

Some of the top holdings of the best performing hedge funds in 2021 included eBay Inc.

Some of the funds that deserve a mention among the top performers include TCI Fund Management and Bridgewater Associates, which made gains of $9.5 billion and $5.7 billion respectively. In 20, the 20 best-performing funds had made $63.5 billion and $59.3 billion for clients. However, even though the top performing funds managed nearly one-fifth of the $3.6 trillion in total assets under management for the industry, their combined gains still lagged behind the performance of the broader stock market. In 2020, all hedge funds combined earned $176 billion for clients. Data from LCH Investments, as reported by news agency Reuters, shows that the 20 best-performing hedge funds earned over $65 billion for clients in 2021. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of these hedge funds, go directly to the 5 Best Performing Hedge Funds of 2021.ĭespite a relatively more volatile and generally tough investing environment for equity-based investment firms, especially in the context of the rise of retail investors and their short squeezes, hedge funds that focused on stocks returned, on average, close to 12.3% to investors in 2021, up nearly 2.3% when compared against peers in the industry. In this article, we discuss the 10 best performing hedge funds of 2021.
