Institutional Investor's 18th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards | Institutional Investor's Hedge Fund | 12 February 2020 | Mandarin Oriental, 80 Columbus Circle, 60th St. New York, NY 10023

Institutional Investor's 18th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards recognizes the hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, investment consultants, endowments, foundations, family offices, corporate funds, public funds, sovereign funds and rising stars that stood out for their performance innovation, achievements and contributions to the industry in the past year.

Award nominees will be honored and winners announced and awarded at a dinner and ceremony at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Last year's event hosted more than 450 industry leaders.

Hedge Fund Allocator Categories
• Public Plan of the Year, Large ($15 billion or more in assets)
• Public Plan of the Year, Small (less than $15 billion in assets)
• Corporate/Insurance Plan of the Year
• Endowment of the Year
• Foundation of the Year
• Family Office of the Year
• Healthcare System of the Year
• Sovereign Wealth Fund of the Year
• Outsourced Investor of the Year
• Hedge Fund Consultant of the Year

Hedge Fund Management Categories
• Institutional Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
• Emerging Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
• Equity-Focused Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
• Credit-Focused Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
• Multistrategy Hedge Fund of the Year
• Activist Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
• Event-Driven Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
• Macro Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
• Quantitative Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
• Liquid Alternative Fund of the Year (new for 2019)
• Most Innovative Hedge Fund of the Year

HONOREES
• Rising Stars of Hedge Funds
• Manager Lifetime Achievement Award
• Allocator Lifetime Achievement Award
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2019 Winners

• Corporate Plan of the Year: United Parcel Service
• Endowment of the Year: University of Texas Investment Management Co.
• Family Office of the Year: Merrimac Corp.
• Foundation of the Year: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• Health Care System of the Year: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Hedge Fund Consultant of the Year: Cambridge Associates
• Outsourced Investor of the Year: Cambridge Associates
• Large Public Plan of the Year: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• Small Public Plan of the Year: San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System
• Sovereign Wealth Fund of the Year: Texas Permanent School Fund
• Institutional Hedge Fund Manager of the Year: Bridgewater Associates
• Activist Hedge Fund Manager of the Year: TCI Fund Management
• Credit-Focused Hedge Fund Manager of the Year: Mudrick Capital Management
• Emerging Hedge Fund Manager of the Year: Darsana Capital Partners
• Equity-Focused Hedge Fund Manager of the Year: Tiger Global Management
• Event-Driven Hedge Fund Manager of the Year: Elliot Management Corp.
• Liquid Alternatives Fund of the Year: BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund
• Macro Hedge Fund Manager of the Year: Bridgewater Associates
• Multistrategy Hedge Fund Manager of the Year: D.E. Shaw & Co.
• Quantitative Hedge Fund Manager of the Year: Two Sigma Investments