Kim Ivey
An elite group of Funds Managers were recognized last night for their excellent performance and contribution to the industry at the 2017 Hedge Funds Rock and The Australian Alternative Investment Awards, one of the Australian financial sector’s most enduring charitable efforts.
Over 450 guests attended the awards dinner at the Shangri- La Hotel in Sydney.
The nominees and winners were selected by a combination of quantitative and qualitative factors developed by the following panel of judges: Matt Olsen from Lonsec Research (Chair) Simon Ibbetson from Eternal Wealth, Daniel Liptak from Australia Ratings and Kim Ivey from Vertex Capital Advisers. Lonsec Research, one of Australia’s largest investment research and ratings groups, became a partner in 2017 and were instrumental in assisting the judges with collecting and collating the fund data.
Kim Ivey, an alternative investment industry stalwart, HFR Chairman and a founder of the event congratulated all the winners and the nominees: “Based on the long deliberations of the Judging Committee, this year’s awards were some of the hardest to assess, with many managers producing excellent numbers.
“The awards recognise fund managers in the Australian alternative investment industry who have produced superior risk adjusted returns and those groups or individuals who have made exemplary investment or contributions to the local alternatives industry.”
The event raised over $150,000 adding to the nearly $3 million already raised by the alternative investment industry since the event began in 2002.
The Redkiteorganization is again the major sponsored charity for the event.
‘We are thrilled to be part of this wonderful event again this year. On behalf of the children and young people with cancer we support, we would like to thank the entire Hedge Funds Rock and The Australian Alternative Investment Awards community for their ongoing generosity’ said Tyler Juel, Red Kite National Corporate Partnerships Manager.
The category winners in the 2017 Australian Alternative Investment Awards are:
- Best Long Short Equity Fund: Macquarie Australia Plus Fund
- Best Global Macro/Futures Fund: AE Capital Fully Geared USD Systematic FX Fund
- Best Emerging Manager: Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund – Class A units
- Best Market Neutral Fund: Macquarie Pure Alpha Fund
- Best Fixed Income and Credit Fund: JPMorgan Global Bond Opportunities Fund
- Best Multi Strategy Fund: Aberdeen Multi Asset Real Return Fund
- Best Listed Alternative Investment Product (new for 2017): ETFS Physical Palladium (ETPMPD)
- Best Offshore Manager Operating in Australia: Man Investments
- Best Investor Supporting Australian Alternative Investment Managers: Pinnacle Investment Management
- Contribution to the Australian Alternative Investment Industry: Daniel Liptak- Australia Ratings
- Australian Alternative Investment Fund of the Year: Macquarie Australia Plus Fund