Appendix

The Billion Dollar Club is a biannual survey carried out by Alpha magazine, which ranks all hedge funds in the United States that have more than $1 billion in assets.

Source: Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR).

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This chart depicts the growth in assets and number of Billion Dollar Club firms from 2003 to 2011.

Source: HedgeFund Intelligence.

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This chart depicts the number of new fund launches above $50 million and their total assets from 2003 to 2011.

Source: HedgeFund Intelligence.

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This is the geographic dispersion of assets held by the Billion Dollar Club firms.

Source: HedgeFund Intelligence

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This chart presents the global fund shutdowns across America, Asia, and Europe from 2001 to 2010.

Source: HedgeFund Intelligence

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This chart depicts the growth in global hedge fund assets from 2000 to the first half of 2011. From 2009, it also takes into account UCITS.

Source: HedgeFund Intelligence

This is a pie chart depicting the location of Billion Dollar Club managers by assets. ...

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