| Outstanding contribution | ||
| Management firm of the year | ||
| Newcomer – equity | ||
| Altegris/AACA Opportunistic Real Estate Fund | Altegris | |
| Bienville Argentina Opportunities Fund LP | Bienville Capital | |
| Crawford Lake Enhanced Master Fund LP | Crawford Lake Capital Management | |
| Dalton India Fund | Dalton Investments | |
| Logica Fund | Logica Capital Advisers | |
| Magnetar PRA Fund | Magnetar Capital | |
| Omni Event Fund Limited | Omni Partners | |
| Welton Global Quantitative Equity Portfolio (QEP) | Welton Investment Partners | |
| Newcomer – other | ||
| 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund | 361 Capital | |
| Crawford Lake Enhanced Master Fund LP | Crawford Lake Capital Management | |
| Investcorp Dynamic Alt Beta | Investcorp | |
| Magnetar PRA Fund | Magnetar Capital | |
| Omni Event Fund Limited | Omni Partners | |
| Ovation Alternative Income Fund LP | Ovation Partners | |
| PWP Global Macro Fund | Perella Weinberg Partners | |
| SBF Opportunities Fund | Deer Park Road Management Company | |
| Newcomer – managed futures (CTA) | ||
| ARP Investments Trend Following Factor 2x | ARP Investments | |
| Aspect Institutional Diversified | Aspect Capital | |
| Crabel's AlphaTerra Advanced Trend | Crabel Capital Management | |
| EMC Alpha Plus Program | EMC Capital Advisors | |
| EMIL VAN ESSEN MULTI-STRATEGY PROGRAM | EMIL VAN ESSEN | |
| Global Sigma BondVOL LP | Global Sigma Group | |
| NRD-1 | NickJen Capital Management & Consultants | |
| Steben Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Steben & Company | |
| SVAM Tactical Trend Portfolio | Spring Valley Asset Management | |
| Fund of hedge funds newcomer | ||
| IGP Tactical Alpha Fund LP | Infusion Global Partners | |
| JPMorgan Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund | JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management Hedge Fund Solutions ("JPMAAM HFS") | |
| Steben Select Multi-Strategy Fund | Steben & Company | |
| Credit over $1bn | ||
| Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP | Fortress Investment Group | |
| GoldenTree Master Fund | GoldenTree Asset Management | |
| STS Partners Fund | Deer Park Road Management Company | |
| Waterfall Eden Fund | Waterfall Asset Management | |
| Credit under $1bn | ||
| Bramshill Income Performance Strategy | Bramshill Investments | |
| Brevet Direct Lending - Short Duration Fund LP | Brevet Capital Management | |
| Cedar Ridge Investors Fund I LP | Cedar Ridge Partners | |
| KLS Credit Opportunities Fund LP | KLS Diversified Asset Management | |
| Michaelson Capital Special Finance Fund LP | James Alpha Management | |
| Symphony Convertible Arbitrage Fund | Symphony Asset Management | |
| Venus India Structured Finance Fund | Venus Capital Management | |
| Waterfall Victoria Fund | Waterfall Asset Management | |
| Managed futures (CTA) over $1bn | ||
| ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund | AlphaSimplex Group | |
| Aspect Diversified | Aspect Capital | |
| Campbell Managed Futures | Campbell & Company | |
| Crabel Multi-Product 1.5X | Crabel Capital Management | |
| FORT Global Contrarian | FORT | |
| Managed Futures Fund | AQR Capital | |
| QMS Diversified Global Macro Strategy | QMS Capital Management | |
| Managed futures (CTA) under $1bn | ||
| AlphaQuest Original | Quest Partners | |
| NuWave Combined Futures Portfolio | NuWave Investment Management | |
| Conquest Macro | Conquest Capital Group | |
| Eagle Risk Allocation | Eagle Trading Systems | |
| LJM Moderately Aggressive Strategy | LJM Partners | |
| Millburn Commodity Program | Millburn Ridgefield Corporation | |
| Sandpiper Global Macro Program | Sandpiper Asset Management | |
| Welton Global Directional Portfolio | Welton Investment Partners | |
| Managed futures (CTA) long-term performance (5 years) over $1bn | ||
| ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund | AQR Capital | |
| Aspect Diversified | Aspect Capital | |
| Campbell Managed Futures | Campbell & Company | |
| FORT Global Contrarian | FORT | |
| Graham Tactical Trend | Graham Capital Management | |
| Managed Futures Fund | ||
| QMS Diversified Global Macro Strategy | QMS Capital Management | |
| Managed futures (CTA) long-term performance (5 years) under $1bn | ||
| AlphaQuest Original | Quest Partners | |
| Esulep LLC Permo Fund | Esulep Management | |
| FORT Global Diversified | FORT | |
| GalNet Alpha Fund | GalNet Asset Management | |
| LJM Moderately Aggressive Strategy | LJM Partners | |
| Rotella Orion Program | Rotella Capital Management | |
| Warrington Strategic Fund | Warrington Asset Management | |
| WPD Crabel Futures | Crabel Capital Management | |
| Event driven - over $250m | ||
| Altum Credit Master Fund Ltd | Altum Capital Management | |
| Corre Opportunities Qualified Onshore Fund LP | Corre partners management | |
| GoldenTree Distressed Debt Fund | GoldenTree Asset Management | |
| Glazer Enhanced Offshore Fund Ltd | Glazer Capital | |
| The Kawa Fund Limited | Kawa Capital Management | |
| Varden Pacific Opportunity Partners | Varden Pacific | |
| Event driven - under $250m | ||
| Barington Companies Equity Partners LP | Barington Capital Group | |
| Foxhill Opportunity Fund, L.P. | Foxhill Capital Partners, LLC | |
| Hillair Capital Investments LP | Hillair Capital Management LLC | |
| Millstreet Credit Fund LP | Millstreet Capital Management LLC | |
| Rangeley Capital Partners | Rangeley Capital LLC | |
| Sound Point Credit Opportunities Fund, LP | Sound Point Capital Management, LP | |
| Fixed income over $1bn | ||
| Guggenheim Partners Opportunistic Investment Grade Securities Fund | Guggenheim Partners | |
| STS Partners Fund | Deer Park Road Management Company | |
| Waterfall Eden Fund | Waterfall Asset Management | |
| Fixed income under $1bn | ||
| Altum Credit Master Fund Ltd | Altum Capital Management | |
| Barnegat Investments Limited - Class B | Barnegat Fund Management | |
| Bramshill Income Performance Strategy | Bramshill Investments | |
| Brevet Direct Lending - Short Duration Fund LP | Brevet Capital Management | |
| Cedar Ridge Investors Fund I LP | Cedar Ridge Partners | |
| Sancus Capital Select Master Fund | Sancus Capital Management | |
| Varden Pacific Opportunity Partners | Varden Pacific | |
| Venus India Structured Finance Fund | Venus Capital Management | |
| Waterfall Victoria Fund | Waterfall Asset Management | |
| Market neutral | ||
| Barnegat Investments Limited - Class B | Barnegat Fund Management | |
| Basso Holdings Ltd. (Master Feeder Fund) | Basso Capital Management | |
| Cognios Market Neutral Quantitative Large Cap Value Strategy | Cognios Capital | |
| Context Partners Fund | Context Capital Management | |
| Harvest Small Cap Partners | Harvest Capital Strategies | |
| NuWave Long/Short Portfolio | NuWave Investment Management | |
| The Midway Market Neutral Fund | The Midway Group | |
| Voloridge Trading Fund LP | Voloridge Investment Management | |
| Merger arbitrage | Gabelli Associates Ltd |
GAMCO Asset Management |
| Glazer Enhanced Offshore Fund Ltd | Glazer Capital Management | |
| Twin Securities LP | Twin Capital Management | |
| Multi-strategy over $1bn | ||
| Hudson Bay International Fund Ltd | Hudson Bay Capital | |
| Millennium International Ltd | Millennium Management | |
| Millennium USA LP | Millennium Management | |
| Renaissance Institutional Diversified Alpha Fund ("RIDA") | Renaissance Technologies | |
| Multi-strategy under $1bn | ||
| Abraham Trading Co. Diversified Program | Abraham Trading Company | |
| Atlas Fundamental Trading Ltd | Balyasny Asset Management | |
| Campbell Absolute Return Portfolio | Campbell & Company | |
| Episteme's Systematic Quest Portfolio Company Ltd | Episteme Capital Partners (US) | |
| Hudson Bay Fund LP | Hudson Bay Capital | |
| Salem 2X | Abraham Trading Company | |
| Sandpiper Global Macro Program | Sandpiper Asset Management | |
| The Kawa Fund Limited | Kawa Capital Management | |
| Venus India Structured Finance Fund | Venus Capital Management | |
| Quantitative equity | ||
| Accretive Capital Partners LLC | Accretive Capital Mgt | |
| Cognios Market Neutral Quantitative Large Cap Value Strategy | Cognios Capital | |
| NuWave Long/Short Portfolio | NuWave Investment Management | |
| Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund ("RIEF") | Renaissance Technologies | |
| Voloridge Trading Fund LP | Voloridge Investment Management | |
| Relative value | ||
| Altum Credit Master Fund Ltd | Altum Capital Management | |
| Cedar Ridge Investors Fund I LP | Cedar Ridge Partners | |
| Eagle Risk Allocation | Eagle Trading Systems | |
| Glazer Enhanced Offshore Fund Ltd | Glazer Capital Management | |
| III Fund LP | III Capital Management | |
| Relative Value Growth | Doherty Advisors | |
| Symphony Corporate Arbitrage and Relative Value Fund | Symphony Asset Management | |
| The Midway Market Neutral Fund | The Midway Group | |
| Waterfall Victoria Fund | Waterfall Asset Management | |
| Specialist | ||
| Altum Credit Master Fund Ltd | Altum Capital Management | |
| Aventis Diversified Commodity Strategy | Aventis Asset Management | |
| Beacon VP Lifescience | Beacon VP Capital | |
| Bramshill Income Performance Strategy | Bramshill Investments | |
| Brevet Direct Lending - Short Duration Fund LP | Brevet Capital Management | |
| Esulep LLC Permo Fund | Esulep Management | |
| Michaelson Capital Special Finance Fund LP | James Alpha Management | |
| Varden Pacific Opportunity Partners | Varden Pacific | |
| Waterfall Victoria Fund | Waterfall Asset Management | |
| 40 Act fund – equity | ||
| Altegris/AACA Opportunistic Real Estate Fund | Altegris | |
| Cognios Market Neutral Large Cap Fund | Cognios Capital | |
| Nuveen Symphony Dynamic Equity Fund | Symphony Asset Management | |
| Swan Defined Risk Fund | Swan Global Investments | |
| 40 Act fund – other | ||
| 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund | 361 Capital | |
| Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Altegris | |
| ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund | AlphaSimplex Group | |
| Catalyst Millburn Hedge Strategy Fund | Millburn Ridgefield Corporation | |
| Cedar Ridge Unconstrained Credit Fund | Cedar Ridge Partners | |
| PIMCO TRENDS Managed Futures Strategy Fund | PIMCO | |
| 40 Act fund – overall | ||
| Altegris Futures Evolution Strategy Fund | Altegris | |
| Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Altegris | |
| Altegris/AACA Opportunistic Real Estate Fund | Altegris | |
| Cognios Market Neutral Large Cap Fund | Cognios Capital | |
| Equinox Campbell Strategy Fund | Campbell & Company | |
| PIMCO TRENDS Managed Futures Strategy Fund | PIMCO | |
| Swan Defined Risk Fund | Swan Global Investments | |
| Fund of hedge funds 40 Act-compliant strategy | ||
| AIP Macro Registered Fund | Morgan Stanley Investment Management | |
| Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund | Morgan Stanley Investment Management | |
| Infinity Core Alternative Fund | Infinity Capital Partners | |
| Ironwood Institutional Multi-Strategy Fund LLC | Ironwood Capital Management | |
| JPMorgan Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund | J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management Hedge Fund Solutions | |
| SkyBridge Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios LLC - Series G | SkyBridge Capital | |
| Fund of hedge funds multi-strategy – over $1bn | ||
| Federal Way Unlevered Hedge Fund Composite | Federal Way Asset Management | |
| Investcorp Multi-Manager Solutions | Investcorp | |
| Ironwood Institutional Multi-Strategy Fund LLC | Ironwood Capital Management | |
| Ironwood Partners LP | Ironwood Capital Management | |
| Magnitude International | Magnitude Capital | |
| Pinehurst Partners LP | Corbin Capital Partners | |
| SkyBridge Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios LLC - Series G | SkyBridge Capital | |
| Fund of hedge funds multi-strategy – under $1bn | ||
| Accumulus Fund LP | Accumulus Capital Management | |
| Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund | Morgan Stanley Investment Management | |
| Dunwoody Partners LP | Chi-Rho Financial | |
| Gapstow Opportunity Fund Ltd | Gapstow Capital Partners | |
| Garnet Absolute Return Fund Ltd | EACM Advisors | |
| Infinity Premier Fund LP | Infinity Capital Partners | |
| James River Multi-Strategy Fund LP | James River Capital Corp | |
| Magnitude U.S. Partners | Magnitude Capital | |
| Meridian Diversified Fund Ltd - Class J Shares | Meridian Capital Partners | |
| Fund of hedge funds specialist | ||
| Centennial Global Macro Fund LP | Meritage Capital | |
| Corbin Opportunity Fund LP | Corbin Capital Partners | |
| First Principle Fund Ltd (Class B) | EACM Advisors | |
| Infinity Premier Fund LP | Infinity Capital Partners | |
| NB Alternatives Distressed Credit Fund Ltd | Neuberger Berman | |
| Pinnacle Natural Resources LP | Pinnacle Asset Management | |
| Riverview Global Macro Fund | Morgan Stanley | |
| The Optima Discretionary Macro Fund | Optima Fund Management | |
| Fund of hedge funds – long-term performance (5 years) over $1bn | ||
| Federal Way Levered Hedge Fund Composite | Federal Way Asset Management | |
| Investcorp Multi-Manager Solutions | Investcorp | |
| Ironwood Partners LP | Ironwood Capital Management | |
| J.P. Morgan Multi-Strategy Fund II Ltd | J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management Hedge Fund Solutions ("JPMAAM HFS") | |
| Magnitude International | Magnitude Capital | |
| Pinehurst Partners LP | Corbin Capital Partners | |
| Pinnacle Natural Resources LP | Pinnacle Asset Management | |
| SkyBridge Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios LLC - Series G | SkyBridge Capital | |
| Fund of hedge funds – long-term performance (5 years) under $1bn | ||
| Dunwoody Partners LP | Chi-Rho Financial | |
| Gapstow Opportunity Fund Ltd | Gapstow Capital Partners | |
| Infinity Premier Fund LP | Infinity Capital Partners | |
| James River Multi-Strategy Fund LP | James River Capital Corp | |
| Magnitude U.S. Partners | Magnitude Capital | |
| Morgan Stanley Opportunistic Fund LP | Morgan Stanley Investment Managment | |
| Morrocroft Special Opportunity Fund II | Gorelick Brothers Capital | |
| SAIL Multi-Strategies Fund - Topaz | SAIL Advisors | |
| Fund of hedge funds overall | ||
| Accumulus Fund LP | Accumulus Capital Management | |
| Centennial Global Macro Fund LP | Meritage Capital | |
| Garnet Absolute Return Fund Ltd | EACM Advisors | |
| Infinity Premier Fund LP | Infinity Capital Partners | |
| J.P. Morgan Multi-Strategy Fund II Ltd | J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management Hedge Fund Solutions ("JPMAAM HFS") | |
| Magnitude U.S. Partners | Magnitude Capital | |
| Pinnacle Natural Resources LP | Pinnacle Asset Management | |
| Riverview Global Macro Fund | Morgan Stanley Investment Management | |
| Fund of hedge funds manager of the year | ||
| Accumulus Fund LP | Accumulus Capital Management | |
| Centennial Global Macro Fund LP | Meritage Capital | |
| Infinity Premier Fund LP | Infinity Capital Partners | |
| Ironwood Partners LP | Ironwood Capital Management | |
| J.P. Morgan Multi-Strategy Fund II Ltd | J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management Hedge Fund Solutions ("JPMAAM HFS") | |
| Morrocroft Special Opportunity Fund II | Gorelick Brothers Capital | |
| Pinnacle Natural Resources LP | Pinnacle Asset Management | |
| Riverview Liquid Markets Fund II LP | Morgan Stanley Investment Management | |
| Long/short equity (US) over $1bn | ||
| Atlas Master Fund Ltd | Balyasny Asset Management | |
| Bay Resource Partners Offshore Fund Ltd | GMT Capital Corp | |
| Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund ("RIEF") | Renaissance Technologies | |
| Voloridge Aggressive Fund LP | Voloridge Investment Management | |
| Voloridge Trading Fund LP | Voloridge Investment Management | |
| Long/short equity (US) under $1bn | ||
| Atlas Fundamental Trading Ltd | Balyasny Asset Management | |
| Brightlight Capital Partners LP | Brightlight Capital Management | |
| Crawford Lake Master Fund LP | Crawford Lake Capital Management | |
| Harvest Small Cap Partners | Harvest Capital Strategies | |
| NuWave Long/Short Portfolio | NuWave Investment Management | |
| MIG Master Fund LP | MIG Capital | |
| Twin Securities LP | Twin Capital Management | |
| Valley Forge Capital | Valley Forge Capital | |
| Long/short equity (Global) over $1bn | ||
| Atlas Enhanced Master Fund Ltd | Balyasny Asset Management | |
| Atlas Master Fund Ltd | Balyasny Asset Management | |
| Bay II Resource Partners LP | GMT Capital Corp | |
| Voloridge Aggressive Fund LP | Voloridge Investment Management | |
| Long/short equity (Global) under $1bn | ||
| Atlas Fundamental Trading Ltd | Balyasny Asset Management | |
| Brightlight Capital Partners LP | Brightlight Capital Management | |
| Crawford Lake Master Fund LP | Crawford Lake Capital Management | |
| Kerrisdale Partners | Kerrisdale Advisers | |
| MIG Master Fund LP | MIG Capital | |
| Valley Forge Capital | Valley Forge Capital | |
| Long/short equity long-term performance (5 years) over $1bn | ||
| Atlas Enhanced Master Fund | Balyasny Asset Management | |
| Bay II Resource Partners LP | GMT Capital Corp | |
| Citadel Global Equities Fund LLC | Citadel | |
| Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund ("RIEF") | Renaissance Technologies | |
| Voloridge Trading Fund LP | Voloridge Investment Management | |
| Long/short equity long-term performance (5 years) under $1bn | ||
| Arbiter Partners | Arbiter Partners Capital Management | |
| Atlas Fundamental Trading Ltd | Balyasny Asset Management | |
| Cushing MLP Opportunity Fund | Cushing Asset Management | |
| Elizabeth Park Capital LP | Elizabeth Park Capital Management | |
| Harvest Small Cap Partners | Harvest Capital Strategies | |
| Kerrisdale Partners | Kerrisdale Advisers | |
| MIG Master Fund LP | MIG Capital | |
| Valley Forge Capital | Valley Forge Capital | |
| Macro over $1bn | ||
| Graham Absolute Return Fund | Graham Capital Management | |
| Graticule Asia Macro Fund | Graticule Asset Management Asia | |
| QMS Diversified Global Macro Strategy | QMS Capital Management | |
| Macro under $1bn | ||
| Abraham Trading Co. Diversified Program | Abraham Trading Company | |
| NuWave Combined Futures Portfolio | NuWave Investment Management | |
| Conquest Macro | Conquest Capital Group | |
| Eagle Risk Allocation | Eagle Trading Systems | |
| Episteme's Systematic Quest Portfolio Company Ltd | Episteme Capital Partners (US) | |
| Salem 2X | Abraham Trading Company | |
| Sandpiper Global Macro Program | Sandpiper Asset Management | |
| Macro long-term performance (5 years) over $1bn | ||
| Graham Absolute Return Fund | Graham Capital Management | |
| Graham Discretionary Enhanced Vol | Graham Capital Management | |
| Graticule Asia Macro Fund | Graticule Asset Management Asia | |
| QMS Diversified Global Macro Strategy | QMS Capital Management | |
| Macro long-term performance (5 years) under $1bn | ||
| Eagle Risk Allocation | Eagle Trading Systems | |
| Episteme's Systematic Quest Portfolio Company Ltd | Episteme Capital Partners (US) | |
| Trigon Discretionary Macro Program | Trigon Investment Advisors | |
| Single manager long-term performance (5 years) over $1bn | ||
| Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP | Fortress Investment Group | |
| FORT Global Contrarian | FORT | |
| Hudson Bay International Fund Ltd | Hudson Bay Capital | |
| GoldenTree Master Fund | GoldenTree Asset Management | |
| Millennium USA LP | Millennium Management | |
| Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund ("RIEF") | Renaissance Technologies | |
| STS Partners Fund | Deer Park Road Management Company | |
| Voloridge Trading Fund LP | Voloridge Investment Management | |
| Single manager long-term performance (5 years) under $1bn | ||
| Haidar Jupiter | Haidar Capital Management | |
| III Fund LP | III Capital Management | |
| Kerrisdale Partners | Kerrisdale Advisers | |
| Magnetar Structured Credit Fund | Magnetar Capital | |
| Metacapital Mortgage Opportunities | Metacapital Management | |
| The Midway Market Neutral Fund | The Midway Group | |
| Valley Forge Capital | Valley Forge Capital | |
| ZAIS Opportunity Fund | ZAIS Group | |
| Fund of the year over $1bn | ||
| ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund | AlphaSimplex Group | |
| Crabel Multi-Product 1.5X | Crabel Capital Management | |
| Graham Absolute Return Fund | Graham Capital Management | |
| Graticule Asia Macro Fund | Graticule Asset Management Asia | |
| Guggenheim Investments Opportunistic Investment Grade Securities Fund | Guggenheim Investments | |
| Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund ("RIEF") | Renaissance Technologies | |
| Third Point Offshore Fund Ltd | Third Point | |
| Fund of the year under $1bn | ||
| Brevet Direct Lending - Short Duration Fund LP | Brevet Capital Management | |
| Cognios Market Neutral Quantitative Large Cap Value Strategy | Cognios Capital | |
| Conquest Macro | Conquest Capital Group | |
| Crawford Lake Master Fund LP | Crawford Lake Capital Management | |
| Eagle Risk Allocation | Eagle Trading Systems | |
| Glazer Enhanced Offshore Fund Ltd | Glazer Capital Management | |
| Waterfall Victoria Fund | Waterfall Asset Management | |
| Welton Global Directional Portfolio | Welton Investment Partners | |
