Hedgeweek has announced the winners of the US Awards 2024, which recognise excellence among fund managers and service providers in the US across a wide range of categories. The awards were presented at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (10 October), at The Penn Club, New York.
Voting for the awards was conducted via an online poll of the entire Hedgeweek user base, with participants asked to make their choice among the shortlisted firms in each category.
The selection data for the fund manager shortlists was sourced from a variety of providers, while nominations for all categories were based on annualised performance over a 12-month period from 1 June 2023 to 31 May, 2024.
The winners are:
Managers
Commodity Fund of the Year – Pinnacle Natural Resources Equity Fund of the Year: Over $500 Million – Pershing Square Capital Management (Pershing Square Holdings) Equity Market Neutral Fund of the Year – 8 Knots Fund LP Event Driven Fund of the Year: Over $500 Million – Two Seas Global (Cayman) Fund Fixed Income Arbitrage Fund of the Year – Cello Fixed Income Master Fund Fund of Funds of the Year: Under $500 Million – Magnitude Capital (Magnitude Institutional) Long/Short Fund of the Year – Stanley Capital (Stanley Partners Fund) Overall Macro Fund of the Year: Over $500 Million – Eaton Vance Global Macro Absolute Return Advantage Master Fund Overall Managed Futures/CTA of the Year: Over $500 Million – Catalyst Funds (Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Strategy Fund) Overall Multi-Strategy Fund of the Year – Anson Funds Management (Anson Investment Master Fund) Relative Value of the Year: Under $500 Million – Hunting Hill Global Capital (Hunting Hill Master Fund Class A) Risk/Merger Arbitrage Fund of the Year – Beryl Capital Management (Beryl Capital Partners II) Equity Fund of the Year – Gator Financial Partners (Gator Financial Partners Offshore) Event Driven Fund of the Year – Rosalind Advisors (Rosalind Capital) Overall Fund of the Year – MKT Capital (MKT Capital Funds) Macro Fund of the Year – AG Capital Investments (Discretionary Global Macro Program) Managed Futures/CTA Fund of the Year – Catalyst Funds (Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Fund Strategy Class C) Relative Value Fund of the Year – Camden Asset Management (Equity Overlay Fund)
Service Providers Accounting Firm of the Year: Overall – EisnerAmper Administrator of the Year: Digital Assets – Trident Trust Administrator of the Year: Fund Domicile – Opus Fund Services Administrator of the Year: Overall – NAV Fund Services Administrator of the Year: Start-up & Emerging Funds – Theorem Fund Services, LLC Administrator of the Year: Technology – UMB Fund Services AI Technology Provider of the Year – Align Managed Services Alternative Data Provider of the Year – Similarweb Audit Firm of the Year: Start Ups – Anchin Audit Firm of the Year: Middle Market – Withum Audit Firm of the Year: Overall – CohnReznick Cloud Services Provider of the Year – Options Technology Custodian of the Year: Overall – BNY Cybersecurity Provider of the Year – ACA Group Data Management Solution of the Year – Arcesium Data Provider of the Year: Overall – S&P Global Market Intelligence Data Science Solution Provider of the Year – BMLL Technologies ESG Solution of the Year – Northern Trust Investment Data Science - Equity Data Science Executive Search Firm of the Year – Green Key Resources Foreign Exchange Provider of the Year – 360T Fund Accounting and Reporting Software of the Year – FIS Law Firm of the Year: Digital Assets – Riveles Wahab LLP. Law Firm of the Year: Fund Domicile – Sadis & Goldberg Law Firm of the Year: Overall – Seward & Kissel LLP Managed Accounts Platform of the Year – Innocap Offshore Regulatory & Compliance Firm of the Year – Maples Group Order Management System of the Year – FlexTrade Systems Outsourced Solution of the Year – Omega Systems Outsourced Trading Provider of the Year – StoneX Portfolio Management Software of the Year – LSEG PR and Communications Firm of the Year – Prosek Partners Prime Broker of the Year: Capital Introduction – Interactive Brokers Prime Broker of the Year: Client Service – Clear Street Prime Broker of the Year: Overall – BTIG Prime Broker of the Year: Start-Up & Emerging Managers – Marex Prime Services Quant Technology Solution of the Year – SigTech Regulatory Advisory & Compliance Firm of the Year – Vigilant Compliance Regulatory Reporting Solution of the Year – AQMetrics Research Solution of the Year – AlphaSense Risk Management Software of the Year – GenieAI Tax Advisory of the Year – Akram & Associates Third-Party Marketing Firm of the Year – Sondhelm Partners Prime Broker: Trading Capabilities of the Year – JonesTrading Treasury Management Solution of the Year – Kayenta
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