Long/Short Equity Funds
Hedge funds employing long and short equity investment strategies.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments (3.6.3), the segment that Long/Short Equity Funds sits within — not Long/Short Equity Funds on its own.
- Market size
- ~$14B
- Growth
- ~11.3%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
- Companies
- ~3,600
U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 523999 (Miscellaneous Financial Investment) + 525990 (Other Financial Vehicles) — fee revenue; AUM is far larger.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Management and performance fees on alternative strategies
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- Moderate
- EBITDA margin
- Strong
- Capex intensity
- Low
management fees recur; performance is variable
fee-and-performance economics
Characteristics
- Bifurcated between multi-strategy giants and a single-strategy tail.
- Multi-manager pod-shop model reshaped economics and talent.
- Performance, talent, and risk management drive results.
Geographic concentration
Hedge funds and alternative managers over-index in Illinois (Chicago's derivatives and quant base) and Florida (the recent manager migration to Miami), with further concentration in South Carolina and Minnesota.
U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 County Business Patterns (establishments by state), NAICS 523999. Concentration shown by location quotient.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- Multi-strategy platforms
- Alternative-asset managers
- GP-stakes investors
What’s driving deals
- Multi-strategy platforms absorbing talent and capital.
- Fee pressure on single-strategy funds.
- GP-stakes and manager consolidation.
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