The winners of the Hedgeweek® European Awards 2026, which recognise fund performance and service provider excellence within the hedge fund landscape, were announced at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (9 June), 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  Alternative Data Use of the Year  Capital Fund Management (CFM)  Emerging Performance of the Year: Alternative Equity  Portland Hill Asset Management  Emerging Performance of the Year: Credit Strategies  Tenax Capital  Emerging Performance of the Year: Equity Long/Short  Archipelago Investments  Emerging Performance of the Year: Fund of Funds  NS Partners S.A.  Emerging Performance of the Year: Macro & Managed Futures Calibrate Management Limited  Emerging Performance of the Year: Multi-Strategy  Shire Capital Management  Infrastructure Build-Out of the Year  Calibrate Management Limited  Institutional Traction of the Year  Empureon Capital Management GmbH  Investor Relations Programme of the Year  Calibrate Management Limited  Marketing & Communications of the Year  Omphalos Fund  Net Flows of the Year  J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management  Percentage Growth (Sub-£1bn funds) of the Year  Isabella Capital Management  Performance of the Year: Credit Strategies  Sona Asset Management  Performance of the Year: Equity Long/Short  Lighthouse Capital  Performance of the Year: Fund of Funds  Prime Capital AG  Performance of the Year: Macro & Managed Futures  Capital Fund Management (CFM)  Performance of the Year: Multi-Strategy  Capital Fund Management (CFM)  Rising Star Manager of the Year  EverestQuant  Risk-Adjusted Returns of the Year  Constella Capital  Technology Innovation of the Year  H2O AM Europe  UCITS Performance of the Year: Alternative Strategies  Trium Capital  UCITS Performance of the Year: Credit  Castellain Capital LLP  UCITS Performance of the Year: Equity Long/Short  Iguana Investments  UCITS Performance of the Year: Multi-Strategy  Mandatum  SERVICE PROVIDERS  Accounting Firm of the Year  EY  Audit Firm of the Year: Middle Market  BDO  Audit Firm of the Year: Overall  EisnerAmper  Audit Firm of the Year: Start-up Blick Rothenberg  Cloud Services Provider of the Year  Lanware  Custodian Service of the Year  BNY  Cyber Security Service of the Year  Thrive  Data Management Solution of the Year  Opensee  Data Provider of the Year  S&P Global Market Intelligence  Executive Search Firm of the Year  Capital Markets Recruitment  Forex Solution Provider of the Year  MillTech  Fund Accounting & Reporting Software of the Year FIS  Fund Administrator of the Year: Client Services  BNY  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  Bolder Group  Fund Administrator of the Year: Overall  SS&C GlobeOp  Fund Administrator of the Year: Start-up & Emerging Funds  Opus Fund Services  Fund Administrator of the Year: Technology  Apex Group  Hedge Fund Platform of the Year  SS&C Advent  Index Provider of the Year  MSCI  Insurance Solution of the Year  Howden  Law Firm of the Year: Client Service  Harneys  Law Firm of the Year: Fund Domicile  Ogier  Law Firm of the Year: Overall Maples Group  Law Firm of the Year: Start-up & Emerging Funds Haynes Boone  Managed Accounts Platform of the Year Innocap  Marketing Agency of the Year  BasisPoint Group  New Product of the Year  NGPD Partners  New Solution Provider of the Year  Next Gate Tech  Outsourced Trading Provider of the Year AlgoTraders  Portfolio Management Service of the Year (PMS) Orchestrade  PR & Communications Firm of the Year  Vested  Prime Broker of the Year: Capital Introduction  SEB  Prime Broker of the Year: Client Service  Scope Prime  Prime Broker of the Year: Overall  IG Prime  Prime Broker of the Year: Specialist Markets  Ripple  Prime Broker of the Year: Start-up & Emerging Funds  26 Degrees Global Markets   Prime Broker of the Year: Technology  3forge  Quant Technology Solution of the Year  Premialab  Regulatory & Compliance Firm of the Year  Addition Compliance  Risk Management Software of the Year  CWAN (Beacon Platform)  Solution Provider of the Year: ESG  Auquan  Solution Provider of the Year: ManCo  Waystone  Solution Provider of the Year: Order and Execution Management System (OEMS) LSEG TORA  Solution Provider of the Year: Order Management System (OMS)  LSEG AlphaDesk  Solution Provider of the Year: Outsourcing  FIT Legal   Solution Provider of the Year: Regulatory Hosting Vittoria & Partners  Solution Provider of the Year: Regulatory Reporting Qomply  Tax Advisory Firm of the Year  Buzzacott   Technology Provider of the Year: AI  HUB  Technology Provider of the Year: Client Services Watson Wheatley   Technology Provider of the Year: Infrastructure  Atlas Technica  Technology Provider of the Year: Innovation Permutable AI  Technology Provider of the Year: Overall  Options Technology  Third-Party Marketing Firm of the Year  Stone Mountain Capital  Trading & Execution Platform of the Year  Interactive Brokers  Trading Technology Partner of the Year Santiment Treasury Management Solution of the Year Kayenta  UCITS Platform of the Year  Waystone