Entry rules and criteria

When entering the 2016 Awards, please read through the following criteria for your chosen category (ies), which explain what the judging panel will be looking for when they judge the entries and select the winners. 

The awards will be publicized internationally in the general and hedge fund media. All awards finalists will be honoured — and the winners announced at a dinner on Monday 19 September at the Conrad Hong Kong Hotel.

The deadline for entries has been extended to Friday 12 August 2016.

1. Inclusion:

• Only funds with their management/advisory company or team based in Asia or Australia will be eligible for the HFM Asia Hedge Fund Performance Awards 2016.
• A link to the entry form will be sent to all managers and contacts on the HFM database. Other interested managers can access the online entry form via this website.
• Funds interested in participating in the awards program must submit all information via the official HFM Asia Hedge Fund Performance Awards 2016 Online Entry Form.  Please note that all funds must submit a completed entry form to be considered for the awards; incomplete information might lead to disqualification from the awards process.

Funds must submit their performance data via the official awards data entry form. This can be downloaded here.

Please note that the 'Management firm' of the year category is not open to entries. The shortlist for this category will be compiled by a panel of industry experts.

The awards will be publicised internationally in the general and hedge fund media. All awards finalists will be honoured — and the winners announced at a dinner on Monday 19 September 2016 at the Conrad Hong Kong.

2. Criteria:

The Awards 2016 seek submissions in 29 categories. A full list of categories are displayed here.

Any fund satisfying the following criteria will be eligible for the HFM Asia Hedge Fund Performance Awards 2016:

Base of operations:

• Funds submitting in all categories must have their management/advisory company or team based in Asia or Australia and submit their USD share class.
• Funds submitting for any of the categories with the exception of the newcomer category must trade/invest primarily—defined as at least 75% of portfolio over the last 2 years—in one or more of the 29 strategies described by the 2016 categories.
• Funds submitting for the newcomer category must trade/invest primarily—defined as at least 75% of portfolio over the last 12-23 months—in one of the 29 strategies as described by the categories above.

Assets Under Management:

• Funds submitting for all categories (apart from newcomer and fund of hedge fund categories) must have a minimum of 20 million (USD) in assets under management ending 30 April 2016.
• Funds submitting for newcomer category must have a minimum of 10 million (USD) in assets under management ending 30 April 2016.
• Funds submitting for funds of hedge funds categories must have a minimum of 25 million (USD) in assets under management ending 30 April 2016.

Please submit the USD share class for the awards.

Track Record:

• Funds submitting for any of the categories except newcomer category must have a track record of 2 years ending with their April 2016 performance figures. 
• Funds submitting for newcomer category must have a track record of at least 12 months and less than 24 – that is 12 - 23 months of performance data ending with their April 2016 performance figures. 
• Funds submitting for long term performance – 5 years categories must have a track record of 5 years of performance data ending with their April 2016 performance figures. 
Nominated categories:

Please note that entries are not accepted for those categories marked ‘Nominated’. The shortlist for these categories will be compiled by a panel of industry experts.

Entries must be submitted via the online entry form by Friday 12 August 2016.

3. Judging Decisions:

The judging panel will comprise representatives from HFM, leading institutional and private investors and industry experts.

Each member of the judging panel will have an equal vote in choosing the winners in each category. Decisions should be unanimous, but a majority will suffice. 

Judging decisions will be based on performance, qualitative information and structural criteria.

Judging process
    
All judges will comply with a confidentiality agreement to ensure no information is disclosed or discussed outside of the judging process. 

A shortlist of finalists for each category will be announced in August with the winners revealed on 19 September at The Conrad Hong Kong.  Please mark this important date on your calendar. 

4. Contact Us:

General enquiries about the HFM Asia Performance Awards 2016 and the judging for the awards can be directed to the individuals listed below.

Sponsorship

Lucy Churchill
Associate Publisher
Email: l.churchill@hfmweek.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7832 6615

General enquiries

Nicole Maragh
Event Manager
Email: n.maragh@hfmweek.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7832 6578

Tables and entry enquiries

Indira Peters-DiDio
Data Manager
Email: i.peters@hfmweek.com
Tel: +1 (646) 891 2119/ +1 (646) 823 4254