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
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