HFM US Performance Awards 14
 
Here is the winners list for the 2014 Awards:

CATEGORY WINNER HIGHLY COMMENDED
40 Act fund - equity Diamond Hill Long-Short Fund (Class I) Gotham Absolute Return Fund (GARIX) 


 
40 Act fund - other Avenue Credit Strategies Fund  
     
40 Act fund - overall  Neuberger Berman Long Short Fund   


 
Credit over $1bn VR Global Offshore Fund
Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund


 
Credit under $1bn JLP Institutional Credit Fund Mudrick Distressed Opportunity Fund 


 
Emerging markets Alto Global Fund  


 
Event driven over $1bn JANA Nirvana Funds
 Alden Global Opportunities Master Fund


 
Event driven under $1bn Armory Fund   


 
Fixed income over $1bn NZC Guggenheim Fund
Beach Point Total Return Fund 


 
Fixed income under $1bn III Fund Series 1 Magnetar Structured Credit Fund 


 
Fund of hedge funds - long-term performance (5 years) Blue Elite Fund  


 
Fund of hedge funds 40 Act-compliant strategy Goldman Sachs Asset Management AIMS Hedge Funds  


 
Fund of hedge funds multi-strategy - over $1bn SkyBridge - Series G  


 
Fund of hedge funds multi-strategy - under $1bn James River Multi-Strategy Fund
 


 
Fund of hedge funds overall van Biema Value Fund  


 
Fund of hedge funds specialist - over $1bn EnTrust Capital Special Opportunities Fund  


 
Fund of hedge funds specialist - under $1bn Corbin Opportunity Fund  
   
Fund of hedge funds newcomer
AIP Select Mortgage Fund 
 


 
Long/short equity (Global) over $1bn Citadel Global Equities Fund  


 
Long/short equity (Global) under $1bn Cushing® MLP  Opportunity Fund  


 
Long/short equity (US) over $1bn Atlas Enhanced Fund Visium Balanced Fund 


 
Long/short equity (US) under $1bn JW Partners  


 
Long/short equity long-term performance (5 years) Kerrisdale Partners  


 
Macro long-term performance (5 years) PIMCO Absolute Return Strategy V  


 
Macro over $1bn Bridgewater All Weather @ 12%  


 
Macro under $1bn Brandywine Symphony Preferred Fund  


 
Managed futures (CTA) long-term performance (5 years) FORT Global Contrarian  


 
Managed futures (CTA) over $1bn Renaissance Institutional Futures Funds RIFF  


 
Managed futures (CTA) under $1bn WPD Crabel Futures  


 
Market neutral The Midway Market Neutral Fund   


 
Merger arbitrage Twin Securities
 


 
Multi-strategy Verition Multi-Strategy Fund  


 
Newcomer - equity Cambrian Global Fund  


 
Newcomer - managed futures (CTA) Monea Equity Alternative Strategy  


 
Newcomer - other Hildene Opportunities Fund II Pyrrho Global Event Driven Fund


 
Quantitative equity Voloridge Trading Fund  


 
Relative value Perella Weinberg Partners Asset Based Value Fund    Whitebox Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage Partners 


 
Single manager long-term performance (5 years) Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund     


 
Specialist Sancus Capital Select Master Fund  


 
Management firm Axonic Capital