The data displays the value of assets managed by hedge funds worldwide from 1997 to 2017. The assets under management of global hedge funds amounted to 2.91 trillion USD in 2017.
Hedge funds are a special type of investment instrument. The main goal of hedge funds is to achieve absolute return, but unlike in case of typical investment funds, they use unconventional methods to gain above average rate of return. The management techniques used by hedge funds can be for example long/short equity, market neutral or relative value arbitrage.
