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Alternative IQ Announces Top Contenders for the 10th Annual Canadian Hedge Fund Awards
October 03, 2017 7:05 AM EDT | Source: Alternative IQ
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 3, 2017) - Alternative IQ today announced the Top Contenders for the 2017 Canadian Hedge Fund Awards, the highest honour in Canada's hedge fund industry. The Winners will receive their awards on Tuesday, October 17th at a Gala Dinner at One King West Hotel in Toronto following THE Canadian Hedge Fund Conference.
The Canadian Hedge Fund Awards help investors identify the most exceptional hedge funds of the year, recognizing winners in 4 categories as well as the 2017 Overall Best Canadian Hedge Fund. The hedge fund awards are based solely on quantitative performance data to June 30th, with Fundata managing the tabulation of the data to determine the winners.
In alphabetical order, the Top Contenders for 2017 Canadian Hedge Fund Awards are:
Overall Best 2017 Canadian Hedge Fund:
(based on 10 year best combined annualized return and Sharpe ratio).
| Amethyst Arbitrage Fund (Canada) | Goodwood Milford Fund |
| Blair Franklin Global Credit Fund | King & Victoria Fund LP |
| CC&L Global Equity Market Neutral Fund | PH&N Absolute Return Fund |
| CI Global Opportunities Fund | Trident Global Opportunities Fund |
| Formula Growth Hedge Fund | Venator Founders Fund |
Equity Focused:
| Best 1 Year Return | Best 5 Year Return | Best 5 Year Sharpe Ratio |
| Agilith North American Diversified Fund AlphaNorth Partners Fund Goodwood SPValue Fund Lionguard Opportunities Fund Loubani Fund I LP NISO Fund Pender Select Ideas Fund Portland Focused Plus Fund LP Purpose Enhanced US Equity Fund The K2 Principal Trust | Agilith North American Diversified Fund Calrossie Partners Fund DKAM Capital Ideas Fund Fiera Long Short Equity Fund Formula Growth Hedge Fund Highstreet Global Equity Fund JC Clark Adaly Fund Maxam Diversified Strategies Fund Peregrine Investment Management Fund LP ROMC Fund | Calrossie Partners Fund DKAM Capital Ideas Fund Exemplar Canadian Focus Portfolio Fiera Long Short Equity Fund Formula Growth Hedge Fund Highstreet Global Equity Fund Hirsch Performance Fund King & Victoria Fund LP Maxam Diversified Strategies Fund ROMC Fund |
Credit Focused:
| Best 1 Year Return | Best 5 Year Return | Best 5 Year Sharpe Ratio |
| Algonquin Debt Strategies Fund LP East Coast Performance Fund LP Fulcra Credit Opportunities Fund Lawrence Park Enhanced Preferred Fund LOGIQ Credit Opportunities Fund NorthStream Credit Strategies Fund LP Picton Mahoney Income Opportunities Fund Picton Mahoney Special Situations Fund RP Select Opportunities Fund YTM Capital Credit Opportunities Fund | Blair Franklin Global Credit Fund East Coast Performance Fund LP Fulcra Credit Opportunities Fund Goodwood Milford Fund Lawrence Park Credit Strategies Fund Marret Investment Grade Hedged Strategies Fund Picton Mahoney Income Opportunities Fund RP Debt Opportunities Fund RP Fixed Income Plus Venator Income Fund | Blair Franklin Global Credit Fund East Coast Performance Fund LP Fulcra Credit Opportunities Fund Goodwood Milford Fund Lawrence Park Credit Strategies Fund Marret Investment Grade Hedged Strategies Fund Picton Mahoney Income Opportunities Fund RP Debt Opportunities Fund RP Fixed Income Plus Venator Income Fund |
Market Neutral:
| Best 1 Year Return | Best 5 Year Return | Best 5 Year Sharpe Ratio |
| Amethyst Arbitrage Fund (Canada) CC&L Global Equity Market Neutral Fund EHP Guardian Fund FDP Market Neutral Private Portfolio Formula Growth Alpha Fund HGC Arbitrage Fund LP Picton Mahoney Market Neutral Equity Fund SG US Market Neutral Fund WARATAH Energy WARATAH One | Amethyst Arbitrage Fund (Canada) CC&L Global Equity Market Neutral Fund CC&L Market Neutral Fund Curvature LP Curvature Market Neutral Fund (Arrow) Fiera Market Neutral Equity Fund Picton Mahoney Market Neutral Equity Fund Ross Smith Capital Investment Fund SG US Market Neutral Fund WARATAH One | Amethyst Arbitrage Fund (Canada) CC&L Global Equity Market Neutral Fund CC&L Market Neutral Fund Curvature LP Curvature Market Neutral Fund (Arrow) Fiera Market Neutral Equity Fund Picton Mahoney Market Neutral Equity Fund Ross Smith Capital Investment Fund SG US Market Neutral Fund WARATAH One |
Global Macro/Managed Futures/Multi-Strategy:
| Best 1 Year Return | Best 5 Year Return | Best 5 Year Sharpe Ratio |
| Aventine Stable Income Fund Barometer Global Macro Pool Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund JM Catalyst Fund Kensington Hedge Fund 1 MacNicol & Associates Absolute Return Fund Palos Income Fund, LP PH&N Absolute Return Fund Picton Mahoney Diversified Strategies Fund Polar Multi-Strategy Fund (Canada) | Barometer Global Macro Pool Claret Global Multi-Asset Fund Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund J. Zechner Associates Global Hedged Growth Fund JM Catalyst Fund Kensington Hedge Fund 1 MacNicol & Associates Absolute Return Fund MacNicol & Associates Alternative Asset Trust Palos Income Fund, LP PH&N Absolute Return Fund | Aventine Stable Income Fund Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund Inflection Strategic Opportunities Fund JM Catalyst Fund Kensington Hedge Fund 1 MacNicol & Associates Absolute Return Fund Palos Income Fund, LP PH&N Absolute Return Fund Picton Mahoney Diversified Strategies Fund Ross Smith Opportunities Fund |
A total of 208 Canadian Hedge Funds were included in the 2017 CHFA program.
Preceding the Gala Awards Dinner on October 17th, at which award-winning Hanif Mamdani, Head of Alternative Investments at RBC Global Asset Management, will deliver this year's Keynote Address, delegates at THE Canadian Hedge Fund Conference will hear from 3 panels of allocators as they discuss their attitudes and intentions about investing in hedge funds. Speakers and panelists include Pension Funds: Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO), Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP); Family Offices: Highview Financial Group, Prime Quadrant, Richardson GMP Private Family Office, and Westcourt Capital Corporation; and IIROC Dealers: Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management - the Hayhoe Team, CIBC Wood Gundy - The Richard Smith Group, RBC Wealth Management, and Scotia McLeod - Tabarrok Portfolio Management .
KPMG and Fundata Canada are the Principal Sponsors of the Annual Canadian Hedge Fund Awards program, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. THE 2017 Canadian Hedge Fund Conference and Gala Awards Dinner would simply not be possible without the generous support of all its partners, including Table Sponsors: Apex Fund Services, 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, and IRI; and Media Partners: 100 Women in Finance, CAIA Association, Hedge Fund Alert, NEMA, and Newsfile. This year's 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.
jmakepeace@alliancesalesandmarketing.com
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 annual events, at which the Managers of the award-winning hedge funds present to investors, as well as 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 in the wider investor 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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