The winners of the Hedgeweek® European Awards 2025, which recognise fund performance and service provider excellence within the hedge fund landscape, were announced at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (29 April), at etc.venues, County Hall, London.
Voting for the awards was conducted via an online poll of the entire Hedgeweek userbase, with participants asked to make their choice among the shortlisted firms in each category.
Pre-selection data for the awards is provided by multiple data sources, based on annualised returns over a 12-month period.
The winners are:
Managers
Capital Raise of the Year: Credit Fund – Promeritum Investment Management (EM Enhanced Feeder Fund Offshore)
Capital Raise of the Year: Equity Long / Short – Lingotto Investment Management (Lingotto Intersection Offshore Long/Short Fund)
Capital Raise of the Year: Equity Neutral – SDI Partners (Accredited Partner Fund)
Capital Raise of the Year: Macro – Deem Global (Deem Global Macro Plus Fund Ltd)
Capital Raise of the Year: Multi-strategy – Capital Fund Management (CFM)
Capital Raise of the Year: Relative Value – Lombard Odier (LOIM DataEdge)
Capital Raise of the Year: UCITS – Credit – Fortune Financial Strategies (Montlake Alpha Fixed Income)
Capital Raise of the Year: UCITS – Equity Long/ Short – Investcorp-Tages (IVCT Engadine Long/Short UCITS Fund)
Capital Raise of the Year: UCITS – Multi-strategy – Allianz Global Investors (Allianz Global Investors Fund – Allianz Global Allocation Opportunities)
Emerging Performance of the Year: Credit – Long/Short – YMER SC
Emerging Performance of the Year: Credit – Relative Value – CABA Capital
Emerging Performance of the Year: Equity Neutral – Empureon Capital Management (Empureon Volatility One Fund)
Emerging Performance of the Year: Event Driven – Ironshield Capital
Emerging Performance of the Year: Fund of Funds – SYZ Capital
Emerging Performance of the Year: Macro – Lynx Asset Management (Lynx Systematic Macro Program)
Emerging Performance of the Year: Managed Futures/CTA – Bowmoor Capital Ltd (Bowmoor Global Alpha Fund)
Emerging Performance of the Year: Multi-strategy – FinYX Fund
Emerging Performance of the Year: Relative Value – Lux Aeterna Capital Limited
Emerging Performance of the Year: UCITS – Credit – Ironshield Capital
Emerging Performance of the Year: UCITS – Equity Long/Short – Aphilion (Aphilion Q² – Europe DBI-RDT)
Emerging Performance of the Year: UCITS – Alternative Equity Strategies – Trium Capital LLP
Emerging Performance of the Year: UCITS – Macro – Trium Capital LLP
Emerging Performance of the Year: UCITS – Multi-strategy – Othania Capital A/S
Performance of the Year: Credit – Long/Short – Sona Asset Management
Performance of the Year: Credit – Relative Value – Serone Capital Management LLP
Performance of the Year: Equity Long/Short – Oceanic Investment Management Ltd
Performance of the Year: Equity Neutral – Stouff Capital
Performance of the Year: Event Driven – Sandglass Capital Advisors LLC
Performance of the Year: Fund of Funds – AlphaBee Multi Arbitrage Fund
Performance of the Year: Macro – Capital Fund Management (CFM)
Performance of the Year: Managed Futures/CTA – Capital Fund Management (CFM)
Performance of the Year: Multi-strategy – Capital Fund Management (CFM)
Performance of the Year: Relative Value – Typhon Capital Management, LLC
Performance of the Year: UCITS – Credit – Ironshield Capital
Performance of the Year: UCITS – Equity Long/Short – JMS ICAV – AlphaCore One Fund
Performance of the Year: UCITS – Alternative Equity Strategies – EXANE ASSET MANAGEMENT
Performance of the Year: UCITS – Macro – BlueBalance Capital
Performance of the Year: UCITS – Managed Futures – Winton
Performance of the Year: UCITS – Multi-strategy – Systematica Investments
Service providers
Accounting Firm of the Year – EY
Audit Firm of the Year: Start-up – Blick Rothenberg
Audit Firm of the Year: Middle Market – Grant Thornton
Audit Firm of the Year: Overall – EisnerAmper
Cloud Services Provider of the Year – Quantifi
Custodian Service of the Year – BNP Paribas
Cyber Security Solution of the Year – ACA Group
Data Management Solution of the Year – Opensee
Data Provider of the Year – S&P Global Market Intelligence
Executive Search Firm of the Year – One Ten Associates
Forex Solution Provider of the Year – 360T
Fund Accounting & Reporting of the Year – Allvue Systems
Fund Administrator of the Year: Client Services – U.S. Bank
Fund Administrator of the Year: ESG – JTC Group
Fund Administrator of the Year: Middle Office Services – The Citco Group of Companies (Citco)
Fund Administrator of the Year: Offshore – Ocorian
Fund Administrator of the Year: Start-up & Emerging Funds – Brightpoint Fund Services GmbH
Fund Administrator of the Year: Technology – NAV Fund Services
Fund Administrator of the Year: Overall – MUFG Investor Services
Hedge Fund Platform of the Year – Edgefolio
Index Provider of the Year – MarketVector Indexes
Insurance Solution of the Year – Consilium Insurance Brokers
Law Firm of the Year: Alternative Credit – FIT Legal
Law Firm of the Year: Client Service – Harneys
Law Firm of the Year: Fund Domicile – Walkers
Law Firm of the Year: Start-up & Emerging Funds – Haynes Boone
Law Firm of the Year: Overall – Schulte Roth and Zabel
Managed Accounts Platform of the Year – Innocap
Marketing Agency of the Year – BasisPoint Group
New Solution Provider of the Year – Algoz Technologies
Offshore Regulatory & Compliance Firm of the Year – Maples Group
Outsourced Trading Provider of the Year – StoneX
Portfolio Management Service (PMS) of the Year – Orchestrade
PR and Communications Firm of the Year – Chatsworth Communications
Prime Broker of the Year: Capital Introduction – SEB Prime Finance
Prime Broker of the Year: Client Service – Linear Investments
Prime Broker of the Year: Specialist Markets – ABN AMRO CLEARING
Prime Broker of the Year: Start-up & Emerging Funds – 26 Degrees Global Markets
Prime Broker of the Year: Technology – 3forge
Prime Broker of the Year: Overall – IG Prime
Quant Technology Solution of the Year – Premialab
Regulatory & Compliance Firm of the Year – Centralis Group
Risk Management Software of the Year – Beacon Platform
Solution Provider of the Year: ESG – ORBIT
Solution Provider of the Year: ManCo – Waystone
Solution Provider of the Year: Order Management System (OMS) – Flextrade
Solution Provider of the Year: Outsourcing – RISKCAP
Solution Provider of the Year: Regulatory Hosting – Vittoria and Partners
Solution Provider of the Year: Regulatory Reporting – Integrum ESG
Tax Advisory Firm of the Year – Buzzacott
Technology Provider of the Year: Client Services – Watson Wheatley
Technology Provider of the Year: Infrastructure – Lanware
Technology Provider of the Year: Innovation – HUB
Technology Provider of the Year: Overall – Arcesium
Third Party Marketing Firm of the Year – Kepler Absolute Hedge
Trading & Execution Platform of the Year – LSEG
Trading Technology Partner of the Year – Elwood
Treasury Management Solution of the Year – Kayenta
UCITS Platform of the Year – Waystone – The Montlake UCITS Platform
