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The Polygon European Equity Opportunity Fund was nominated for a 2018 HFM European Hedge Fund Performance Award in the European equity – over $500m category, alongside five other nominees.

Information about the award, including nomination and winning criteria, is available below and at https://hfmeuropeanperformanceawards.awardstage.com.

Entry rules for inclusion, criteria and judging decisions:

Funds interested in participating in the awards programme must submit all information via the official HFM European Hedge Fund Performance Awards 2019 Online Entry Form.

Only funds with their management/advisory company or team based in Europe will be eligible for the awards.

Funds submitting for all categories (apart from newcomer and fund of hedge funds categories) must have a minimum of 25 million (USD) in AuM as of February 2019.

Funds entering any of the categories except the newcomer categories must submit a 3-year track record of monthly performance data through February 2019.

Funds entering the long-term performance (5 years) categories must submit a 5-year track record of monthly performance data through February 2019.

The judging panel, chaired by HFMWeek editorial staff, will comprise of leading institutional and private investors and investment consultants. The judges are carefully selected for their wealth of experience and expertise, as well as their absence of conflicts of interest.

Each member of the judging panel will have an equal vote in choosing the winners in each category they are assigned. Decisions should be unanimous, but a majority will suffice. Judges will take account of risk-adjusted performance, relative AuM and any other professional knowledge about shortlisted funds to come to their decision.

The above information is a summary taken from the HFM website.

The Polygon European Equity Opportunity Fund was nominated for a 2018 HFM European Hedge Fund Performance Award in the European equity long term performance (5 years) – over $500m category, alongside seven other nominees.

Information about the award, including nomination and winning criteria, is available below and at https://hfmeuropeanperformanceawards.awardstage.com.

Entry rules for inclusion, criteria and judging decisions:

Funds interested in participating in the awards programme must submit all information via the official HFM European Hedge Fund Performance Awards 2019 Online Entry Form.

Only funds with their management/advisory company or team based in Europe will be eligible for the awards.

Funds submitting for all categories (apart from newcomer and fund of hedge funds categories) must have a minimum of 25 million (USD) in AuM as of February 2019.

Funds entering any of the categories except the newcomer categories must submit a 3-year track record of monthly performance data through February 2019.

Funds entering the long-term performance (5 years) categories must submit a 5-year track record of monthly performance data through February 2019.

The judging panel, chaired by HFMWeek editorial staff, will comprise of leading institutional and private investors and investment consultants. The judges are carefully selected for their wealth of experience and expertise, as well as their absence of conflicts of interest.

Each member of the judging panel will have an equal vote in choosing the winners in each category they are assigned. Decisions should be unanimous, but a majority will suffice. Judges will take account of risk-adjusted performance, relative AuM and any other professional knowledge about shortlisted funds to come to their decision.

The above information is a summary taken from the HFM website.

The Polygon European Equity Opportunity Fund was nominated for a 2015 EuroHedge Award in the Event Driven & Distressed category. There were five other nominees for this award.

The EuroHedge Award is compiled by EuroHedge magazine, a publication of Hedge Fund Intelligence. Information about the award, including nomination and winning criteria, is available below and at www.hedgefundintelligence.com.

To be considered for an award, funds must submit performance data to the HedgeFund Intelligence Database and have at least a 12-month track record history.

The only exception to this rule is for new fund awards where a minimum seven-month track record is required; for these awards, the funds’ whole performance history to date is taken into account.

Winners are decided using an established methodology based upon a combination of Sharpe ratios and returns over the relevant time period.

Nominations are decided by those funds in each peer group that achieve the strongest Sharpe ratios over 12 months, so long as they also beat the median returns in their relevant peer groups and are within 10% of their high-water marks.

The eventual winners will be the funds that have the best returns, as long as they also have Sharpe ratios within 25% of the best Sharpe of the nominees in their relevant peer groups.

Most of the award categories require a minimum asset level.

The Polygon Distressed Opportunities Fund was nominated for a 2014 EuroHedge Award in the New Fund of the Year – Macro, Fixed Income & Relative Value category.  There were seven other nominees for this award.

The EuroHedge Award is compiled by EuroHedge magazine, a publication of Hedge Fund Intelligence.  Information about the award, including nomination and winning criteria, is available below and at www.hedgefundintelligence.com.

To be considered for an award, funds must submit performance data to the HedgeFund Intelligence Database and have at least a 12-month track record history.

The only exception to this rule is for new fund awards where a minimum seven-month track record is required; for these awards, the funds’ whole performance history to date is taken into account.

Winners are decided using an established methodology based upon a combination of Sharpe ratios and returns over the relevant time period.

Nominations are decided by those funds in each peer group that achieve the strongest Sharpe ratios over 12 months, so long as they also beat the median returns in their relevant peer groups and are within 10% of their high-water marks.

The eventual winners will be the funds that have the best returns, as long as they also have Sharpe ratios within 25% of the best Sharpe of the nominees in their relevant peer groups.

Most of the award categories require a minimum asset level of at least $100 million. The only exceptions are the Emerging Manager & Smaller Fund and the New Fund of the Year awards, where the minimum is set at $30 million, and the Long-Term Performance awards, where the minimum asset level is $500 million.

The Polygon European Equity Fund was nominated for a 2014 HFM Week Award in the Event Driven category, alongside five other nominees.

The HFM Week Award is compiled by HFM Week magazine, a publication of Pageant Media. Information about the award, including nomination and winning criteria, is available below and at www.hfmweek.com.

Rules for inclusion, entry criteria and judging decisions:

Funds interested in participating in the awards program must submit all information via the HFMWeek European Performance Awards Entry Form.

Funds submitting in all categories must have their management/advisory company or team based in the UK or Europe.

Funds must trade/invest primarily – defined as at least 75% of the portfolio over the last three years – in one or more of the 39 strategies described by the categories on the Entry Form; have a minimum of 25 million (USD) in assets under management ending December 2013; and have a track record of three years at the date defined by HFMWeek, with the exception of funds applying for a “newcomer” award in which case they must have a track record of 12-35 months of performance at the date defined by HFMWeek.

The judging panel comprises representatives from HFMWeek, leading institutional and private investors and industry experts. Each member of the judging panel will have an equal vote in choosing the winners in each category. Decisions should be unanimous, but a majority will suffice. Judging decisions will be based on performance, qualitative information and structural criteria.