Top Institutional Investor Nominees Announced for Hedge Fund Industry Awards

IBM, New York Common Fund, University of Notre Dame and Aksia’s Jim Vos are among the nominees for the top institutional investor and consultant categories in the 8th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards.

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Institutional Investor magazine announces the nominees for the top institutional investor and consultant categories in the 8th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards. IBM Corp., New York Common Fund, the University of Notre Dame and Aksia’s Jim Vos are among the list of nominees, which along with the previously announced nominees in the hedge fund and fund of hedge funds categories will be honored at a dinner and awards ceremony on Monday, June 21, 2010, at the Mandarin Oriental in New York. The dinner, at which the winners will be announced in all 18 categories, 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 Julian Robertson Jr., founder and chairman of Tiger Management Corp., will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Orin Kramer, chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council, will be honored for his outstanding contribution to the hedge fund industry.

Here are the nominees for the institutional investor and consultant categories:

Large Public Plan of the Year 


Indiana Public Employees’ Retirement Fund

New York State Common Retirement Fund

The Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri

Virginia Retirement System

Small Public Plan of the Year

Orange County Employees Retirement System

City of Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement

San Bernardino Public Employees Association

School Employees Retirement System of Ohio

Large Corporate Plan of the Year

3M Co.

IBM Corp.

United Parcel Service

World Bank

Small Corporate Plan of the Year

Allstate Insurance Corp.

American Honda Motor Co.

Eli Lilly & Co.

Weyerhaeuser Co.

Large Endowment or Foundation of the Year

Carnegie Corp. of New York

J. Paul Getty Trust

UCLA Foundation

University of Notre Dame

Small Endowment or Foundation of the Year

Bowdoin College

College of William & Mary Foundation

Mount Sinai Medical Center

San Francisco Foundation

Family Office of the Year

The Koffler Group

MCI Investment & Management Co.

MSD Capital

Mount Vernon Investments

Hedge Fund Consultant of the Year

Roger Fenningdorf, Rocaton Investment Advisors

Stephen Nesbitt, Cliffwater

Jim Vos, Aksia

Anthony Yadgaroff, Allenbridge Group

Previously announced honorees and hedge fund manager nominees include the following:

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Julian Robertson Jr., Founder and Chairman, Tiger Management Corp.

Outstanding Contribution Award Recipient

Orin Kramer, Chairman, New Jersey State Investment Council

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

Kramer, Robertson, this year’s Rising Stars of Hedge Funds, which will be announced during the next week, and more than eighty award nominees will be honored at a dinner and ceremony on Monday, June 21st, 2010 at the Mandarin Oriental in NYC where winners will be announced and awarded.

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

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. http://institutionalinvestor.com/hedgefundindustryawards/

About Institutional Investor magazine

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