The 2009 Award Winners

Best Fixed Income Hedge Fund

• Winner: CQS ABS Feeder Fund (CQS)

Highly commended

• Aviva Investors G7 Fixed Income Fund (Aviva Investors London)
• Brevan Howard Master Fund (Brevan Howard Asset Management)
• JB Global Rates Hedge Fund (Augustus Asset Managers)
• Prologue Fund (Prologue Capital)

Best Emerging Markets Hedge Fund

• Winner: BlackRock Middle East and North Africa Opportunities Fund (BlackRock)

Highly commended

• Claritas Brazil Macro Fund (Claritas Investments)

Best Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund

• Winner: Alphagen Octanis Fund (Gartmore Investment)

Highly commended

• BlackRock UK Emerging Companies Hedge Fund (BlackRock)
• Granada Europe Fund (Swiss Hedge Capital)
• The Ignis Cartesian UK Equity Long Short (Cartesian Capital Partners)
  TT Mid-Cap Europe Long/Short Fund (TT International)

Best Global Macro Hedge Fund

• Winner: Pivot Global Value Fund (Pivot Capital Management)

Highly commended

• Aviva Investors Global Macro Fund (Aviva Investors London)
• Porcupine Global Macro Plus (Castlestone Management)

Best Volatility Arbitrage Hedge Fund

• Winner: SGAM AI Short Bias (SGAM Alternative Investments)

Best Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund

• Winner: Brevan Howard Master Fund (Brevan Howard Asset Management)

HEDGE FUNDS REVIEW HEDGE FUND OF THE YEAR

• Winner: Tulip Trend Fund (Progressive Capital Partners)

Highly commended

• Alphagen Octanis Fund (Gartmore Investment)
• BlackRock UK Emerging Companies Hedge Fund (BlackRock)
• Man AHL Diversified (Man Investments)
• Winton Futures Fund (Winton Capital Management)

Best managed futures hedge fund

• Winner: Tulip Trend Fund (Progressive Capital Partners)

Highly commended

• Man AHL Diversified (Man Investments)
• The Beach Horizon Fund (Beach Horizon)
• Winton Futures Fund Limited (Winton Capital Management)

Best Hedge Fund over 3 years

• Winner: Tulip Trend Fund (Progressive Capital Partners)

Highly commended

• AIMhedge Global Diversified Fund (AIMhedge Management)
• BlackRock UK Emerging Companies Hedge Fund (BlackRock)
• Brevan Howard Master Fund (Brevan Howard Asset Management)
• Man AHL Diversified (Man Investments)
• Winton Futures Fund (Winton Capital Management)

Best Commodities Hedge Fund

• Winner: Krom River Commodity Fund (Krom River Trading)

Best Energy & Natural Resources Hedge Fund

• Winner: Martin Currie ARF - Global Resources Fund (Martin Currie Investment Management)

Highly commended

• Cumulus Energy Fund (PCE Investors)

Best Foreign Exchange Hedge Fund

• Winner: Cambridge Strategy Asian Markets Alpha Program (The Cambridge Strategy (Asset Management))

Highly commended

• JB Currency Hedge Fund - Discretionary Segregated Portfolio (Augustus Asset Managers)

Best UCITS-Compliant Product

• Winner: SEB Asset Selection Fund (SEB Asset Management)

Highly commended

• Pharos Evolution Fund (Aquila Capital Concepts)
• CAAM Funds Volatility Euro Equities 1 (Credit Agricole Asset Management)

Best Sub-$100m Hedge Fund

• Winner: SVM Highlander Fund (SVM Asset Management)

Highly commended

• AIMhedge Global Diversified Fund (AIMhedge Management)
• Cumulus Energy Fund (PCE Investors)
• The Ion Fund (Ion Asset Architecture)
• VCM Equity Market Neutral Segregated Portfolio (VCM Fund Management)

Best Hedge Fund over 10 years

• Winner: Winton Futures Fund (Winton Capital Management)

Highly commended

• Man AHL Diversified (Man Investments)

Best Newcomer

• Winner: LGIM Global Macro Fund (Legal & General Investment Management)

Highly commended

• Capricorn FX G10, SPC (Capricorn Asset Management (Schweiz))
• VCM Systematic Macro Segregated Portfolio (VCM Fund Management)

Most Innovative Product

• Winner: Cumulus Energy Fund (PCE Investors)

Best Investor Communications

• Winner: GAM

Highly commended

• Prologue Capital
• ReechAiM Partners

Best Overall Group

• Winner: Brevan Howard Asset Management

Highly commended

• BlackRock
• GAM
• Gartmore Investment
• Winton Capital Management

Outstanding Contribution to the Industry

• Winner: Stanley Fink, CEO, International Standard Asset Management