Preqin honors market leaders across private capital and hedge funds
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Leading data and insights provider announces inaugural award winners

LONDON, June 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preqin, the global leader empowering the alternatives community with essential data and insight, announced the 2023 winners of the 2023 Preqin Awards. The inaugural awards recognize market leaders and top industry performers across private capital and hedge funds that are shaping and transforming the alternative assets industry globally.

The 2023 Preqin Awards celebrate excellence across a variety of categories, with firms being awarded at an asset class and strategy level for private capital performance, hedge fund performance, and private capital fundraising.

Joseph Borda, SVP, Head of Fund Manager Data, at Preqin, says: “Congratulations to all the winners as this is a very well-deserved achievement! Since 2003, Preqin has empowered the finance community to make better decisions by providing critical industry data and intelligence.

“Our team of 500+ multilingual researchers – supported by cutting-edge technology – ensure that our data is accurate, timely, and insightful. And for the first time in our twenty-year history, we are delighted to use our quality data to recognize the leading firms in the private capital and hedge funds space.”

2023 Preqin Award winners

Hedge fund awards by strategy (Global)

Best Equity Strategy Hedge Fund

  • Winner: Toscafund

Best Credit Strategies Hedge Fund

  • Winner: Fiera Capital

Best Macro Strategies (excl. Managed Futures/CTA) Hedge Fund

  • Winner: Water Wood Capital Management Limited

Best Managed Futures/CTA Fund

  • Winner: Millburn Ridgefield Corporation

Best Event Driven Strategies Hedge Fund

  • Winner: Polus Capital Management

Best Relative Value Strategies Hedge Fund

  • Winner: Sage Capital

Best Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund

  • Winner: Itau Asset Management

Private capital performance awards by asset class (America/Europe)

Top Performing Private Equity Fund Manager

  • American Winner: Ampersand Capital Partners

  • European Winner: Synova

Top Performing Private Debt Fund Manager

  • American Winner: Ironwood Capital

  • European Winner: Arcmont Asset Management

Top Performing Venture Capital Fund Manager

  • American Winner: Battery Ventures

  • European Winner: Dawn Capital

Top Performing Real Estate Fund Manager

  • American Winner: Eastham Capital

  • European Winner: NREP

Top Performing Infrastructure Fund Manager

  • American Winner: Harbert Management Corporation

  • European Winner: iCON Infrastructure

Private capital performance awards by strategy (America/Europe)

Top Performing Buyout Fund Manager

  • American Winner: Veritas Capital

  • European Winner: Synova