European Performance Awards 2020 | Infopro Digital Risk | TBA, London, UK

Being recognised at the Hedge Funds Review European Performance Awards 2020 is the high point of any single manager or fund of hedge fund operating in Europe. The awards are recognised as the most prestigious for the European hedge fund industry.

The reputation of Hedge Funds Review for fair and unbiased reporting extends to the European Performance Awards. The awards attract the top names from the industry and recognise true performance, skill and expertise as well as outstanding individuals.

The hedge fund investment process relies on more than just numbers. Our judging process recognises this. Expert judging panels review the risk and return characteristics of each entry and then make a decision after vigorous discussion, taking into account qualitative factors and drawing on the experience and knowledge of each judge to agree winners in each category.

The judging panels, chaired by Hedge Funds Review awards editor Margie Lindsay, are impartial and unbiased. The awards reward genuine performance, quality and skill.

2019 Past Winners

Best long short equity hedge fund:
• Bodenholm Fund
• Bodenholm Capital

Best fundamental growth value hedge fund:
• MontLake Ronit Global Opportunities Ucits Fund
• Ronit Capital

Best event driven hedge fund:
• MontLake Mygale Event Driven Ucits Fund
• Tavira Securities

Best global macro hedge fund:
• North MaxQ Macro Fund
• North Asset Management

Best fixed income/credit/distressed hedge fund:
• DB Platinum IV Selwood Market Neutral Credit
• DWS Alternative Ucits

Best private credit/non-bank lending hedge fund:
• Fasanara Alternative Credit Fund
• Fasanara Capital

Best managed futures/CTA hedge fund:
• Candriam Diversified Futures
• Candriam

Best emerging markets focused hedge fund:
• MontLake Ronit Global Opportunities Ucits Fund
• Ronit Capital

Best multi-strategy hedge fund:
• Episteme Systematic Quest
• Episteme Capital

Best alternative risk premia hedge fund:
• LFIS Vision – Premia Opportunities
• LFIS

Best niche hedge fund:
• Ress Life Investments
• Resscapital

Best sub-$100m hedge fund:
• SteppenWolf Swarm
• SteppenWolf Capital

Hedge fund of the year:
• The Keynes Leveraged Quantitative Strategies Fund
• QMA Wadhwani

Best long/short equity hedge emerging manager hedge fund:
• Bodenholm Fund
• Bodenholm Capital

Best macro/CTA emerging manager hedge fund:
• River and Mercantile Investments Global Macro Fund
• River and Mercantile Investments

Best relative value/fixed income emerging manager hedge fund:
• Trium Credere Fund
• Credere Capital

Best cryptocurrency/blockchain emerging manager hedge fund:
• Bletchley Park Asset Management Feeder 1
• Bletchley Park Asset Management

Emerging manager hedge fund of the year:
• Bayforest Innovation
• Bayforest Technologies

Best directional hedge fund over five years:
• Alcentra Structured Credit Opportunity Fund II
• Alcentra

Best sub-$100m directional hedge fund five years:
• Cyril Systematic
• John Locke Investments

Best non-directional hedge fund over five years:
• LFIS Vision – Premia Opportunities
• LFIS

Best directional hedge fund over 10 year:
• AHL Evolution Programme
• Man AHL

Best sub-$100m directional hedge fund over 10 years:
• DB Platinum Quantica Managed Futures Focus
• DWS Alternative Ucits

Best non-directional hedge fund over 10 years:
• Trafalgar Trading Fund
• Trafalgar Capital Management

Best equity hedge FoHF:
• FRM Equity Alpha
• Man FRM

Best multi-strategy FoHF:
• Candriam World Alternative Alphamax
• Candriam

Best niche FoHF:
• Alpinum SICAV-SIF- Alternative Investments Fund
• Alpinum Investment Management

Best sub-$100m FoHF:
• AlphaBee Asset Management Fund - Mongoose
• AlphaBee Asset Management

FoHF of the year:
• Candriam World Alternative Alphamax
• Candriam

Best specialist FoHF over five years:
• Long/Short Selection – Lynx
• Notz Stucki

Best sub-$100m specialist FoHF over five years:
• Philae – Healthcare Biotech Fund
• ITERAM

Best sub-$100m diversified FoHF over five years:
• Aurum Synchronicity Standard Dollar Restricted Class
• Aurum Fund Management

Best diversified FoHF over five years:
• Phoenix AXA Master Fund
• AXA Investment Managers UK

Best specialist FoHF over 10 years 10:
• FRM Equity Alpha
• Man FRM

Best sub-$100m specialist FoHF over 10 years:
• Philae – Healthcare Biotech Fund
• ITERAM

Best diversified FoHF over 10 years:
• PCAM Blue Chip
• Prime Capital

Best overall hedge fund/fund distribution platform:
• Lumyna
• Lumyna Investments

Best alternative Ucits distribution platform:
• MontLake Ucits Platform ICAV
• MontLake Management

Best institutional investment advisor:
• Sussex Partners

Best seeder:
• Tages Capital

Best ESG/SRI management company:
• Aurum Fund Management

Best investor relations:
• Marshall Wace

Best group:
• Marshall Wace

Best female fund manager:
• Anne-Sophie d’Andlau and Catherine Berjal
• CIAM

Rising star:
• Anirudh Singh
• Aptior Capital

Outstanding contribution to the industry by an institutional investor:
• Elaina Elzinga
• Wellcome Trust

Lifetime achievement:
• Pierre Lagrange
• Man Group