Multi-strategy was the most common investment strategy among hedge funds worldwide, as of the first quarter of 2022. This strategy was implemented by approximately 27 percent of the hedge funds surveyed. Equity and macro followed as common strategies, with 24 and 15 percent of the respondents respectively.
Distribution of hedge funds worldwide as of 1st quarter 2022, by investment strategy
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Statistics on Investment funds
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Assets managed by investment funds globally 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Net assets of regulated open-end funds worldwide 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Net assets of regulated open-end funds worldwide 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of regulated open-end funds worldwide 2013-2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of open-ended funds worldwide 2021, by fund type
- Basic Statistic Distribution of assets regulated open funds globally 2021, by region
Mutual funds
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- Premium Statistic Total net assets of mutual funds worldwide 2013-2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Number of worldwide regulated open-end funds 2007-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of mutual funds in the U.S. 1997-2021
- Basic Statistic Share of market securities held by mutual funds in the U.S. in 2021, by security type
- Basic Statistic Total net assets of US-based mutual funds worldwide 1998-2021
Hedge funds
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- Premium Statistic Assets under management of hedge funds worldwide 1997-2022
- Premium Statistic Value of flows of hedge fund assets globally 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic Value of hedge fund asset flows 2015-2020, by strategy
- Premium Statistic Aum of the largest hedge fund firms globally 2022
- Premium Statistic Breakdown of hedge funds worldwide by investment strategy 2022
Exchange traded funds
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- Premium Statistic Number of ETFs globally 2003-2022
- Premium Statistic Worldwide ETF assets under management 2003-2022
- Premium Statistic Leading ETF options and futures exchanges 2021, by volume
- Premium Statistic Largest ETFs by market cap globally 2023
- Premium Statistic ESG ETFs with the highest 3 month returns 2022
Pension funds
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- Basic Statistic Assets of pension funds globally 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Leading pension funds worldwide 2021, by assets
- Premium Statistic Distribution of assets of top 300 pension funds globally 2021, by domicile
- Premium Statistic Assets of top 300 pension funds globally 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Assets of pension funds in the U.S. 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Distribution of pension fund assets globally 2021, by size of funds
- Premium Statistic Distribution of pension fund assets globally 2021, by domicile and plan type
Further related statistics
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- Share of France-based hedge funds 2016, by top level strategy
- Breakdown of UK based hedge funds 2016, by top level strategy
- Asset allocation of high net worth individuals in the U.S. 2009-2015
- Leading hedge funds with one billion U.S. dollars or more in assets 2015, by return
- Leading hedge funds with assets 250-1000 million U.S. dollars 2015, by return
- Distribution of hedge fund management fees globally 2012-2017
- Worst performing hedge funds 2018
- Leading ten firms share of net assets under management in UK in 2013-2014
- Returns on selected styles of hedge funds 2017
- Leading hedge funds 2018, by return
- Leading twenty firms share of net assets under management in the UK in 2013 and 2014
- Performance spread of top and bottom hedge funds 2017, by style
- Americans who used a wire transfer service 2018, by age
- Change in assets under management of selected hedge funds 2018
- UK assets: domicile of hedge fund managers in 2014
- Number of cryptocurrency hedge fund starts globally 2011-2018
- Share of hedge funds by management fund strategy in the UK 2014
- Distribution of hedge funds in the U.S. 2018, by type
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Statistics
- Share of France-based hedge funds 2016, by top level strategy
- Breakdown of UK based hedge funds 2016, by top level strategy
- Asset allocation of high net worth individuals in the U.S. 2009-2015
- Leading hedge funds with one billion U.S. dollars or more in assets 2015, by return
- Leading hedge funds with assets 250-1000 million U.S. dollars 2015, by return
- Distribution of hedge fund management fees globally 2012-2017
- Worst performing hedge funds 2018
- Leading ten firms share of net assets under management in UK in 2013-2014
- Returns on selected styles of hedge funds 2017
- Leading hedge funds 2018, by return
- Leading twenty firms share of net assets under management in the UK in 2013 and 2014
- Performance spread of top and bottom hedge funds 2017, by style
- Americans who used a wire transfer service 2018, by age
- Change in assets under management of selected hedge funds 2018
- UK assets: domicile of hedge fund managers in 2014
- Number of cryptocurrency hedge fund starts globally 2011-2018
- Share of hedge funds by management fund strategy in the UK 2014
- Distribution of hedge funds in the U.S. 2018, by type
PwC. (June 7, 2022). Distribution of hedge funds worldwide as of 1st quarter 2022, by investment strategy [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246771/hedge-funds-worldwide-by-investment-strategy-2021/
PwC. "Distribution of hedge funds worldwide as of 1st quarter 2022, by investment strategy." Chart. June 7, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246771/hedge-funds-worldwide-by-investment-strategy-2021/
PwC. (2022). Distribution of hedge funds worldwide as of 1st quarter 2022, by investment strategy. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246771/hedge-funds-worldwide-by-investment-strategy-2021/
PwC. "Distribution of Hedge Funds Worldwide as of 1st Quarter 2022, by Investment Strategy." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246771/hedge-funds-worldwide-by-investment-strategy-2021/
PwC, Distribution of hedge funds worldwide as of 1st quarter 2022, by investment strategy Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246771/hedge-funds-worldwide-by-investment-strategy-2021/ (last visited May 30, 2023)
Distribution of hedge funds worldwide as of 1st quarter 2022, by investment strategy [Graph], PwC, June 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246771/hedge-funds-worldwide-by-investment-strategy-2021/