The Ninth European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2010 recognised the best examples of the industry. Orbita Capital Return was named FoHF of the year and GAM Trading II honoured as FoHF of the decade.

Product awards

Best performing diversified FoHF over 10 years

Best performing diversified FoHF over three years

Winner
Culross Global Fund (Culross Global Management)

Highly commended Best performing diversified FoHF over 10 years
Aurum Investor Fund (Aurum Funds)
Castle Alternative Invest (LGT Capital Partners)
Gems Low Volatility Portfolio (Gems Advisors)
Nemrod Diversified Holdings (Rothschild & Cie)
Aberdeen Orbita Capital Return (Aberdeen Asset Management)
Stenham Universal (Stenham Asset Management)

Highly commended Best performing diversified FoHF over three years
Aperio Master AlphaStrategy (Bainbridge Partners)
Blackpoint Global Trading (Rothschild)
HDF Multi Reactive: HDF Finance

Hedge Funds Review FoHF of the Year and Best performing diversified FoHF over one year

Winner
Aberdeen Orbita Capital Return (Aberdeen Asset Management)

Highly commended Best performing diversified FoHF over one year
Generali Hedge Fund Sicav Arbitrage Opportunities A (Thalia)
Green Way  (Amundi Alternative Investments)
Moderate Multi Strategy (Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company)
Royal Bank of Canada ARC Fund. (RBC – Saguenay Capital)

Best performing specialist FoHF over 10 years

Winner
Stenham Quadrant (Stenham Asset Management)

Highly commended
Alternative Equity (PM Capital Partners)
GAM Trading II (GAM)
Permal Fixed Income Holdings (Permal Investment Management Services)
Signet Global Fixed Income Fund (Signet Capital Management)

Best performing specialist FoHF over three years

Winner
ACL Alternative Fund (Abbey Capital)

Best performing specialist FoHF over one year

Winner
Antarctica Credit and Distressed Fund (Antarctica Asset Management)

Highly commended
Hermes BPK Restructuring Fund (Hermes BPK Partners)
Aberdeen Novus Global Credit Opportunities (Aberdeen Asset Management)
Pioneer Restructuring Fund I (Pioneer Alternative Investment Management)

Best performing emerging markets FoHF

Winner
HDF Emerging Markets Equity (HDF Finance)

Highly commended
Edmond de Rothschild Prifund Alpha Emerging Market (Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild)
Generali Hedge Fund Sicav Emerging Markets A (Thalia)
Permal Emerging Markets Holdings (Permal Investment Management Services)
Signet Emerging Opportunities Fund (Signet Capital Management)

Best performing in-house FoHF

Winner
CQS Diversified Fund – Segregated Portfolio Alpha (CQS (UK))

Best sub-$100 million FoHF

Winner
Trader Capital Upside Fund SP (Trader Capital)

Highly commended
Matrix Credit Opportunities (Matrix Group)
New Capital AllWeather Fund (EFG Asset Management)
Opus Trading SPC (Schroders NewFinance Capital)

Hedge Funds Review FoHF of the Decade

Winner
GAM Trading II (GAM)

Highly commended
Aurum Investor Fund (Aurum Funds)
Culross Global Fund (Culross Global Management)
Nemrod Diversified Holdings (Rothschild & Cie)
Aberdeen Orbita CapitalReturn (Aberdeen Asset Management)
Stenham Quadrant (Stenham Asset Management)

Platform awards

Best Ucits platform

Winner
Merrill Lynch Investment Solutions (Merrill Lynch International)

Best seeding platform

Joint winners
IMQubator (IMQ Investment Management)
NewAlpha Genesis 3 (NewAlpha Asset Management)

Best managed account platform

Winner
X-markets Hedge Fund Platform (Deutsche Bank London)

Highly commended
Lyxor Managed Account Platform (Lyxor Asset Management)
Man Managed Account Platform (Man Group)

Qualitative Awards

Most innovative FoHF

Winner
Salus Alpha Event Driven (Salus Alpha Capital)

Highly commended
Hermes BPK Restructuring Fund (Hermes BPK Partners)
Tera Capital Fund (Altima Asset Management)

Best new FoHF (launched after July 2, 2009)

Winner
Merrant Select Market Neutral Fund (Merrant Fonder)

Best investor relations team

Winner
Gems Advisors

Highly commended
Liongate Capital Management
Stenham Asset Management

Best HNW/private client FoHF provider

Winner
Stenham Asset Management

Highly commended
Aberdeen Asset Management
Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild, Geneva
Cube Capital
HDF Finance

Best institutional FoHF provider

Winner
International Asset Management

Highly commended
Liongate Capital Management
Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company

Best overall group

Winner
Culross Global Management

Highly commended
GAM
International Asset Management
LGT Capital Partners
Stenham Asset Management