| Category | Firm | ||
| Best accounting firm | Anchin, Block & Anchin | ||
| Arthur Bell | |||
| EisnerAmper | |||
| EY | |||
| Grassi & Co | |||
| Marcum | |||
| Michael Coglianese CPA P.A. | |||
| RSM US | |||
| Turnkey Trading Partners | |||
| Best accounting firm - client service | Anchin, Block & Anchin | ||
| Arthur Bell | |||
| Blue River Partners | |||
| EisnerAmper | |||
| EY | |||
| Marcum | |||
| Michael Coglianese CPA P.A. | |||
| Turnkey Trading Partners | |||
| Virtus Partners | |||
| Best advisory firm - client service | ACA Compliance Group | ||
| Arthur Bell | |||
| Blue River Partners | |||
| Constellation Advisers | |||
| EisnerAmper | |||
| EY | |||
| Financial Recovery Technologies | |||
| Houlihan Lokey | |||
| Orical | |||
| PPB Capital Partners | |||
| Best advisory firm - regulation and compliance | ACA Compliance Group | ||
| Constellation Advisers | |||
| Cordium | |||
| Duff & Phelps | |||
| EY | |||
| Greyline Solutions | |||
| Optima Partners | |||
| Oyster Consulting | |||
| Titan Regulation Corporation | |||
| Best advisory firm - small and start-up firms | Analytical Research | ||
| Blue River Partners | |||
| Constellation Advisers | |||
| Cordium | |||
| CTX Capital | |||
| Emerging Manager | |||
| EY | |||
| Middlemark Partners | |||
| Orical | |||
| Best administrator - under $30bn single manager | Centaur | ||
| Cortland Capital Market Services | |||
| Gemini Hedge Fund Services | |||
| Horseshoe Fund Services | |||
| Maitland | |||
| Opus Fund Services | |||
| SEI AFO (SEI-Archway Finance and Operations) | |||
| Theorem Fund Services | |||
| Trident Trust | |||
| Best administrator - over $30bn single manager | ALPS Alternative Investment Services | ||
| Apex Fund Services | |||
| BNP Paribas | |||
| BNY Mellon | |||
| Citco | |||
| Deutsche Bank Alternative Fund Services | |||
| Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services | |||
| SEI | |||
| SS&C Technologies | |||
| U.S. Bancorp Fund Services | |||
| Best administrator - under $30bn fund of hedge funds | Atlas Fund Services | ||
| Centaur | |||
| Gemini Hedge Fund Services | |||
| Horseshoe Fund Services | |||
| Maitland | |||
| Trident Trust | |||
| Triple Leo Consulting | |||
| U.S. Bancorp Fund Services | |||
| Virtus Partners | |||
| Vistra | |||
| Best administrator - over $30bn fund of hedge funds | ALPS Alternative Investment Services | ||
| BNP Paribas | |||
| BNY Mellon | |||
| Citco | |||
| NAV Fund Administration Group | |||
| Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services | |||
| SS&C Technologies | |||
| Best administrator under $30bn - innovation | Centaur | ||
| Cortland Capital Market Services | |||
| Gemini Hedge Fund Services | |||
| Maitland | |||
| Opus Fund Services | |||
| Trident Trust | |||
| Best administrator over $30bn - innovation | ALPS Alternative Investment Services | ||
| Apex Fund Services | |||
| BNP Paribas | |||
| Deutsche Bank Alternative Fund Services | |||
| U.S. Bancorp Fund Services | |||
| Best portfolio management software provider | Broadridge | ||
| Eze Software | |||
| FundCount | |||
| HedgeFacts | |||
| Indus Valley Partners | |||
| Numerix | |||
| Quantifi | |||
| Solve Advisors | |||
| SS&C Advent | |||
| Virtus Partners | |||
| Best research and data vendor | AlphaSense | ||
| Barchart | |||
| Convergence | |||
| IHS Markit | |||
| S3 Partners | |||
| Street Diligence | |||
| Visible Alpha | |||
| YipitData | |||
| Best risk management technology provider | ABC Quant | ||
| ACA Technology Solutions | |||
| AQMetrics | |||
| HedgeFacts | |||
| Interactive Brokers (IBKR) | |||
| NEX Traiana | |||
| Numerix | |||
| Quantifi | |||
| State Street Global Exchange | |||
| Best shadow accounting firm | Agile Fund Solutions | ||
| Blue Rivers Partners | |||
| BNY Mellon | |||
| Constellation Advisers | |||
| Viteos | |||
| Best technology firm - client service | Backstop Solutions Group | ||
| Indus Valley Partners | |||
| Matsco Solutions | |||
| Options | |||
| RFA | |||
| S3 Partners | |||
| Siepe | |||
| SS&C Advent | |||
| Thomson Reuters | |||
| TORA | |||
| Best technology for small and start-up firms | AQMetrics | ||
| BaseVenture | |||
| Broadridge | |||
| Eze Software | |||
| InfoHedge Technologies | |||
| Matsco Solutions | |||
| NEX Optimisation - ENSO | |||
| Options | |||
| Siepe | |||
| TORA | |||
| Best technology firm - overall | ABC Quant | ||
| ACA Technology Solutions | |||
| BaseVenture | |||
| Citco | |||
| Eze Software | |||
| IntegriDATA | |||
| NEX Optimisation - ENSO | |||
| Numerix | |||
| Redline Trading Solutions | |||
| Virtus Partners | |||
| Best alternative data provider | Convergence | ||
| Harvest Exchange | |||
| HedgeFacts | |||
| Predata | |||
| Solve Advisors | |||
| Street Diligence | |||
| Virtus Partners | |||
| YipitData | |||
| Best banking and custody solution | BNP Paribas | ||
| BNY Mellon | |||
| Cortland | |||
| State Street | |||
| Virtus Partners | |||
| Best fund accounting and reporting software | Backstop Solutions Group | ||
| Broadridge | |||
| Citco | |||
| Eze Software | |||
| FundCount | |||
| HedgeFacts | |||
| Indus Valley Partners | |||
| SS&C Advent | |||
| Virtus Partners | |||
| Best hedge fund recruitment firm | Context Jensen Partners | ||
| DMC Partners | |||
| GQR | |||
| Lockwood Executive Search | |||
| Long Ridge Partners | |||
| Selby Jennings | |||
| Best independent cap intro provider | Castle Hill Capital Partners | ||
| Emerging Manager | |||
| Fides+Ratio | |||
| Best IT security service | Abacus Group | ||
| Agio | |||
| Align Communications | |||
| eSentire | |||
| Eze Castle Integration | |||
| InfoHedge Technologies | |||
| Matsco Solutions | |||
| Options | |||
| RFA | |||
| Best marketing and communications consultancy | Agecroft Partners | ||
| Castle Hill Capital Partners | |||
| Emerging Manager | |||
| Goldman Communications | |||
| Harvest Exchange | |||
| Karman Kreative | |||
| Ovis Creative | |||
| Peregrine Communications | |||
| Sloane & Company | |||
| Best middle-office solution | Blue River Partners | ||
| Citco | |||
| Constellation Advisers | |||
| Eze Software | |||
| HedgeFacts | |||
| MUFG | |||
| NEX Traiana | |||
| SEI | |||
| Virtus Partners | |||
| Best outsourced tech infrastructure provider | Abacus Group | ||
| ACE IT Solutions | |||
| Broadridge | |||
| Eze Castle Integration | |||
| InfoHedge Technologies | |||
| Matsco Solutions | |||
| Options | |||
| RFA | |||
| Siepe | |||
| SS&C Advent | |||
| Best administrator - under $30bn client service | Atlas Fund Services | ||
| Centaur | |||
| Gemini Hedge Fund Services | |||
| Horseshoe Fund Services | |||
| Maitland | |||
| Opus Fund Services | |||
| SEI AFO (SEI-Archway Finance and Operations) | |||
| Theorem Fund Services | |||
| Trident Trust | |||
| UMB Fund Services | |||
| Best administrator - over $30bn client service | Apex Fund Services | ||
| BNP Paribas | |||
| BNY Mellon | |||
| Citco | |||
| Deutsche Bank Alternative Fund Services | |||
| HSBC Securities Services | |||
| NAV Fund Administration Group | |||
| Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services | |||
| SS&C Technologies | |||
| U.S. Bancorp Fund Services | |||
| Virtus Partners | |||
| Best administrator - small and start-up firms | ALPS Alternative Investment Services | ||
| Blue River Partners | |||
| Cortland Capital Market Services | |||
| Horseshoe Fund Services | |||
| NAV Fund Administration Group | |||
| Opus Fund Services | |||
| SS&C Technologies | |||
| Theorem Fund Services | |||
| Trident Trust | |||
| Best administrator - technology | BNP Paribas | ||
| BNY Mellon | |||
| Centaur | |||
| Citco | |||
| HSBC Securities Services | |||
| Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services | |||
| SEI | |||
| SS&C Technologies | |||
| U.S. Bancorp Fund Services | |||
| UMB Fund Services | |||
| Best administrator - reporting | ALPS Alternative Investment Services | ||
| Apex Fund Services | |||
| BNP Paribas | |||
| BNY Mellon | |||
| Citco | |||
| Gemini Hedge Fund Services | |||
| Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services | |||
| SS&C Technologies | |||
| UMB Fund Services | |||
| Best administrator – liquid alternatives | BNY Mellon | ||
| Centaur | |||
| Citco | |||
| Cortland Capital Market Services | |||
| Gemini Hedge Fund Services | |||
| UMB Fund Services | |||
| Best overall advisory firm | ACA Compliance Group | ||
| Arthur Bell | |||
| Blue River Partners | |||
| Constellation Advisers | |||
| EisnerAmper | |||
| EY | |||
| Matsco Solutions | |||
| Murray Analytics | |||
| Orical | |||
| PPB Capital Partners | |||
| Best third party marketing vendor | Agecroft Partners | ||
| Middlemark Partners | |||
| Protocol Capital Management | |||
| Stonehaven | |||
| Best valuation service - hard to value assets | HedgeFacts | ||
| Houlihan Lokey | |||
| IHS Markit | |||
| Murray Analytics | |||
| Most innovative technology provider | Agio | ||
| Align Communications | |||
| AlphaSense | |||
| Backstop Solutions Group | |||
| Citco | |||
| Eze Castle Integration | |||
| NEX Optimisation - ENSO | |||
| Options | |||
| S3 Partners | |||
| SS&C Advent | |||
| Specialist marketing services | ACA Compliance Group | ||
| Coquest | |||
| Emerging Manager | |||
| Fides+Ratio | |||
| Ovis Creative | |||
| Peregrine Communications | |||
| Best boutique law firm | Cole-Frieman & Mallon | ||
| Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen | |||
| Oriogun | |||
| Ruddy Gregory | |||
| Seward & Kissel | |||
| Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt | |||
| Best onshore law firm - hedge fund start-ups | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | ||
| Alston & Bird | |||
| Florio Leahy | |||
| Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen | |||
| Lowenstein Sandler | |||
| Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | |||
| Ruddy Gregory | |||
| Sadis & Goldberg | |||
| Schulte Roth & Zabel | |||
| Seward & Kissel | |||
| Best offshore law firm | Campbells | ||
| Harneys | |||
| Maples & Calder | |||
| Mourant Ozannes | |||
| Walkers | |||
| Best onshore law firm | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | ||
| Alston & Bird | |||
| Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen | |||
| Lowenstein Sandler | |||
| Oriogun | |||
| Ruddy Gregory | |||
| Sadis & Goldberg | |||
| Schulte Roth & Zabel | |||
| Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt | |||
| Best offshore law firm - client service | Campbells | ||
| Harneys | |||
| Maples & Calder | |||
| Mourant Ozannes | |||
| Walkers | |||
| Best onshore law firm - client service | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | ||
| Alston & Bird | |||
| Florio Leahy | |||
| Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen | |||
| Lowenstein Sandler | |||
| Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | |||
| Ruddy Gregory | |||
| Sadis & Goldberg | |||
| Schulte Roth & Zabel | |||
| Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt | |||
| Best outsourced trading firm | BTIG | ||
| Cowen Prime Services | |||
| JonesTrading Prime Services | |||
| Tourmaline Partners | |||
| Weeden Prime | |||
| Best prime broker - boutique | Celadon Financial Group | ||
| Cowen Prime Services | |||
| JonesTrading Prime Services | |||
| Triad Securities Corp | |||
| Wedbush Securities | |||
| Best prime broker - capital introduction | BTIG | ||
| Cowen Prime Services | |||
| Credit Suisse | |||
| Goldman Sachs | |||
| Jefferies | |||
| JP Morgan | |||
| Morgan Stanley | |||
| Wells Fargo Prime Services | |||
| Best prime broker - consulting | BTIG | ||
| Cowen Prime Services | |||
| Credit Suisse | |||
| Goldman Sachs | |||
| JonesTrading Prime Services | |||
| JP Morgan | |||
| Morgan Stanley | |||
| Wells Fargo Prime Services | |||
| Best prime broker - innovation | BNY Mellon's Pershing | ||
| Cowen Prime Services | |||
| Interactive Brokers (IBKR) | |||
| Triad Securities Corp | |||
| Best prime broker - start-ups | BTIG | ||
| Cowen Prime Services | |||
| Interactive Brokers (IBKR) | |||
| Jefferies | |||
| JonesTrading Prime Services | |||
| Triad Securities Corp | |||
| Best prime broker - technology | Cowen Prime Services | ||
| Interactive Brokers (IBKR) | |||
| JonesTrading Prime Services | |||
| Triad Securities Corp | |||
| Best overall prime broker | BNY Mellon's Pershing | ||
| Cowen Prime Services | |||
| Credit Suisse | |||
| Goldman Sachs | |||
| Jefferies | |||
| JP Morgan | |||
| Morgan Stanley | |||
| Wells Fargo Prime Services | |||
