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The Alt Credit Intelligence European Services Awards recognise the best in class for services to alternative credit fund managers. Service providers will be recognised for their excellence in customer service, technological innovation, and overall service.

Categories
Best audit service
• This award is designed to reward audit specialists that have shown growth and excellent customer service over the past twelve months. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as product or brand development that demonstrated new thinking and which can boast significant success and positive customer feedback.

Best data and information provider
• This accolade is designed to honour the firm that provides the most genuinely comprehensive, innovative and useful data to the credit space. Success in this category depends on demonstrating how useful the information is to clients, how easy it is to leverage and render into bespoke reports and the efficiency of the delivery mechanism.

Best risk management system
• This award is designed to reward risk management advisors and software vendors that have shown true growth and a commitment to client service over the course of the last twelve months. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as the ability to demonstrate innovation and the ability to develop new products and solutions for credit managers.

Most innovative technology
• This award is designed to honour a firm that has provided an excellent service as a provider of outsourced IT solutions for the credit sector. Success in this category depends on demonstrating both customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing examples of how service provision has been able to improve the communication, infrastructure, IT and business development of a client or clients.

Best trading and execution technology
• This award is designed to reward technology providers and trading platforms that have shown growth and innovation in providing traders, portfolio and risk managers with the ability to execute trades, manage their portfolio and make real time decisions. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as product or brand development that demonstrates new thinking and which can boast significant success and positive customer feedback.

Best valuation service
• This award is designed to reward fund administration firms and valuation specialists that have shown true growth and a commitment to client service over the course of the last twelve months. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as the ability to demonstrate innovation and the ability to develop new products and solutions for credit managers.

Best valuation service - hard to value assets
• This award is designed to reward fund administration firms and valuation specialists that have shown true growth and a commitment to client service over the course of the last twelve months. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as the ability to demonstrate innovation and the ability to develop new products and solutions for credit managers.

Best administrator
• This award is designed to reward fund administration firms that have shown true growth and a commitment to client service over the course of the last twelve months. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as the ability to demonstrate innovation and the ability to develop new products and solutions for credit managers.

Best compliance services
• This award is designed to honour the compliance advisor that has shown genuine commitment to customer service. Success in this category depends on providing examples of how the firm has been particularly responsive and innovative in meeting customer need, as well as detailing examples of where client advice has made a real difference to the business development of a credit management firm.

Best law firm – hedge funds
• This award is designed to honour the law firm that firm that has shown genuine innovation and focus on credit hedge funds. Success in this category depends on providing examples of how the firm has been particularly responsive and innovative in meeting customer need, as well as detailing examples of where client advice has made a real difference to the business development of a credit management firm.

Best law firm - structured finance
• This award is designed to honour the firm that has demonstrated a consistently high standard in providing legal services to the credit sector. Success in this category depends on demonstrating both customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing examples of innovation and where the service has made a real difference to clients.

Best prime broker
• This award is designed to honour the prime broker that has shown the greatest commitment to servicing credit clients. Success in this category depends on demonstrating how the have managed to provider a meaningful advisory, trading and cap intro service for credit clients.

Best Client Service
• This award is designed to reward the firm which has shown commitment to client service over the course of the last twelve months. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as innovative and constructive way to service existing clients.

Best Recruiter
• This award is designed to reward the firm which has helped credit businesses develop their teams, and helped candidates develop their careers.

Best independent research provider
• This award is designed to reward the firm which has helped credit businesses spot opportunities in the market and analyse credits.

Best middle office services
• This award is designed to honour the firm that has provided the most robust and innovative middle office service for credit funds. Success in this category depends on demonstrating both customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing examples of innovation and where the service has made a real difference to clients.

Best debt administrator
• This award is designed to honour the firm that has provided the most efficient and reliable debt administration service for both lenders and credit funds. Success in this category depends on demonstrating both customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing examples of innovation and where the service has made a real difference to clients.