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FEATURE AWARDS

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Over 800 people gathered in the Hurlingham Club in London for a night of celebration on � urs-day evening as this year’s top Eu-ropean performers were awarded for their achievements. � e night

was characterised by talk of London’s currently thriving hedge fund scene with managers noting a number of impressive new launches and a more knowledgeable investor base for alternatives. One managed accounts platform provider re-marked that London’s new importance in a post-

AIFMD environment could lead to it expanding its current operations.

� e post-AIFMD environment was certainly one of the main talking points – aside from its impact on London. Compliance consultants sug-gested that managers seeking to launch products were more familiar with dealing with the AIFMD burden, and regulatory challenges in general, than ever before.

� e Ucits versus AIFMD discussion, mean-while, proved an interesting debate. Some sug-gested the AIFMD might prompt a renewed inter-

est in Ucits while others felt AIFs had the capacity to become a global competitive brand. And then there were those who feared the AIFMD could cannibalise the use of Ucits structures.

Others opted out of the debate and suggested managers consider a region entirely separate from Europe – Asia.

Hong Kong and China were said to be top of the agenda this year by awards a� endees, with one administrator noting several hedge fund currency and interest rate traders had been sent to the region over the last 12 months.

Aside from the talk, the night brought in some big wins for, among others, Emmanuel Roman at Man Group who was awarded the top prize for outstanding contribution. Alcentra Structured Credit Opportunity Fund received the accolade for best credit fund overall, while Cumulus En-ergy Fund took the top specialist fund category.

� e FoHF newcomer of the year was award-ed to HSBC Alternative Focused Fund as Ma-drague Equity L/S won the equity newcomer award, Ebullio Far East Commodity Futures Fund took the CTA newcomer trophy and Domeus Greek Advantage Fund USD Class earned the newcomer – other prize. Long/short equity accolades were given to RBR European Long Short; Martin Currie European Absolute Alpha Fund; Trafalgar Trading Fund; and 1798 Fundamental Strategies Fund.

� e evening concluded with Cheyne Capital taking the grand prize of management � rm of the year. ■

Read on to find out who took the top honours at this year’s HFMWeek European Performance Awards

AWARDS SEASON

Credit under $250m

WyeTree’s RRETRO Fund

Presented by Stuart Drake, chairman, Equinoxe, to Judith Sciamma, CEO, & Tom Mowl, portfolio manager, WyeTree Asset Management

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