The curated database of hedge funds that publish investor letters. Research by geography, strategy, and schools of thought.
| # | Fund | Strategy | Style | Geography | AUM | Latest Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
We don't track every hedge fund, only the ones who publish letters to their investors. Their writeups are the highest-signal reading in finance, and we've collected thousands in one searchable hedge fund letters database.
| # | Fund ↕ | Strategy | Style | Geo | AUM ↕ | QTD ↕ | YTD ↕ | SI ↕ | Latest Letter ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Third Point Partners Daniel S. Loeb Hedge Fund | Large Cap | Quality Compounder | Asia | Undisclosed | +7.7% | N/A | +13.2% | Q2 2026 Letter → |
| 2 | Greenlight Capital Greenlight Capital, Inc. Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $2.5B | -4.3% | +1.9% | +12.7% | Q2 2026 Letter → |
| 3 | Horizon Kinetics Murray Stahl Hedge Fund | Mid Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $10.4B | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q2 2026 Letter → |
| 4 | DKAM Donville Kent Asset Management Jason & Jesse Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | +45.3% | Q2 2026 Letter → |
| 5 | Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC Leigh R. Goehring Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q2 2026 Letter → |
| 6 | Robotti Value Investors Bob Mutual Fund | Smid Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $707.6M | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q2 2026 Letter → |
| 7 | Antipodes Global Value Fund Antipodes Partners Limited Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Asia | $6.3B | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 8 | Biondo Investment Advisors Joseph P. Biondo Advisory / Asset Manager | Smid Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | +5.8% | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 9 | Wasatch Small Cap Growth Strategy Ryan Snow Advisory / Asset Manager | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | $1.8B | N/A | N/A | +9.9% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 10 | Wasatch Micro Cap Fund Ken Korngiebel, Thomas Bradley, Natalie Pesqué Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | $628.0M | -12.2% | N/A | +11.0% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 11 | Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Strategy Scott Thomas Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 12 | Wasatch Long Short Alpha Fund Mick Rasmussen Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | 43.0 | -4.0% | N/A | +5.9% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 13 | Confluence Investment Management Mark Keller Family Office / Individual | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | +10.8% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 14 | Renaissance Investment Management - Large Cap Growth Renaissance Investment Management Hedge Fund | Equities, Large Cap | GARP | Global | $2.8B | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 15 | Renaissance Investment Management - International Small Cap Equity Michael E. Schroer Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 16 | WS Amati Global Innovation Fund Graeme Bencke Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Europe | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 17 | Pittenger & Anderson Jon J. Sevenker, Dan Frost Hedge Fund | Mid Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 18 | Citco Declan Quilligan Mutual Fund | Large Cap | Quality Compounder | Asia | Undisclosed | -0.7% | +10.5% | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 19 | Pantera Capital Dan Morehead Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | $5.6B | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 20 | Hotchkis & Wiley Small Cap Value Fund Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management, LLC Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $1.9B | +1.9% | +19.5% | +11.2% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 21 | Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund George Davis Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $379.0M | +5.4% | +17.7% | +11.2% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 22 | Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value Institutional Team Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | Undisclosed | +4.8% | +10.9% | +8.9% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 23 | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund | Public Equity, Large Cap, Mid Cap | Value | Asia | $1.2B | +3.4% | +10.1% | +10.5% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 24 | Stewart Investors Institutional Team Advisory / Asset Manager | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 25 | Stewart Asset Management Thomas M. Valenzuela Advisory / Asset Manager | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $8.5B | +0.8% | +6.2% | +16.9% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 26 | Aristotle Value Equity Fund Howard Gleicher Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $42.4B | -0.1% | +1.2% | +10.5% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 27 | Aristotle International Equity Fund Aristotle Investment Services, LLC / Aristotle Capital Management, LLC Advisory / Asset Manager | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | $5.8B | -0.4% | +2.4% | +6.3% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 28 | RLH Capital Louis Camhi Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | +0.6% | +8.1% | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 29 | Broyhill Asset Management Christopher R. Pavese Mutual Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | -0.3% | +1.9% | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 30 | Spyglass Capital Management Institutional Team Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | -6.9% | N/A | +11.7% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 31 | Evolve Private Wealth Razmig Der-Tavitian Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 32 | Boyar Value Group Jonathan I. Boyar Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $158.0M | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 33 | Alpinum Investment Management Hedge Fund | Large Cap | Global Macro | Emerging Markets | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 34 | Baillie Gifford -International Growth Thomas Coutts / Brian Lum / Julia Angeles / Lawrence Burns / Robert Wilson Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | Undisclosed | -0.9% | +3.4% | +8.4% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 35 | Baillie Gifford -Emerging Markets Andrew Stobart / Mike Gush / Ben Durrant Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Emerging Markets | Undisclosed | -4.5% | +23.6% | +10.9% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 36 | Baillie Gifford - International Alpha Donald Farquharson / Tom Walsh / Roderick Snell / Jenny Davis / Chris Davies / Steve Vaughan Hedge Fund | Mid Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | Undisclosed | +1.0% | +9.0% | +7.5% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 37 | Baillie Gifford -Global Alpha Michael Taylor Advisory / Asset Manager | Public Equity, Growth Stocks, Large Cap, Mid Cap | Growth | Europe | $4.4B | -0.9% | +2.0% | +10.2% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 38 | Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund Josef Lakonishok, Menno Vermeulen, Puneet Mansharamani, Greg Sleight, Guy Lakonishok, Gal Skarishevsky Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $400.3M | -3.0% | +12.8% | +10.5% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 39 | Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund Kathleen A. McCarragher, Blair A. Boyer, Natasha Kuhlkin Advisory / Asset Manager | Large Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $28.6B | +4.9% | +9.7% | +12.7% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 40 | Antipodes Global Fund Antipodes Partners Limited Hedge Fund | Large Cap | Quality Compounder | Asia | $21.0B | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 41 | Vulcan Value Partners - Small Cap C.T. Fitzpatrick Hedge Fund | Smid Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | -1.2% | +4.3% | +7.3% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 42 | Vulcan Value Partners - Large Cap C.T. Fitzpatrick Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | +7.4% | +1.0% | +9.3% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 43 | Vulcan Value Partners - Focus Plus Vulcan Value Partners LLC Mutual Fund | Public Equities, Options Strategies | Value | US | $6.9B | +8.8% | -2.7% | +12.1% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 44 | Vulcan Value Partners - Focus Vulcan Value Partners, LLC Advisory / Asset Manager | Public Equity, Cash Equivalents | Value | Asia | $6.9B | +8.9% | -2.7% | +12.6% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 45 | Vulcan Value Partners - All Cap C.T. Fitzpatrick Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | +7.5% | +1.3% | +9.8% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 46 | Diversified Financial Management Institutional Team Mutual Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | US | Undisclosed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 47 | City Different Investments - Global Equity Vinson Walden Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | Undisclosed | -1.2% | +4.1% | +16.9% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 48 | Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC Hedge Fund | Large Cap | Quality Compounder | US | $2.2B | -0.6% | N/A | +10.8% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 49 | Columbia Seligman Global Technology Fund Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | $3.2B | -0.6% | N/A | +26.7% | Q3 2026 Letter → |
| 50 | The Heptagon Future Trends Fund Alex Gunz Hedge Fund | Small Cap | Quality Compounder | Global | Undisclosed | -8.6% | +14.5% | N/A | Q3 2026 Letter → |
Rankings reflect the most-tracked managers on Buyside Digest over the trailing 90 days, weighted by letter reads, profile follows, and pitch engagement. This isn't a ranking by AUM or performance; it is a measure of which managers sophisticated readers are paying attention to right now. Updated weekly.
A short reader's guide to the database. Tap any heading to expand.
There are roughly 9,000 hedge funds operating globally, managing somewhere north of $4 trillion in assets. Most of them communicate with their limited partners through quarterly conference calls, private capital calls, and one-line "we were up X percent" updates. They don't publish.
The 1,106+ managers we track here are the exception: they write detailed quarterly investor letters explaining their thinking, defending their losing positions, and walking readers through what they got wrong. That's not a random sample of the industry; it's a specific population, and understanding why they self-select matters more than most investors realize.
Quantitative funds, multi-strategy platforms, and high-turnover statistical arbitrage shops generally don't write letters. There's nothing to write about: their portfolios change daily, their alpha sources are proprietary models, and their LPs don't care about narrative.
The funds that do publish letters tend to run between 10 and 50 positions, hold them for years, and have clear theses they can explain to a sophisticated reader in two pages. This biases the database toward concentrated long-only managers, long/short equity funds, activist investors, event-driven shops, and special situations specialists. It's not a weakness; it's a curation. If you're looking for fundamental investing ideas with reasoning attached, this is the population to study.
If you searched for "biggest hedge funds" you probably expected to see Bridgewater, Citadel, Millennium, Renaissance Technologies, and D.E. Shaw at the top of this page. They aren't. Those firms collectively manage close to a trillion dollars and they almost never publish detailed letters. Bridgewater puts out the occasional "Daily Observations" piece. Citadel and Millennium send LPs short performance summaries. Renaissance has been a black box since 1988.
The reason is straightforward: their edge is process, model architecture, or trade execution speed, not narrative. There's nothing to gain by explaining their thinking, and quite a bit to lose. So while the world's largest hedge funds are absent from our database, the world's most readable hedge funds are concentrated here. For anyone trying to learn how professional capital allocators reason about markets, that's a much more useful population.
Most users come here looking for either a manager or a ticker. If you're researching a manager (say, you want to understand David Einhorn's thinking on a position), start with their fund profile, scan their last four quarterly letters, then look at their elevator pitches to see what specific theses they've published.
If you're researching a ticker, the more useful workflow is the reverse: search the ticker in our pitch database, see which managers wrote about it and on which side (bull or bear), then read their letters to understand the surrounding context. Either way, the goal isn't to copy positions. It's to understand how good managers reason: what data they look at, what they choose to ignore, and how they update when wrong.
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