used as a research tool to help better improve investment decisions among 69 percent of hedge fund managers, who were classified as alternative data market leaders, and 85 percent of the rest of the respondents using it for this particular purpose. Only 23 percent of the alternative data market leaders and 36 percent of the rest of the market used alternative data to help improve risk management and compliance models.
Main uses of alternative data by hedge fund managers worldwide in 2020, by alternative data experience level
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Statistics on Hedge funds
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Assets under management of hedge funds worldwide 1997-2022
- Premium Statistic Aum of the largest hedge fund firms globally 2022
- Premium Statistic Composition of AUM of hedge funds worldwide 2020, by type of account
- Premium Statistic Global hedge fund assets under management 2019, by country
- Premium Statistic Worldwide hedge fund assets under management 2019 by region
- Premium Statistic Number of hedge funds worldwide 2019, by region
- Premium Statistic Net returns of hedge funds by strategy Q4 2020-Q3 2021
Asset flows
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- Premium Statistic Value of flows of hedge fund assets globally 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic Value of hedge fund asset flows 2015-2020, by strategy
- Basic Statistic Value of hedge fund asset flows worldwide 2015-2020, by manager location
- Premium Statistic Hedge funds' new flows into new vs existing products worldwide 2020, by AUM
- Premium Statistic Hedge funds' inflows to in new vs existing products worldwide 2020, by region
Crypto hedge funds
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- Premium Statistic Average AUM of crypto hedge funds worldwide 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of hedge funds' AuM invested in digital assets worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Main reason why hedge funds include digital assets in their portfolio worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Most common crypto hedge fund domiciles worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Most common crypto hedge fund manager locations worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of crypto hedge funds activities worldwide 2019-2020
- Premium Statistic Most used decentralized exchanges by crypto hedge funds worldwide 2021
Alternative data usage
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- Premium Statistic Number of alternative data sets used by hedge fund managers globally 2020
- Premium Statistic Main uses of alternative data by hedge fund managers globally 2020
- Premium Statistic Challenges of using alternative data by hedge fund managers globally 2020
- Premium Statistic Hedge fund team capacity spent working with alternative data globally 2020
- Premium Statistic Expected adoption of alternative data among hedge fund managers globally 2020
- Premium Statistic Hedge fund managers' use of advanced data worldwide 2020, by type of analysis
Investors
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- Premium Statistic Investors' satisfaction with hedge fund performance worldwide 2021, by investor type
- Premium Statistic Hedge fund managers' main future investor targets worldwide 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Hedge fund managers' main future investor targets in North America 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Hedge fund managers' main future investor targets in Europe 2021, by type
Further related statistics
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- Breakdown of UK based hedge funds 2016, by top level strategy
- Breakdown of France-based investors active in hedge funds 2016, by type
- Share of France-based hedge funds 2016, by top level strategy
- Number of hedge fund managers in Europe 2016
- Largest UK based institutional investors of hedge funds in 2016
- Breakdown of UK-based investors active in hedge funds 2016, by type
- Leading hedge funds on the European market in 2015, by return rate
- Leading hedge fund managers worldwide 2015, by earnings
- Hedge fund managers' main future investor targets in North America 2021, by type
- Geographic distribution of hedge fund assets in the U.S. 2018, by manager location
- Leading hedge funds globally 2015, by net gains since inception
- Leading hedge funds on the European market in 2015, by assets
- Number of hedge fund managers and institutional investors in hedge funds EU & UK 2017
- Hedge fund managers' main future investor targets in Europe 2021, by type
- Number of hedge fund managers in the U.S. 2018, by state
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- Value of foreign capital invested in commercial real estate Canada 2014-2019
- Annual payment card transaction volume in GBP and USD in the UK 2009-2020
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- Breakdown of UK based hedge funds 2016, by top level strategy
- Breakdown of France-based investors active in hedge funds 2016, by type
- Share of France-based hedge funds 2016, by top level strategy
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- Largest UK based institutional investors of hedge funds in 2016
- Breakdown of UK-based investors active in hedge funds 2016, by type
- Leading hedge funds on the European market in 2015, by return rate
- Leading hedge fund managers worldwide 2015, by earnings
- Hedge fund managers' main future investor targets in North America 2021, by type
- Geographic distribution of hedge fund assets in the U.S. 2018, by manager location
- Leading hedge funds globally 2015, by net gains since inception
- Leading hedge funds on the European market in 2015, by assets
- Number of hedge fund managers and institutional investors in hedge funds EU & UK 2017
- Hedge fund managers' main future investor targets in Europe 2021, by type
- Number of hedge fund managers in the U.S. 2018, by state
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AIMA, and SS&C Technologies, Inc.. "Main Uses of Alternative Data by Hedge Fund Managers Worldwide in 2020, by Alternative Data Experience Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170223/main-uses-alternative-data-hedge-fund-managers-global/
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Main uses of alternative data by hedge fund managers worldwide in 2020, by alternative data experience level [Graph], AIMA, & SS&C Technologies, Inc., May 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170223/main-uses-alternative-data-hedge-fund-managers-global/