The 25 richest hedge fund managers in the UK
24 Apr 2015 | 08:31
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Crispin Odey rose up the rankings in 2014, but which other hedge fund managers stand among the richest in the UK?
Crispin Odey and Nichola Pease saw their net worth almost double in 2014, propelling them up the table of wealthiest hedge fund managers, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.
The paper’s list of the UK’s richest hedgies credit the husband and wife as the most successful of the year in terms of personal wealth.

Their fortune as of this year stands at ￡1.1bn, up ￡580m year-on-year, according to the paper, which credited the success of Odey Asset Management as a driving factor.

Odey AM saw profits triple last year, helping the manager take home almost ￡48m in earnings in 2014.
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The next highest increase on the paper’s hedge fund list, in absolute terms, was enjoyed by Winton Capital’s David Harding. The co-founder of Man AHL and Winton CEO saw his net worth rise ￡250m to reach ￡1bn.

Despite this, Harding dropped one place on the list, to seventh, while Odey and Pease rose three places to fifth.

Topping the list is Brevan Howard founder Alan Howard, with estimated 2015 wealth of ￡1.5bn. But a difficult year for Howard’s funds saw him credited with a ￡100m drop in net worth, meaning BlueCrest Capital founder Michael Platt joins him at the ￡1.5bn mark.

Third is Pamplona Capital’s Alexander Knaster, whose net worth is estimated to have risen ￡98m to ￡1.36bn, followed by CQS head Sir Michael Hintze, who added ￡175m in 2014 to take his fortune to ￡1.23bn.

Other familiar names on the list include Rivercrest Capital’s Sir John Beckwith and Lansdowne Partners’ Sir Paul Ruddock, both of whose fortunes were adjudged to have remained flat on the year.

Beckwith’s ￡350m net worth puts him in 10th place, down four places, while Ruddock drops three positions to 17th with estimated 2015 wealth of ￡300m.

Man Group’s Pierre Lagrange, meanwhile, rises two places to 19th after seeing his net worth rise ￡18m to a total of ￡258m.
Over the page: the full list of the UK's 25 richest hedge fund managers

2015 rank        2014 rank        Name        Company        2015 wealth (￡m)        YoY change (￡m)
1        1        Alan Howard        Brevan Howard        1,500        -100
2        2        Michael Platt        BlueCrest Capital        1,500        Unchanged
3        3        Alexander Knaster        Pamplona Capital        1,364        98
4        4        Sir Michael Hintze        CQS        1,230        175
5        8        Crispin Odey & Nichola Pease        Odey AM        1,100        580
6        5        Robert Miller        Search Investment Group        1,034        55
7        6        David Harding        Winton Capital        1,000        250
8        7        Sir Chris Hohn        Children's Investment Fund        663        6
9        9        Martin Hughes        Toscafund        510        32
10        10=        Andrew Law        Caxton Associates        425        75
11        14=        Paul Marshall        Marshall Wace        400        100
12        22        Chris Wokos        Rivercrest Capital        400        170
13        14=        Ian Wace        Marshall Wace        400        100
14        10=        Sir John Beckwith        Rivercrest Capital        350        Unchanged
15        14=        Yan Huo        Capula Investment        350        50
16        13        Michael Cohen        Och-Ziff Capital        335        5
17        14=        Sir Paul Ruddock        Lansdowne Partners        300        Unchanged
18        24=        John Armitage        Egerton Capital        280        80
19        21        Pierre Lagrange        Man Group        258        18
20        19=        Andy Hall        Astenbeck Capital        250        Unchanged
21        24=        Jonathan Hiscock        GSA Capital        250        50
22        34=        James Vernon        Brevan Howard        250        100
23        18        Hilton Nathanson        Marble Bar Asset Management        230        -23
24        19=        Nicolai Tangen        AKO Capital        225        -25
25        23        Chris Levett        Moore Capital        220        Unchanged