Paulson & Co, SAC Capital, Appaloosa Management Among Nominees For Hedge Fund Industry Awards

Institutional Investor announces this year’s manager nominees for the 8th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards.

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8th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards

8th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards

Institutional Investor is proud to announce this year’s manager nominees for the 8th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards. The winners will be announced at a dinner and awards ceremony on Monday, June 21, 2010. The awards dinner is held in conjunction with Institutional Investor Conferences’ Hedge Fund Investor Symposium, June 22-23, 2010, in New York.

At the Hedge Fund Industry Awards dinner, to be held at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City, Julian Robertson Jr., Founder and Chairman, Tiger Management Corp, will be presented with the lifetime achievement award. Orin Kramer, Chairman, New Jersey State Investment Council, will be honored for his outstanding contribution to the hedge fund industry.

The manager nominees are:

Institutional Hedge Fund Firm of the Year Nominees
D.E. Shaw & Co.
Highbridge Capital Management
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group
Paulson & Co.
York Capital Management

Emerging Hedge Fund Firm of the Year Nominees
1798 Global Partners
Arrowhawk Capital Partners
Atalaya Capital Management
HealthCor Management
Merchants’ Gate Capital

Equity-Focused Hedge Fund of the Year Nominees
Lansdowne Partners
Pershing Square Capital Management
SAC Capital Advisors
Stelliam Investment Management
Viking Global Investors

Credit-Focused Hedge Fund of the Year Nominees
Appaloosa Management
Avenue Capital Group
Canyon Capital Advisors
Centerbridge Partners
Pacific Investment Management Co.

Macro-Focused Hedge Fund of the Year Nominees
BlueCrest Capital Management
BlueGold Capital Management
Moore Capital Management
Pharo Management
Tudor Investment Corp.

Multistrategy Hedge Fund of the Year Nominees
D.E. Shaw & Co.
Hudson Bay Capital Management
Millennium Management
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group
Perry Capital

Relative Value Hedge Fund of the Year Nominees
Barnegat Fund Management
BlueMountain Capital Management
Citadel Investment Group
CQS
Pine River Capital Management

Large Fund of Hedge Funds Firm of the Year Nominees
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management
Lighthouse Partners
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
Permal Group
Prisma Capital Partners

Small Fund of Hedge Funds Firm of the Year Nominees
Corbin Capital Partners
Greenlight Masters
Magnitude Capital
NewFinance Capital
SSARIS Advisors

Hedge Fund Seeder Firm of the Year Nominees
Investcorp Investment Advisers
Larch Lane Advisors
Paloma Partners Management Co.
Protégé Partners
SkyBridge Capital

Nominees in the following categories, as well as the 2010 Rising Stars of Hedge Funds - up-and-coming professionals poised to be future leaders of the global hedge fund industry - will be announced on Wednesday, May 5th.

Institutional Investor and Consultant Award Categories
Large Public Plan of the Year
Small Public Plan of the Year
Large Corporate Plan of the Year
Small Corporate Plan of the Year
Large Endowment or Foundation of the Year
Small Endowment or Foundation of the Year
Family Office of the Year
Hedge Fund Consultant of the Year

The awards dinner is held in conjunction with Institutional Investor Conferences’ Hedge Fund Investor Symposium, June 22-23, 2010, in New York.

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About the Hedge Fund Industry Awards
For the past 8 years, the Hedge Fund Industry Awards have recognized the people and firms across the industry whose innovation, savvy, achievements and contributions made them stand out among their peers. Award honorees, nominees and winners are chosen by the editorial staff of Institutional Investor magazine based on their market intelligence, performance data and additional information received from the industry following a public call for nominations.

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