L/S total GMV?

What is your estimate of the total AUM (i.e., before leverage) of L/S equities strategies? Same for quant (equities statistical arbitrage). I can't find any info anywhere. Can we look at the big hedge fund AUMs and multiply that by factor to get a decent estimate?

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