2012 categories

Performance awards (over one year):
- Best long/short equity hedge fund
- Best event driven hedge fund
- Best global macro hedge fund
- Best fixed income hedge fund
- Best credit/distressed hedge fund
- Best equity market neutral hedge fund
- Best CB arbitrage/volatility hedge fund
- Best managed futures hedge fund
- Best energy of commodities hedge fund
- Best foreign exchange hedge fund
- Best Russia, East European or MENA focused hedge fund
- Best Asia focused hedge fund
- Best global emerging markets focused hedge fund
- Best multi-strategy hedge fund
- Best sub-$100m hedge fund
- Hedge fund of the year (chosen from entries 1-14)

Long-term performance awards:
- Best directional hedge fund over three years
- Best non-directional hedge fund over three years
- Best directional hedge fund over 10 years
- Best non-directional hedge fund over 10 years

Ucits performance awards:
- Best equity long/short alternative Ucits fund
- Best relative value alternative Ucits fund
- Best macro alternative Ucits fund
- Best sub-$100m alternative Ucits fund
- Best new alternative Ucits fund

Qualitative awards:
- Best new hedge fund
- Most innovative hedge fund
- Best overall group
- Best investor relations team
- Outstanding achievement in the area of socially responsible investing
- Lifetime achievement (awarded to an individual)
- Outstanding contribution to the industry by an institutional investor
- Outstanding contribution to the industry (awarded to an individual)

If you know which categories you would like to enter please visit the 'how to enter' page for instructions on our new entry process.

Please note: Judges may disqualify companies that enter several funds into one category. Please choose your best fund for each particular category.