2017 WINNERS
Here is a list of the 2017 winners. If you are viewing this on a small screen, please click here to view the winners list.


Category Winner Company Name Winner Fund Name Highly Commended Company Name Highly Commended Fund Name





Credit firm - outstanding achievement Fortress Investment Group







Newcomer - credit Princeton Alternative Funding Princeton Alternative Income Fund Ovation Partners Ovation Alternative Income Fund LP





Special situations Bramshill Investments Bramshill Income Performance Strategy






Structured finance Brevet Capital Brevet Direct Lending - Short Duration Fund LP






Asset backed Altum Capital Management Altum Credit Master Fund, Ltd.






CLO specialist Eagle Point Credit Management Eagle Point Credit Partners LP Altum Capital Management Altum Credit Master Fund, Ltd.





Convertible arbitrage Polygon Polygon Convertible Opportunity Fund






Direct lending fund Direct Lending Investments Direct Lending Income Fund






Distressed securities Contrarian Capital Management Contrarian Capital Fund I






Event driven - credit Contrarian Capital Management Contrarian Emerging Markets LP






Credit arbitrage strategy Altum Capital Management Altum Credit European Master Fund, Ltd. Sancus Capital Management Sancus Capital Select Master Fund, Ltd.





Credit specialist Waterfall Asset Management Waterfall Victoria Fund Fortress Investment Group Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP





Fixed income - corporate Neuberger Berman NB Opportunistic Credit Fixed Income MidOcean Credit Partners MidOcean Absolute Return Credit Fund





Fixed income - sovereign Neuberger Berman NB Emerging Markets Debt Hard Currency






High yield fund Waterfall Asset Management Waterfall Victoria Fund






Hybrid fund Waterfall Asset Management Waterfall Victoria Fund






Long/short credit Cedar Ridge Partners Cedar Ridge Investors I LP






Fund of hedge funds
- credit
Corbin Capital Partners Corbin Opportunity Fund






Multi-strategy credit fund Fortress Investment Group Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP






Newcomer - 40 Act Credit Franklin Templeton Investments Franklin K2 Long Short Credit Fund (FKLSX)






40 Act Credit Bramshill Investments LLC Bramshill Income Performance Strategy






40 Act Credit long-term performance (5 years) Highland Capital NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund






Yield alternative Direct Lending Investments Direct Lending Income Fund MidOcean Credit Partners MidOcean Absolute Return Credit Fund





Management firm
of the year
Deer Park Road Management
Company