BlueCrest, Brevan Howard, Horseman and Trafalgar Asset Managers led the line-up of winners at the annual EuroHedge Awards – which were announced and presented at a dinner and awards ceremony held in London that was attended by some 800 leading figures in the hedge fund industry.
Brevan Howard won the Fund of the Year award, while BlueCrest won the Management Firm of the Year award. Horseman and Trafalgar each won two awards, reflecting the strong performances of both groups during the year.
The EuroHedge Awards for 2008, now in their eighth year, paid recognition to those funds that had achieved the best risk-adjusted performance across a range of strategy areas in an exceptionally tough year for hedge funds and for the financial industry.
Winners:
UK EQUITY
AlphaGen Octanis
SMALL CAP
BlackRock UK Emerging Companies
EUROPEAN EQUITY (under $500m)
Granada Europe
EUROPEAN EQUITY (over $500m)
Brummer & Partners Futuris
GLOBAL EQUITY
TT Financials
EMERGING MARKET EQUITY
Horseman Emerging Market Opportunities
EVENT DRIVEN
Deephaven European Event Driven
EQUITY MARKET NEUTRAL & QUANT STRATEGIES
GLC Gestalt Europe
MANAGED FUTURES
BlueTrend
CONVERTIBLE & VOLATILITY STRATEGIES
SGAM AI Short Bias
MIXED ARBITRAGE & MULTI-STRATEGY
Trafalgar Special Situations
FIXED INCOME
Pelagus Capital
CREDIT, DISTRESSED AND EMERGING MARKET DEBT
CQS ABS
EXOTIC STRATEGIES
Securis 1
COMMODITIES
Krom River Commodity Fund
GLOBAL MACRO
Pivot Global Value
NEW FUND OF THE YEAR - EQUITY STRATEGIES
Trafalgar Azri
NEW FUND OF THE YEAR - ARBITRAGE, RELATIVE VALUE & MACRO
BlueGold Global
LONG TERM PERFORMANCE
Horseman Global
MANAGEMENT FIRM OF THE YEAR
BlueCrest Capital Management
FUND OF THE YEAR
Brevan Howard