The nominees were not determined by fund size or popularity, but on a high quality principle: Marianne Szordel (Marianne Scordel) from Bougeville Consulting at the request of Hedgeweek surveyed 3 top management firms in each of the hedge fund strategies, declared in the list of nominations. The list of nominees has been sent to Hedgeweek readers, who voted for one of the representatives of any of the categories. The favorites were determined by a vote of more than 41 thousand readers: institutional players, managers of private assets and funds and other professional market participants, even administrators, prime brokers, custodians, legal organizations and consultants.
Complete List of Hedgeweek USA Awards Winners 2013 published below:
Best Macro Manager – Swiss Seagull Best Event Driven Activist Manager – Jana Partners Best Event Driven Merger Arbitrage Manager – Paulson & Co Best Event Driven Distressed Manager – HG Vora Capital Management Best Event Driven Multi-Strategy Manager - Numen Capital Best Relative Value Convertible Bond Arbitrage Manager – HFR Asset Management Best Relative Value Volatility Arbitrage Manager – LJM Partners Best Relative Value Multi-Strategy Manager – Barnegat Fund Management Best Equity Short Bias Manager – Silvercreek Management Best Equity Market Neutral Manager – Bayou City Capital, L.P Best North American Index Provider – HFR Best North American Hedge Fund Administrator – Admiral Administration Highly Commended North American Hedge Fund Administrator – Opus Fund Services Best Offshore Hedge Fund Administrator – Meridian Fund Services Best Prime Broker – Concept Capital Best North American Hedge Fund Research Provider - BTIG Best Managed Accounts Platform – Lyxor Best Seeding Platform – Tiger Management Best Risk Management Software Provider - CurAlea Best Fund Accounting and Reporting System – Sungard VPM Best Managed Account Platform Technology – Eze Castle Integration Best North American Trading Venue – Liquidnet Best North American Accounting Firm – Anchin Block & Anchin LLP Best North American Regulatory Advisory Firm – Turnkey Trading Partners Best North American Public Relations Firm - Walk & Associates Best North American Law Firm – Sidley Austin LLP Best Offshore Law Firm - Dying Ozannes Best North American Third Party Marketing Firm – Agecroft Partners
