(MENAFNEditorial) Top Contenders for the 2018 Canadian Hedge Fund Awards Announced by Alternative IQ
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 2, 2018) - Alternative IQ today announced the Top Contenders for the 2018 Canadian Hedge Fund Awards, the highest honour in Canada's hedge fund industry. The Winners will receive their awards on Tuesday, October 16th at a Gala Dinner at One King West Hotel in Toronto following THE 2018 Canadian Hedge Fund Conference.
A total of 215 Canadian Hedge Funds were included in the 2018 CHFA program. For the full Directory of Canadian Hedge Funds, check here: http://alternativeiq.com/hf-directory/ .
The Canadian Hedge Fund Awards help investors identify the most exceptional hedge funds of the year, recognizing winners in 5 categories as well as the 2018 Overall Best Canadian Hedge Fund. The awards are based solely on quantitative performance data to June 30th, with Fundata Canada managing the tabulation of the data to determine the winners.
In alphabetical order, the Top Contenders for 2018 Canadian Hedge Fund Awards are:
Overall Best 2018 Canadian Hedge Fund:
(based on 10 year best combined annualized return and Sharpe ratio).
Agilith North American Diversified Fund King & Victoria Fund LP Blair Franklin Global Credit Fund PH&N Absolute Return Fund CC&L Absolute Return Fund ROMC Fund Exemplar Canadian Focus Portfolio Vertex Managed Value Portfolio JM Catalyst Fund Vision Opportunity Fund LP
Equity Focused:
Best 1 Year Return Best 5 Year Return Best 5 Year Sharpe Ratio AlphaNorth Partners Fund DKAM Capital Ideas Fund Calrossie Partners Fund Barometer Long Short Equity Pool Forge First Long Short LP EHP Advantage Fund Dynamic Global Growth Opportunities Fund Jemekk Long/Short Fund LP Exemplar Canadian Focus Portfolio Loubani Fund I LP Maxam Diversified Strategies Fund Fiera Long Short Equity Fund MMCap Canadian Fund Pathfinder Partners' Fund Forge First Long Short LP Peregrine Investment Management Fund LP Peregrine Investment Management Fund LP Hirsch Performance Fund Primevestfund Portland Focused Plus Fund LP Jemekk Long/Short Fund LP Thornmark Alpha Fund Primevestfund Maxam Diversified Strategies Fund Venator Select Fund ROMC Fund Pathfinder Partners' Fund Vertex Managed Value Portfolio Thornmark Alpha Fund Thornmark Alpha Fund
Credit Focused:
Best 1 Year Return Best 5 Year Return Best 5 Year Sharpe Ratio Algonquin Debt Strategies Fund LP Blair Franklin Global Credit Fund Blair Franklin Global Credit Fund Arrow East Coast Investment Grade II Fund East Coast Performance Fund LP East Coast Performance Fund LP East Coast Performance Fund LP Fulcra Credit Opportunities Fund Fulcra Credit Opportunities Fund Ewing Morris Flexible Fixed Income Fund LP Goodwood Milford Fund Goodwood Milford Fund Fulcra Credit Opportunities Fund Guardian Strategic Income Fund GS+A Credit Arbitrage Fund Lawrence Park Enhanced Preferred Fund Lawrence Park Credit Strategies Fund Lawrence Park Credit Strategies Fund Marret Tactical Distressed Debt Fund Ninepoint Credit Income Opportunities Fund Marret Investment Grade Hedged Strategies Fund NorthStream Credit Strategies Fund LP Picton Mahoney Income Opportunities Fund Ninepoint Credit Income Opportunities Fund Purpose Credit Opportunities Fund RP Debt Opportunities Fund RP Debt Opportunities Fund RP Select Opportunities Fund Venator Income Fund RP Fixed Income Plus
Market Neutral:
Best 1 Year Return Best 5 Year Return Best 5 Year Sharpe Ratio CC&L Diversified Market Neutral Fund Amethyst Arbitrage Fund (Canada) Amethyst Arbitrage Fund (Canada) CC&L Global Market Neutral Fund CC&L Diversified Market Neutral Fund CC&L Diversified Market Neutral Fund Formula Growth Alpha Fund CC&L Global Market Neutral Fund CC&L Global Market Neutral Fund HGC Arbitrage Fund LP CC&L Market Neutral Fund Curvature LP Norrep Market Neutral Income Fund Curvature LP Curvature Market Neutral Fund (Arrow) PCJ Absolute Return Fiera Market Neutral Equity Fund Fiera Market Neutral Equity Fund Picton Mahoney Market Neutral Equity Fund Formula Growth Alpha Fund Formula Growth Alpha Fund Purpose Multi-Strategy Market Neutral Fund HGC Arbitrage Fund LP HGC Arbitrage Fund LP WARATAH Energy PCJ Absolute Return PCJ Absolute Return WARATAH One WARATAH One WARATAH One
Global Macro/Managed Futures/Multi-Strategy:
Best 1 Year Return Best 5 Year Return Best 5 Year Sharpe Ratio Arrow Global Growth Fund Barometer Global Macro Pool Aventine Stable Income Fund Barometer Global Macro Pool CC&L Absolute Return Fund CC&L Absolute Return Fund CC&L Absolute Return Fund Claret Global Multi-Asset Fund Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund JM Catalyst Fund Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund Forge First Multi Strategy LP Kensington Alternative Strategies Fund Forge First Multi Strategy LP JM Catalyst Fund MacNicol & Associates Absolute Return Fund JM Catalyst Fund Kensington Alternative Strategies Fund MacNicol & Associates Alternative Asset Trust MacNicol & Associates Absolute Return Fund Palos Income Fund, LP Palos Income Fund, LP MacNicol & Associates Alternative Asset Trust PH&N Absolute Return Fund PH&N Absolute Return Fund Palos Income Fund, LP Picton Mahoney Diversified Strategies Fund TURN8 Alternative Growth Fund PH&N Absolute Return Fund Topaz Multi Strategy Fund
Private Debt:
Best 1 Year Return Best 5 Year Return Best 5 Year Sharpe Ratio Bridging Infrastructure Fund LP Portland Private Income Fund Portland Private Income Fund Cortland Credit Strategies LP Next Edge Private Debt Fund Ninepoint Alternative Income Fund Ninepoint Bridging Income Fund LP Ninepoint TEC Private Credit Fund Portland Private Income Fund Qwest Productivity Media Income Trust Third Eye Capital Alternative Credit Trust VPC Specialty Finance Fund
In the afternoon, at THE Canadian Hedge Fund Conference preceding the Gala Awards Dinner on October 16th, Benjamin Tal, Managing Director and Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC Capital Markets, will make the Keynote Address: "Normalizing the Abnormal". Delegates will also hear from 3 panels of allocators as they discuss their attitudes and intentions about investing in hedge funds. Speakers and panelists include Pension Funds: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Pension Plan, GCM Grosvenor, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP); Family Offices: Cidel Asset Management, K J Harrison, Our Family Office and Ullman Wealth Management; and IIROC Dealers: RBC Dominion Securities — Gorenstein Wealth Management, Richardson GMP — Khajadourian Wealth Management, and Scotia Wealth Management — Tucker Willson Group.
KPMG and Fundata Canada are the Principal Sponsors of the Annual Canadian Hedge Fund Awards program. THE 2018 Canadian Hedge Fund Conference and Gala Awards Dinner would simply not be possible without the generous support of all its partners, including Table Sponsors: SS&C Commonwealth Fund Services, and SGGG Fund Services; Contributing Presenters: CIBC Capital Markets, McMillan LLP, and Sigma Analysis and Management; Associate Sponsors: Alliance Sales and Marketing, AUM Law, Introduction Capital and IRI; and Media Partners: 100 Women in Finance, AIMA Canada, CAIA
Association, Hedge Fund Alert, Newsfile , PCMA and Preqin. This year's Chosen Charity Partner is Help for Children.
For more information about the CHFA program go to: www.alternativeiq.com or call:
Julia E. Makepeace
Managing Director, Alternative IQ and President, Alliance Sales and Marketing, Inc.
416-906-3782
About Alternative IQ: Alternative IQ is dedicated to celebrating, supporting and expanding Canada's Hedge Fund Industry. AIQ produces the annual Canadian Hedge Fund Awards program, its presentation event held in Toronto each October (performance as at June 30th), and THE Canadian Hedge Fund Conference, also held annually in Toronto. Alternative IQ also produces the CHFA Winners Showcase Investor Conferences, at which the Managers of award-winning hedge funds present to investors, and produces various other programs and publications serving the hedge fund industry in Canada. Alternative IQ is a division of Alliance Sales and Marketing, Inc.
About the Annual Canadian Hedge Fund Awards: The Annual Canadian Hedge Fund Awards were first held in 2008 and have a two-fold objective: firstly, to recognize and celebrate the talent in Canada's hedge fund industry and, secondly, to raise awareness of that expertise throughout the investment community. The Canadian Hedge Fund Awards are based solely on quantitative performance data to June 30th, with Fundata Canada managing the tabulation of the data to determine the winners.
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