Hedgeweek announces winners of 2023 US Awards

Hedgeweek has announced the winners of its US Awards 2023, which recognises excellence among fund managers and service providers in the US across a wide range of categories.

The awards were presented at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (Thursday, 26 October), at The Penn Club, in New York.

Voting for the awards was conducted via an online poll of the entire Hedgeweek userbase, where participants were asked to make their choice among the shortlisted firms in each category.The manager categories cover a wide spectrum of investment strategies and fund types– encompassing the hedge fund, multi-manager, and liquid alternatives universes. The service provider categories span all the key areas of the broader hedge fund industry ecosystem.

The pre-selection data for the fund manager shortlisted was provided by Bloomberg

The winners are:

FUND MANAGERS

Best Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) Fund – DUNN Capital Management, LLC

Best Convertible Bond Arbitrage Fund – Aequim Alternative Investments LP (Aequim Arbitrage Master Fund LP)

Best Credit Hedge Multi-Strategy Fund – Radcliffe Capital Management, L.P.

Best Credit Hedge Over $1 Billion – SPF Investment Management, L.P.

Best Credit Hedge Under $500 Million – Hi2 Global

Best Credit Long/Short Fund – Coherence Capital

Best Discretionary Macro Fund – New Hyde Park Alternative Funds, LLC’

Best Distressed Debt Fund – Sandglass Capital Advisors LLC

Best Emerging Market Debt Fund – Marathon Asset Management LP (Marathon Emerging Markets Bond Fund II LP)

Best Equity Hedge Over $1 Billion – Electron Capital Partners LLC

Best Equity Hedge Under $500 Million – Spitfire Capital LLC (The Spitfire Fund LP)

Best Equity Long Biased Fund – ACK Asset Management

Best Equity Long/Short Fund – Avoro Capital Advisors

Best Event Driven Multi-Strategy Fund – DAFNA Capital Management LLC (DAFNA LifeScience Select Ltd)

Best Fixed Income Arbitrage Fund – Polpo Capital Management LLC (Polpo Capital LP.)

Best Global Asset Allocation (GAA) Fund – Ridgedale Advisors LLC

Best Macro Commodity Fund – Sigma Advanced Capital Management

Best Macro Multi-Strategy Fund – Graham Capital Management, L.P. (Graham Proprietary Matrix)

Best Macro Over $1 Billion – Gresham Investment Management, LLC (GreshamQuant ACAR Fund, Ltd.)

Best Macro Under $500 Million – Campbell

Best Merger Arbitrage Fund – Glazer Capital, LLC (Glazer Enhanced Fund, LP)

Best Special Situations Fund – BCK Capital Management LP. (BCK Charter Oak Master Fund Ltd.)

Best Statistical Arbitrage Fund – Renaissance Technologies LLC (Renaissance Institutional Diversified Alpha Fund LLC)

Best Structured Credit Fund – Voya Alternative Asset Management LLC (Voya Mortgage Investment Fund)

SERVICE PROVIDERS

Best Accounting Firm – Overall – KPMG

Best Administrator – Digital Assets – Theorem Fund Services

Best Administrator – Fund Domicile – Artex Fund Services

Best Administrator – Overall – Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services

Best Administrator – Start-up & Emerging Funds – EFSI

Best Administrator – ESG – The Citco Group of Companies

Best Administrator – Technology – Opus Fund Services

Best AI Technology Provider – AlphaSense

Best Alternative Data Provider – CONVERGENCE

Best Audit Firm – Overall – CohnReznick LLP

Best Audit Firm – Middle Market – Anchin

Best Audit Firm – Start-Ups – Akram & Associates

Best Cloud Services Provider – Align Managed Services

Best Custodian – Overall – UMB Bank

Best Cybersecurity Provider – BWCyber

Best Data Management Solution – Siepe

Best Data Provider – Overall – S&P Global Market Intelligence

Best Data Science Solution Provider – Northern Trust Investment Data Science – Equity Data Science

Best ESG Solution – Apex Group

Best Executive Search Firm – Green Key Resources

Best Foreign Exchange Provider – StoneX Pro

Best Fund Accounting and Reporting Software – SS&C Advent

Best Index Provider – PivotalPath

Best Insurance Service Provider – Alliant

Best Law Firm – Digital Assets – Riveles Wahab LLP.

Best Law Firm – Fund Domicile – Harneys

Best Law Firm – Overall – Blank Rome LLP.

Best Managed Accounts Platform – Innocap

Best Order Management System – FlexTrade Systems

Best Outsourced Solution – Murano

Best Outsourced Trading Provider – JonesTrading

Best Portfolio Management Software – Quantifi

Best PR and Communications Firm – Peaks Strategies

Best Prime Broker – Capital Introduction – Clear Street

Best Prime Broker – Client Service – Barclays

Best Prime Broker – Overall – BTIG

Best Prime Broker – Start-Up & Emerging Managers – Interactive Brokers

Best Quant Technology Solution – MAIA Technology

Best Regulatory Advisory & Compliance Firm – Vigilant Compliance, LLC

Best Regulatory Reporting Solution – AQMetrics

Best Research Solution – NewtonX

Best Risk Management Software – Axioma

Best Seeding Platform – Investcorp-Tages

Best Tax Advisory – EisnerAmper

Best Third-Party Marketing Firm – Sondhelm Partners

Best Trading and Execution Platform – Marex

Best Treasury Management Solution – Kayenta