These are the 13 richest hedge fund managers in Britain - all worth more than £400 million

2017 was a good year for Britain's richest financiers, with the top 13 in the industry adding more than £1 billion to their cumulative wealth as the good times continued to roll in the global markets.

But who is the richest hedge funder in the UK? The Sunday Times, which every year releases its Rich List, ranked the 1,000 wealthiest individuals and families in the UK, pulling out the top hedge fund managers.

The list is largely unchanged from its last iteration in May 2017, with most of Britain's biggest figures in the world of finance maintaining and adding to their already sizeable wealth.

"The recent volatility of global stock markets have provided opportunities for the City's richest hedgies to gild their wealth," Robert Watts, who compiles the Rich List said.

"But life as a billionaire hedge fund manager is not a one-way bet. Four big names of the hedge fund world have seen big falls in their wealth over the past year."

"Managers tend to invest heavily in their funds, so if their fund bombs so does their own wealth," he added.

So who made the list? Check out the top 13 managers, all of whom are worth more than £400 million, below.