European Hedge Fund Services Awards 2018 | HFM Week | 23 March 2018 | The Hurlingham Club, Ranelagh Gardens, Fulham, London SW6 3PR, UK

Recognising and rewarding hedge fund service providers who have demonstrated exceptional client service, innovative product development and strong and sustainable business growth over the past 12 months.

Categories:
Administration:
• Best administrator - over $30bn client service*
• Best administrator - over $30bn fund of hedge funds*
• Best administrator - under $30bn client service*
• Best administrator - under $30bn fund of hedge funds*
• Best administrator - over $30bn single manager*
• Best administrator - reporting/regulatory services
• Best administrator - under $30bn single manager *
• Best administrator – middle-office services
• Best administrator – over $30bn innovation*
• Best administrator – small and start-up firms
• Best administrator – technology
• Best administrator – Ucits funds
• Best administrator – under $30bn innovation*

Legal:
• Best advisory firm – regulation and compliance
• Best Mifid II solution – research management – new
• Best Mifid II solution – trade and transaction reporting – new
• Best offshore law firm
• Best offshore law firm – client service
• Best onshore law firm
• Best onshore law firm – client service
• Best onshore law firm – hedge fund start-ups
• Best regulatory hosting platform

Accounting/Middle - Office:
• Best advisory firm – tax
• Best audit services
• Best fund accounting and reporting software
• Best outsourced operations/finance service – new
• Best treasury management solution – new
• Best valuations firm for hard to value assets

Prime Brokerage/Trading:
• Best boutique prime broker
• Best depository solution
• Best outsourced trading solution - new
• Best overall prime broker
• Best prime broker - innovation
• Best prime broker – capital introduction
• Best prime broker – technology
• Best Prime Broker in emerging markets

Technology:
• Best cyber-security service – new
• Best hedge fund platform
• Best information and data provider
• Best managed service provider – new
• Best portfolio management software provider
• Best risk management technology provider
• Best tech infrastructure provider
• Best technology for small and start-up firms
• Best use of cloud technology

Recruitment:
• Best executive search firm - asset raising/front office - new
• Best executive search firm - operations/finance

Insurance:
• Best hedge fund insurer
• Best insurance broker

Asset-Raising/Distribution:
• Best independent cap intro provider
• Best managed account platform
• Best marketing and communications consultancy
• Best Ucits platform

2017 Winners:

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - UNDER $30BN SINGLE MANAGER:
• Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - OVER $30BN SINGLE MANAGER:
• Quintillion, Part of U.S. Bancorp Fund Services

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - FUND OF HEDGE FUNDS:
• BNP Paribas Securities Services

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - SMALL AND START-UP FIRMS:
• Vistra Guernsey

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - TECHNOLOGY:
• Apex Fund Services

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - REPORTING SERVICES:
• Maples Fund Services

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - UCITS FUNDS:
• Maitland

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - UNDER $30BN CLIENT SERVICE:
• Circle Partners

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - OVER $30BN CLIENT SERVICE:
• Deutsche Bank

MOST INNOVATIVE FUND ADMINISTRATOR - UNDER $30BN:
• Custom House Global Fund Services

MOST INNOVATIVE FUND ADMINISTRATOR - OVER $30BN:
• SEI

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - UNDER $30BN OVERALL:
• Centaur

BEST ADMINISTRATOR - OVER $30BN OVERALL:
• Citco Fund Services

BEST AIFMD SOLUTION:
• Lawson Conner

BEST DEPOSITARY SOLUTION:
• INDOS Financial

BEST REGULATORY HOSTING PLATFORM:
• Mirabella Financial Services

BEST HEDGE FUND PLATFORM:
• AK Jensen

BEST UCITS PLATFORM:
• Deutsche Bank

BEST MANAGED ACCOUNT PLATFORM:
• HedgeFacts

BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICES:
• World First

BEST INSURANCE BROKER:
• Lockton Companies

BEST EXECUTIVE SEARCH PROVIDER:
• One Ten Associates

BEST INFORMATION AND DATA VENDOR:
• IHS Markit

BEST ADVISORY FIRM - REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE:
• Abide Financial

BEST OVERALL ADVISORY FIRM:
• Albourne Partners

BEST AUDIT SERVICES:
• KPMG

BEST MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANCY:
• Peregrine Communications

BEST INDEPENDENT CAP INTRO PROVIDER:
• Linear Investments

BEST MIDDLE-OFFICE SOLUTION:
• SS&C

BEST CLOUD COMPUTING SOLUTION:
• Eze Castle Integration

BEST OUTSOURCED TECH INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER:
• netConsult

BEST RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER:
• Misys

BEST PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROVIDER:
• AlphaDesk

BEST FUND ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING SOFTWARE:
• Eze Software Group

BEST TECHNOLOGY FIRM - CONSULTANCY:
• RFA

BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR SMALL AND START-UP FIRMS:
• Matsco Solutions (UK Operations)

BEST TECHNOLOGY FIRM – CLIENT SERVICE:
• Capital Support

MOST INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER:
• Backstop Solutions Group

BEST TECHNOLOGY - OVERALL:
• Linedata

BEST OFFSHORE LAW FIRM - CLIENT SERVICE:
• Harneys

BEST ONSHORE LAW FIRM - CLIENT SERVICE:
• Simmons & Simmons

BEST ONSHORE LAW FIRM - HEDGE FUND START-UPS:
• MJ Hudson

BEST OFFSHORE LAW FIRM:
• Maples and Calder

BEST ONSHORE LAW FIRM:
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

BEST PRIME BROKER - TECHNOLOGY:
• Saxo Markets

BEST PRIME BROKER - CAPITAL INTRODUCTION:
• Societe Generale

BEST PRIME BROKER - EMERGING MARKETS:
• HSBC

BEST PRIME BROKER - INNOVATION:
• Cowen International

BEST BOUTIQUE PRIME BROKER:
• GPP

BEST OVERALL PRIME BROKER:
• BNP Paribas

BEST INSURANCE UNDERWRITER :
• Pioneer