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Where the Hedge Funds Are
Want to work for, or start a hedge fund? Here are the top U.S. and global hedge fund cities based on data from eVestment
For finance and investment pros looking to start or work for a hedge fund, cities with larger concentrations of funds might be the best places to consider for their networks of people and resources. With that in mind, Marietta-based eVestment, the global leader in institutional investor data and analytics, mined its global hedge fund database to find the United States and global cities with the biggest concentrations of hedge funds.
In the United States, the cities where the most hedge funds are based are:
1. New York
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2. Chicago
3. Boston
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4. San Francisco
5. Greenwich, Conn.
6. Los Angeles
7. Denver
8. Miami
9. Philadelphia
10. Princeton, N.J.
Globally, the top cities where hedge funds are based are:
1. New York
2. London
3. Chicago
4. Boston
5. Hong Kong
6. Toronto
7. San Francisco
8. Greenwich, Conn.
9. Los Angeles
10. Singapore
The report also looks at the geographic distribution of hedge fund launches going back to 2009. In 2015, London (No. 1), New York (No. 2), Boston (No. 3), Chicago (No. 4) and Hong Kong (No. 5) held the top five spots for hedge fund launches. These five cities, in slightly different orders, dominated hedge fund launches 2014 as well. In previous years, cities like Toronto, Canada; Greenwich, Conn.; and San Francisco also cracked the top 5.
To download a full copy of the report, please click here.
