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 |
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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 |
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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 |