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 16^th 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 30^th, 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).

Equity Focused:

Credit Focused:

Market Neutral:

Global Macro/Managed Futures/Multi-Strategy:

Private Debt:

In the afternoon, at THE Canadian Hedge Fund Conference preceding the Gala Awards Dinner on October 16^th, 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.
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 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 30^th, with Fundata Canada managing the tabulation of the data to determine the winners.