PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release HedgePo Announces the Initial Shortlist for the Investors Choice European Hedge Fund Awards 2013 18 March 2013: HedgePo, the web portal that enables qualified investors to effectively research, monitor and correspond with the global universe of hedge fund managers, today announced the initial shortlist for the Investors Choice European Hedge Fund Awards 2013. The awards recognise genuine excellence in the field of hedge fund investment management by considering a range of qualitative and quantitative assessment criteria. Uniquely, distinguished hedge fund investors on the HedgePo platform determine the award winners, placing strong emphasis on qualitative assessment criteria, such as investment process and risk management. Emerging managers are considered in separate categories. HedgePo is a proud corporate partner of ARK (Absolute Return for Kids), the international charity set up by leaders of the alternative investment industry whose purpose is to transform children's lives. Some of the proceeds from this year's European Hedge Fund Awards dinner will go towards the development of the ARK Kings Academy Innovation Centre. Participating judges include key members of the hedge fund investment research teams at the following firms: Aberdeen Asset Management ABN AMRO Advisors Ascension Health Culross Global Management DNB Asset Management E.I.M. S.A. Etops AG Feri Trust GmbH Gems Advisors Ltd Lyxor Asset Management Omega Asset Management RPM Risk & Portfolio Management SEI Investments Stenham Advisors The Rock Creek Group Transport for London Pension Fund Note: Additional judges to be confirmed Award finalists will be honoured and the winners announced at a gala dinner at The Dorchester Hotel in London on 18 April 2013. The evening will bring together investors, fund managers, members of the press and other industry professionals. David Tawil, Director and Event Coordinator, said: We are delighted to be hosting this event. The awards are truly unique in their approach, focusing not just on performance but also on the qualitative criteria that matter most to investors. It s a fantastic opportunity for our investor members to meet with the top investment managers in Europe. It s also great to be supporting ARK, a charity which we hold in very high regard and are proud to work with. For more information and table bookings, please visit www.investorschoiceawards.com. The initial shortlist of nominated funds is as follows: Equity Fund of 2012 Aphilion SIF - L/S, Aphilion Pelargos Japan Alpha Fund, Pelargos Capital Tortoise Fund, Majedie Asset Management Zenit, Zenit Asset Management AB European Equity Fund of 2012 Nordic - European Absolute Return Fund, Nordic Fund Management (Ireland) Ltd PTR- Corto, Pictet Asset Management Susa European Equities Fund, Susa Fund Management LLP
Emerging Markets Equity Fund of 2012 36ONE Offshore Portfolio, 36ONE Asset Management Capricorn GEM Fund, Capricorn Capital Partners UK Limited Visio Dynamic Hedge South Africa, Visio Capital Management (Pty) Limited Market Neutral Fund of 2012 Duet Global Plus Fund, Duet Asset Management Ltd Helium Opportunities, Syquant Capital Parametrica Global Fund, Parametrica Asset Management The Cassiopeia Fund, Dominicé & Co - Asset Management Event Driven Fund of 2012 FrontFour Capital Partners, FrontFour Capital Group LLC Hadron Fund, Hadron Capital LLP Orsay Merger Arbitrage Fund, Oddo AM Discretionary Global Macro Fund of 2012 Avantium Liquid EM Macro Fund Ltd., Avantium Investment Management BayernInvest Bond Global Select- Fonds, Quaesta Capital GmbH MaxQ Fund, North Asset Management OFP 150, Oaks Field Partners OFP 400, Oaks Field Partners Systematic Global Macro & Global Asset Allocation Fund of 2012 AC Risk Parity 12 Fund, Aquila Capital BayernInvest Rendite Dynamic Fonds, BayernInvest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbh Rialto Global Macro, Rialto Capital AG CTA Fund of 2012 AHL Evolution, AHL / Man Investments Ltd Amplitude Klassik, Amplitude Capital International Limited Spektrum, Coeli AB Commodity Fund of 2012 Cumulus Energy Fund, Cumulus/City Financial Investment Company DB Platinum V Hermes Absolute Return Commodity Fund, Hermes Fund Managers Fixed Income Arbitrage Fund of 2012 Asgard Fixed Income Fund I Ltd, Plinius Capital Ltd & Moma Advisors A/S Danske Invest Hedge Fixed Income Strategies Fund, Danske Capital Pelagus Capital Fund, Mako Investment Managers Global Credit Fund of 2012 Chenavari Corporate Credit strategy, Chenavari Investment Managers Duemme Sicav Euro Investments Plus, BCM & Partners JPS Credit Opportunites Master Fund, L.P., JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd WyeTree RRETRO Fund, WyeTree Asset Management Relative Value European Credit Fund of 2012 Alegra ABS I, Alegra Capital (Lie) AG Eiffel Credit Opportunities, Eiffel Investment Group Numen Credit Opportunities Fund, Numen Capital LLP Long Biased European Credit Fund of 2012 Alcentra Structured Credit Opportunity Fund II, Alcentra Chenavari - Real Estate Debt strategy, Chenavari Investment Managers Chenavari - Regulatory Capital strategy, Chenavari Investment Managers Napier Park European Credit Opportunities, Napier Park Global Capital
Multi- Strategy Fund of 2012 Insparo Africa and Middle East Fund, Insparo Asset Management LMR Fund, LMR Partners LLP (UK) Nordea 1 - Heracles Long/Short MI fund, Metzler Asset Management GmbH European Multi- Strategy Fund of 2012 BayernInvest Alpha Select Plus- Fonds, BayernInvest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbh Catella Hedge, Catella Fonder Chenavari - Toro Capital IA, Chenavari Investment Managers Equity Fund - Last 3 Years Aphilion SIF - L/S, Aphilion FrontfOur Capital Partners, FrontFour Capital Group LLC Pelargos Japan Alpha Fund, Pelargos Capital Tortoise Fund, Majedie Asset Management Zenit, Zenit Asset Management AB EM Equity Fund - Last 3 Years 36ONE Offshore Portfolio, 36ONE Asset Management Capricorn GEM Fund, Capricorn Capital Partners UK Limited Visio Dynamic Hedge South Africa, Visio Capital Management (Pty) Limited Market Neutral Fund - Last 3 Years Helium Opportunities, Syquant Capital Parametrica Global Fund, Parametrica Asset Management The Cassiopeia Fund, Dominicé & Co - Asset Management Discretionary Global Macro Fund - Last 3 Years BayernInvest Bond Global Select- Fonds, Quaesta Capital GmbH MaxQ Fund, North Asset Management OFP 150, Oaks Field Partners OFP 400, Oaks Field Partners CTA Fund - Last 3 Years AHL Evolution, AHL / Man Investments Ltd Amplitude Klassik, Amplitude Capital International Limited Spektrum, Coeli AB Credit Fund - Last 3 Years Alegra ABS I, Alegra Capital (Lie) AG Chenavari Corporate Credit strategy, Chenavari Investment Managers Duemme Sicav Euro Investments Plus, BCM & Partners Numen Credit Opportunities Fund, Numen Capital LLP WyeTree RRETRO Fund, WyeTree Asset Management Fixed Income Arbitrage Fund - Last 3 Years Asgard Fixed Income Fund I Ltd, Plinius Capital Ltd & Moma Advisors A/S Danske Invest Hedge Fixed Income Strategies Fund, Danske Capital Pelagus Capital Fund, Mako Investment Managers Multi- Strategy Fund - Last 3 Years Hadron Fund, Hadron Capital LLP Insparo Africa and Middle East Fund, Insparo Asset Management LMR Fund, LMR Partners LLP (UK) Nordea 1 - Heracles Long/Short MI fund, Metzler Asset Management GmbH
Specialist Fund - Last 3 Years AC Risk Parity 12 Fund, Aquila Capital Cumulus Energy Fund, Cumulus/City Financial Investment Company DB Platinum V Hermes Absolute Return Commodity Fund, Hermes Fund Managers UCITS Fund of the Year 2012 Fund of the Year 2012 Emerging manager funds are considered alongside their closest peers in their separate categories: Emerging Equity Fund of 2012 Auriga Investors - Montserrat Global Fund, Auriga Global Investors SV, SA Lazard global hexagon, Lazard asset management PFM Dynamic Equity, Quantis AM R4 Accurate Global Equity, Renta4 Asset Management RiverCrest Global Equity Fund, RiverCrest Capital Samphire Global, Samphire Capital Emerging European Equity Fund of 2012 Allianz Discovery Europe, Allianz Global Investors Princes Gate Brightwell Equity Absolute Return, The Princes Gate Group PriorNilsson Yield, PriorNilsson Taiga Fund, Taiga Fund Management AS Emerging EM Equity Fund of 2012 Firecrest International USD, Skybound Capital Insparo Africa Equity Fund, Insparo Asset Management Laurium Offshore Segregated Portfolio, Laurium Capital (Pty) Ltd Strateji Long/Short Fund, Strateji Securities Emerging Long Biased Equity Fund of 2012 Mayar Fund, Mayar Capital management PriorNilsson Idea, PriorNilsson Emerging Discretionary Global Macro Fund of 2012 Apollo EM Macro, The Cambridge Strategy Aros Paradigm, Aros Capital Partners EQC Global Opportunities Fund, Equilibria Capital Management Laurentia Global Fund, Laurentia Management Limited Emerging European Credit Fund of 2012 LNG Europa Credit Fund, LNG Capital MB Master fund, MB Asset Management PVE Credit Value Fund, PVE Capital Emerging Fixed Income Arbitrage Fund of 2012 Crystal Fund II, Oristan Ireland Limited Ovington Fund Limited, Ovington Capital Management LLP Emerging Commodity & Currency Fund of 2012 Capricorn FXG10, Capricorn Strategies G10 Global Time Diversified, Macro Currency Group Princes Gate Brightwell Commodities, The Princes Gate Group Tellurian Ascend Commodity Fund, Tellurian Capital Management Llp
Emerging Managed Futures Fund of 2012 Crossfire, Swiss Seagull AG Erste Bank Trading - UpTrend, Merit Alternative Investments GmbH IMC Quantitative Indicator Fund, IMC asset management Princes Gate Brightwell Systematic Managed Futures, The Princes Gate Group SINGULARITY Managed Futures Program, ISATYS Advisory AG TrendConcept Fund MultiAssetAllocator, TrendConcept Vermögensverwaltung GmbH Emerging Market Neutral Fund of 2012 Diva Synergy, Bernheim, Dreyfus & Co. HiQ Invest Market Neutral Fund, HiQ Invest B.V. Paris Capital Relative Value Fund, Paris Capital Advisors Emerging Multi- Strategy Fund of 2012 Future Trends Capital Fund, Silver Arrow Management Global Syndex, Syndex Capital Management AG M2T Multistrategy, Auriga global investors Princes Gate Brightwell Global Diversified, The Princes Gate Group Sentat Event Driven, Sentat Asset Management AB Tideway Ucits Global Navigator Fund, Tideway Investment Partners Emerging Fund of the Year 2012 Please note that nominations may be subject to change. - Ends - For further information, please contact: David Tawil, Director & Event Coordinator Tel: +44 (0) 20 7183 1656 Email: david.tawil@hedgepo.com