Hedgeweek has announced the winners of the US Awards 2024, which recognise 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 (10 October), at The Penn Club, New York.
Voting for the awards was conducted via an online poll of the entire Hedgeweek user base, with participants asked to make their choice among the shortlisted firms in each category.
The selection data for the fund manager shortlists was sourced from a variety of providers, while nominations for all categories were based on annualised performance over a 12-month period from 1 June 2023 to 31 May, 2024.
The winners are:
Managers
Commodity Fund of the Year – Pinnacle Natural Resources
Equity Fund of the Year: Over $500 Million – Pershing Square Capital Management (Pershing Square Holdings)
Equity Market Neutral Fund of the Year – 8 Knots Fund LP
Event Driven Fund of the Year: Over $500 Million – Two Seas Global (Cayman) Fund
Fixed Income Arbitrage Fund of the Year – Cello Fixed Income Master Fund
Fund of Funds of the Year: Under $500 Million – Magnitude Capital (Magnitude Institutional)
Long/Short Fund of the Year – Stanley Capital (Stanley Partners Fund)
Overall Macro Fund of the Year: Over $500 Million – Eaton Vance Global Macro Absolute Return Advantage Master Fund
Overall Managed Futures/CTA of the Year: Over $500 Million – Catalyst Funds (Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Strategy Fund)
Overall Multi-Strategy Fund of the Year – Anson Funds Management (Anson Investment Master Fund)
Relative Value of the Year: Under $500 Million – Hunting Hill Global Capital (Hunting Hill Master Fund Class A)
Risk/Merger Arbitrage Fund of the Year – Beryl Capital Management (Beryl Capital Partners II)
Equity Fund of the Year – Gator Financial Partners (Gator Financial Partners Offshore)
Event Driven Fund of the Year – Rosalind Advisors (Rosalind Capital)
Overall Fund of the Year – MKT Capital (MKT Capital Funds)
Macro Fund of the Year – AG Capital Investments (Discretionary Global Macro Program)
Managed Futures/CTA Fund of the Year – Catalyst Funds (Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Fund Strategy Class C)
Relative Value Fund of the Year – Camden Asset Management (Equity Overlay Fund)
Service Providers
Accounting Firm of the Year: Overall – EisnerAmper
Administrator of the Year: Digital Assets – Trident Trust
Administrator of the Year: Fund Domicile – Opus Fund Services
Administrator of the Year: Overall – NAV Fund Services
Administrator of the Year: Start-up & Emerging Funds – Theorem Fund Services, LLC
Administrator of the Year: Technology – UMB Fund Services
AI Technology Provider of the Year – Align Managed Services
Alternative Data Provider of the Year – Similarweb
Audit Firm of the Year: Start Ups – Anchin
Audit Firm of the Year: Middle Market – Withum
Audit Firm of the Year: Overall – CohnReznick
Cloud Services Provider of the Year – Options Technology
Custodian of the Year: Overall – BNY
Cybersecurity Provider of the Year – ACA Group
Data Management Solution of the Year – Arcesium
Data Provider of the Year: Overall – S&P Global Market Intelligence
Data Science Solution Provider of the Year – BMLL Technologies
ESG Solution of the Year – Northern Trust Investment Data Science – Equity Data Science
Executive Search Firm of the Year – Green Key Resources
Foreign Exchange Provider of the Year – 360T
Fund Accounting and Reporting Software of the Year – FIS
Law Firm of the Year: Digital Assets – Riveles Wahab LLP.
Law Firm of the Year: Fund Domicile – Sadis & Goldberg
Law Firm of the Year: Overall – Seward & Kissel LLP
Managed Accounts Platform of the Year – Innocap
Offshore Regulatory & Compliance Firm of the Year – Maples Group
Order Management System of the Year – FlexTrade Systems
Outsourced Solution of the Year – Omega Systems
Outsourced Trading Provider of the Year – StoneX
Portfolio Management Software of the Year – LSEG
PR and Communications Firm of the Year – Prosek Partners
Prime Broker of the Year: Capital Introduction – Interactive Brokers
Prime Broker of the Year: Client Service – Clear Street
Prime Broker of the Year: Overall – BTIG
Prime Broker of the Year: Start-Up & Emerging Managers – Marex Prime Services
Quant Technology Solution of the Year – SigTech
Regulatory Advisory & Compliance Firm of the Year – Vigilant Compliance
Regulatory Reporting Solution of the Year – AQMetrics
Research Solution of the Year – AlphaSense
Risk Management Software of the Year – GenieAI
Tax Advisory of the Year – Akram & Associates
Third-Party Marketing Firm of the Year – Sondhelm Partners
Prime Broker: Trading Capabilities of the Year – JonesTrading
Treasury Management Solution of the Year – Kayenta
