Rewarding fund performance and service provider excellence within the hedge fund landscape
Tuesday, 9th June, 2026 | etc.venues County Hall, London, UK
*ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED*
Entries close 30th January
Hedgeweek® has recognised excellence in alternative fund management and service provision for over a decade.
This year, we return to celebrate the outstanding achievements of those who continue to lead, deliver, and inspire across the hedge fund landscape.
Allocator boards, peer surveys, editorial expertise and data analysis all go into selecting our winners, helping us build one of the industry's most influential awards programmes.
Investors
Find out which hedge funds are outperforming across a range of AUM brackets, investment strategies and geographies. Learn who’s serving them most effectively.
Managers
Put yourself on the radar of keen investors and meet service providers that can help your business grow and scale up effectively.
Service Providers
Your chance to shine in front of the entire investor and manager community, while also tracking which firms and strategies are on the up.
Entry Deadline: Friday 30th January 2026
Please provide a brief overview of your business (up to 100 words) and a compelling case in 250 words or fewer on why your service deserves an award for excellence throughout 2025.
You may also include a client testimonial to support your entry—this is optional but encouraged.
Additionally, there’s an option to upload any supporting documents that might strengthen your submission.
Our in-house judging panel will select the finalists who will then go to public vote. The overall winner will be determined based on both popularity and quality of submission. To be eligible, you must be based in, or have offices in Europe.
Please note that you can only enter up to a maximum of 7 categories.
Free to enter | Entry deadline Friday 30th January, midnight
Accounting Firm of the Year
This winning firm will be able to show evidence of exceptional performance in delivering comprehensive, reliable, and innovative accounting services across the financial sector.
Audit Firm of the Year: Start-up
The winning start-up audit firm in this category will be able to prove excellent customer satisfaction in the period under review. Consider case exampes of intitiatives that led to an exceptionally positive client impact. To be considered a start-up, service providers will deal with funds that are 0-3 years old and with an AUM of up to $100m.
Audit Firm of the Year: Middle Market
The winning middle market audit firm in this category will be able to prove excellent customer satisfaction in the period under review. Consider case exampes of intitiatives that led to an exceptionally positive client impact. To be considered middle-market, service providers should deal with funds that are 3-5 years old and with an AUM of up to $1billion.
Audit Firm of the Year: Overall
The winning overall audit firm in this category will be able to prove excellent customer satisfaction in the period under review. Consider case exampes of intitiatives that led to an exceptionally positive client impact. To be considered overall winner of this category, service providers should deal with funds that are 5+ years old and with an AUM of over $1billion.
Offshore Regulatory & Compliance Firm of the Year
In a tightly regulated market, expertise in offshore regulatory and compliance services are critical for managers. This winner will ensure clients meet jurisdictional standards, demonstrating disciplined processes and increased efficiency for managers.
Regulatory & Compliance Firm of the Year
This winning firm will be an expert in regulatory compliance, providing essential guidance to navigate complex regulations within relevant jurisdictions.
Custodian Service of the Year
This winning service provider has a reputation that precedes them. Entrants should show clear evidence of the security and safeguarding of funds.
Data Management Solution of the Year
This winning firm provides technology that is both sturdy and scalable. Entrants should be able to outline how their platform increases efficiency and productivity for their clients.
Data Provider of the Year
This winning firm provides a platform that arms its clients with intelligence in a speedy and effective way. Entrants should provide information on what data type their organisation offers, and how this adds more value to fund managers than its competitors.
Fund Administrator of the Year: Client Services
This category will reward exceptional client service, focused on responsiveness, expertise, and clientsatisfaction.
New Product of the Year
This award celebrates an innovative product launched within the review period that addresses a specific industry challenge or creates new opportunities for hedge funds. Entrants should demonstrate the product's unique value proposition, market impact, and adoption success. Judges will consider originality, practicality, and measurable benefits to clients.
•Manager award categories are open to European-based single-manager and multi-manager hedge funds.
•Performance categories are assessed based on data from the 12-month period ending 30th June 2025 (1st July 2024 - 30th June 2025). Operational Excellence and Innovation categories are assessed based on activities and achievements during the 2025 calendar year.
•All submissions are treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with our independent judging panel, who are bound by confidentiality agreements.
•Shortlists and winners are selected from verified submissions, which may be cross-referenced against industry data sources.
•Managers may submit into multiple categories. However, each individual fund can only be entered into a maximum of three performance categories. There is no limit on Operational Excellence or Innovation category entries.
•Asset Growth, Innovation and Operational Excellence categories are open to firms of all sizes and do not require minimum AUM thresholds. Read our FAQs for more information.
Emerging manager criteria
To qualify for this category, managers must fit the following criteria:
•The management company or investment team must be based in Europe.
•All performance numbers should be reported in USD. Where performance is reported in another currency, figures will be converted into USD for comparison.
•Funds must have:
o A minimum 12-month track record
o Minimum AUM of $10 million as of 30th June 2025
o Maximum AUM of $500 million as of 30th June 2025
•Performance is assessed using a combination of absolute returns, risk-adjusted returns (Sharpe ratio), maximum drawdown and peer group analysis over available time periods (12-month, 36-month, and 60-month where applicable).
Established manager criteria
To qualify for this category, managers must fit the following criteria:
•The management company or investment team must be based in Europe.
•All performance numbers should be reported in USD. Where performance is reported in another currency, figures will be converted into USD for comparison.
•Funds must have:
o A minimum 36-month track record
o Minimum AUM of $500 million as of 30th June 2025
o Note: There is no upper AUM limit for this category
•Performance is assessed using a combination of absolute returns, risk-adjusted returns (Sharpe ratio), maximum drawdown and peer group analysis over 12-month, 36-month, and 60-month periods.
Entry Deadline: Friday 30th January 2026
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The Hedgeweek® European Awards 2026 provides an excellent networking opportunity in a casual atmosphere where we will be celebrating the achievements of the hedge fund community.
Hosted on the back of our annual European Summit, join us in London, where we’ll be bringing together industry professionals for an evening of fizz, laughter and entertainment.
17.00 – Welcome drinks reception*
17.45 – Awards keynote and presentation
Headline Speaker will be announced soon
18.15 – After-Awards networking drinks
20.30 – Taxi’s
Dress code: Business casual
*This is a standing drinks and canape reception. No dinner will be served.
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Nomination entries will be opening soon. To stay up to date with the latest announcements, please join our awards mailing list.
Shortlisted companies will be contacted no later than two weeks after entries have closed.
Service Provider finalists:
A full campaign kit will be provided for you to share across your networks. The awards will proceed to a public vote, with the final winners determined by a combination of vote popularity and the quality of each submission.
Manager finalists:
Shortlisted candidates will receive formal notification of their selection. A secondary round of judging will then take place to determine the final winners.
Do we need to have a minimum AUM to enter operational/innovation categories?
The most compelling submissions include:
Best Infrastructure Build-Out – we outsource most operations. Are we eligible?
Can we present to judges, or are decisions purely based on written submissions?
Absolutely. Many winners were previous entrants who strengthened their submissions based on experience. The awards are annual, so you can enter each year with updated evidence and achievements.
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