Opalesque – BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, reported today that hedge fund assets available for prime custody services now stand at an estimated $684 billion, a 40% increase since 2010. The increase reflects both growth in overall hedge fund assets under management (AUM) as well as lower levels of borrowing from prime brokers.
Roughly half of all hedge funds with more than $1 billion in AUM are now thought to have a prime custody agreement in place, up from 15% in 2008 as funds increasingly seek to mitigate counterparty risk.
