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Hedge Funds Review Americas Awards - 2012
Congratulations to the following winners and nominees for the 2012 Hedge Funds Review Americas Awards. The awards ceremony was held July 11, 2012, in New York City.
The best performing single manager funds and funds of hedge funds (FoHF) in the US, Canada and Latin America were recognized. Individuals were also honored for their contribution to the hedge fund industry.
Data from the BarclayHedge Database provided initial quantitative screening of funds in each category. An expert judging panel then reviewed the risk and return characteristics of the top funds and agreed on a shortlist and winner in each of the categories. More information on the awards can be found here.
Main categories are listed below, together with subcategories and winners/nominees.
- One-year performance - single manager funds
- Long-term performance - single manager funds
- Performance - funds of hedge funds
One-year performance - single manager funds
Best long/short equity hedge fund
Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund Series BB (Renaissance Technologies) (Winner)
Nokomis Capital Master Fund (Nokomis Capital) (Commended)
Braddock Partners (Akre Capital Management) (Commended)
Chilton Small Cap Equities (Chilton Investment Company) (Commended)
Anson Investments Offshore Fund (Frigate Ventures) (Commended)
Best equity market neutral hedge fund
CSat Market Neutral (CSat Investment Advisory) (Winner)
Bryn Mawr Capital (Bryn Mawr Capital Management) (Commended)
ACI Multi-Strategy Market Neutral Fund (Algert Coldiron Investors) (Commended)
Best fixed income/credit hedge fund
STS Partners Fund (Deer Park Road Corporation) (Winner)
SPM Structured Servicing Holdings (Structured Portfolio Management) (Commended)
Perella Weinberg Partners Asset Based Value Fund (Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management) (Commended)
Best event driven hedge fund
Kawa Fund (Kawa Capital Management) (Winner)
HG Vora Special Opportunities Fund (HG Vora Capital) (Commended)
Gates Capital Management - ECF Value Fund II (Gates Capital Management) (Commended)
Best distressed hedge fund
Drawbridge Special Opportunities (Fortress Investment Group) (Winner)
Hildene Opportunities Fund (Hildene Capital Management) (Commended)
Best arbitrage hedge fund
Steelhead Pathfinder Fund (Steelhead Partners) (Winner)
Aristeia International (Class A Un-Restricted) (Aristeia Capital) (Commended)
Best global macro hedge fund
Bridgewater All Weather (Bridgewater Associates) (Winner)
MKP Opportunity (MKP Capital Management) (Commended)
Best CTA/managed futures fund
Fort Global Contrarian (Fort) (Winner)
Best emerging markets hedge fund
Permal Fixed Income Special Opportunities (managed by NWI Management) (Winner)
Traxis Emerging Markets Equity Fund (Traxis Partners) (Commended)
Discovery Global Opportunity Fund (Discovery Capital Management) (Commended)
Best multi-strategy hedge fund
Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund (Platinum Partners) (Winner)
Millennium USA (Millennium Management) (Commended)
Best overall Canadian hedge fund
Friedberg Global-Macro Hedge Fund (Friedberg Mercantile Group) (Winner)
Best overall Latin American hedge fund
Pollux Brazilian Equities (Pollux Capital) (Winner)
Hedge Funds Review single manager fund of the year
Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund Series BB (Renaissance Technologies) (Winner)
Bridgewater All Weather (Bridgewater Associates) (Commended)
SPM Structured Servicing Holdings (Structured Portfolio Management) (Commended)
Long-term performance - single manager funds
Best directional hedge fund over three years
Metacapital Mortgage Opportunities Fund (Metacapital Management) (Winner)
Best directional hedge fund over 10 years
York Credit Opportunities Fund Class A (York Capital Management) (Winner)
Best non-directional hedge fund over three years
Investcorp Silverback Arbitrage Fund (Investcorp Investment Advisers) (Winner)
Pine River Master Fund (Pine River Capital Management) (Commended)
Whitebox Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage Fund (Whitebox Advisors) (Commended)
Best non-directional hedge fund over 10 years
Whitebox Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage Fund (Whitebox Advisors) (Winner)
Millennium USA (Millennium Management) (Commended)
Black Diamond Relative Value Partners (Carlson Capital) (Commended)
Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund (Weiss Asset Management) (Commended)
Performance - funds of hedge funds
Best diversified FoHF over one year
Magnitude US Partners (Magnitude Capital) (Winner)
Titan Masters International Fund (Titan Advisors) (Commended)
Corbin Pinehurst Partners (Corbin Capital Partners) (Commended)
Best diversified FoHF over three years
SkyBridge Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios -Series G (SkyBridge Capital) (Winner)
EnTrust Capital Diversified Fund (EnTrust Capital) (Commended)
Best diversified FoHF over 10 years
Aurora Global Opportunities (Aurora Investment Management) (Winner)
Titan Masters International Fund (Titan Advisors) (Commended)
Corbin Pinehurst Partners (Corbin Capital Partners) (Commended)
Best specialist FoHF over one year
Corbin Opportunity Fund (Corbin Capital Partners) (Winner)
Pinnacle Natural Resources (Pinnacle Asset Management) (Commended)
Best specialist FoHF over three years
Lighthouse Credit Opportunities Fund (Lighthouse Investment Partners)) (Winner)
van Biema Value Fund (van Biema Value Partners) (Commended)
Best specialist FoHF over 10 years
Winner: Permal Fixed Income Holdings (Permal Asset Management) (Winner)
SSARIS Multi Manager Relative Value Strategy (SSARIS Advisors) (Commended)
Hedge Funds Review FoHF of the year
Titan Masters International Fund (Titan Advisors) (Winner)
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