CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and BarclayHedge recognized managed futures industry leaders at the fourth annual Managed Futures Pinnacle Awards last night. The ceremony featured live entertainment by Comedian Jay Mohr.
Cliff Asness, Managing and Founding Principal at AQR Capital Management, won The Pinnacle Achievement Award. Prior to cofounding AQR Capital Management, Asness was a managing director and director of quantitative research for the Asset Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Cliff's highly regarded research has provided value to investment professionals and has had an enormous impact on the financial services industry as a whole.
The full list of award recipients follows:
BEST DIVERSIFIED CTA |
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2014 Best Diversified CTA ($500 million+ AUM) |
Two Sigma |
2014 Best Diversified CTA (Less than $500 million AUM) |
Quantmetrics Capital Management |
5-Year Best Diversified CTA ($500 million+ AUM) |
Fort, L.P. |
5-Year Best Diversified CTA (Less than $500 million AUM) |
Mondiale Asset Management Ltd. |
BEST SINGLE SECTOR |
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2014 Best Single Sector CTA |
Tanyard Creek Capital, LLC |
5-Year Best Single Sector CTA |
Kottke Commodity Capital |
BEST MULTI-ADVISOR FUTURES FUND |
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2014 Best Multi-Advisor Futures Fund 5-Year Best Multi-Advisor Futures Fund |
AC Investment Management Abbey Capital Limited |
BEST OPTIONS STRATEGY |
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2014 Best Options Strategy |
Doherty Advisors, LLC |
5-Year Best Options Strategy |
Global Sigma Group |
3-YEAR BEST SYSTEMATIC CTA |
Mondiale Asset Management Ltd. |
3-YEAR BEST DISCRETIONARY CTA |
H2O AM |
3-YEAR BEST HYBRID CTA |
Esulep Management |
2014 BEST EMERGING CTA |
Ebullio Capital Management LLP |
Managers were nominated based on quantitative data provided by BarclayHedge for the various award categories. All data was collected and analyzed by BarclayHedge. CME Group can neither verify nor negate the accuracy of the data used to calculate nominees and winners. Learn more at www.mfpawards.com.