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
