This award is designed to reward fund administration firms, catering to CTAs and managed futures funds, that have shown true growth and innovation over the course of the last 12 months. Success in this category depends on a mixture of client and revenue growth, as well as new product or brand development that demonstrated new thinking and which can boast significant success.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Sales/market share figures
• Demonstration of product innovation and description of how market responded to the idea
• Description of future development possibilities
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to reward administration firms, catering to CTAs and managed futures funds, that have shown excellence and innovation in technology. Success in this category depends on providing examples of how new products or the use of technology internally have contributed to the growth of the firm and improved the customer experience.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Sales/market share figures
• Demonstration of product innovation
• Description of future development possibilities
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour a managed account or other distribution platform that has proved itself over the past 12 months via client growth and growing assets. Success in this category depends on demonstrating both customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing examples of innovation, diversification and solid performance.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Demonstration of increase in product and investment
• Demonstration of product innovation
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour an IRA custodian that has best demonstrated an ability to enable its clients to access CTA and managed futures trading strategies through their individual retirement accounts.

Success in this category depends on providing clients with easy solutions to enter alternative investments, commitment to excellent customer service and client education, and building relationships with CTAs and brokers.

Criteria:

• -Demonstration of growth in clients accessing CTAs
• -Examples of innovative IRA solutions
• -Description of high-level of client service
• -Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to reward administration firms, and others providing third-party valuation services, that have shown growth and innovation over the course of the last 12 months in serving the needs of managed futures and CTA managers. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing product/brand development that demonstrates new thinking and which displays significant success.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Sales/market share figures
• Demonstration of product innovation and description of how market responded to the idea
• Description of future development possibilities
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to award exchanges that offer the widest range of products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. As well as the exchange’s range of instruments, the judges will also consider the quality of each exchange’s technology platform, as well as its ability to innovate and meet customer need.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Demonstration of increase in CTA clients
• Demonstration of product innovation
• Description of future development possibilities
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour the FCM that has shown genuine commitment to excellent customer service. Success in this category depends on providing examples of how the firm has been particularly responsive and innovative in meeting customer need, as well as detailing examples of where providing an added value service has made a real difference to the business development of CTA and managed futures funds.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Description of high-level of client service
• Examples of key areas of recent advice and where this has made a difference
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour the FCM that has been able to show excellence in providing technological services and advice for clients. Success in this category depends on a mixture of demonstrating how proprietary tech services have furthered the needs of clients; as well as how consultancy services have helped clients developed their own solutions.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Description of high-level of client service
• Examples of key areas of recent advice and where this has made a difference
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour the FCM that has been able to show excellence in improving its offering over the last 12 months. Success in this category depends on demonstrating how significant improvements to a core service, or the launch of a new product, have improved the firm’s ability to accept orders to buy or sell futures contracts, options on futures, retail off-exchange forex contracts or swaps.

Firms who have also offered new, or developed existing, non-core services for clients will also be considered in this category.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Description of high-level of client service
• Examples of how a new or existing service has added to user experience of clients
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour the FCM that has best demonstrated a consistent high-level of service and expertise across the whole of its organisation.

Success in this category depends on illustrating strength across all of the FCM’s core areas of activity, as well as a commitment to innovation and excellent customer service.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Description of high-level of client service and innovation
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour the best independent FCM.

Success in this category depends on demonstrating how technical expertise and excellent customer service have benefited clients and enabled the FCM to effectively compete against larger players in this field.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Description of high-level of client service
• Examples of how a new or existing service has added to user experience of clients
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour a firm that has demonstrated a genuine ability to raise capital for its CTA clients, as well as well as raising the CTA sector’s general profile among institutional and private investors alike. Success in this category depends on demonstrating customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing the success rate in raising assets for clients.

Criteria:

• Demonstration of client numbers and wide investor coverage
• Specific examples of success in raising assets
• Examples of high quality marketing material produced for clients
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This accolade is designed to honour the firm that provides the most genuinely comprehensive, innovative and useful data to CTAs and managed futures funds. Success in this category depends on demonstrating how useful the information is to clients, how easy it is to leverage and render into bespoke reports and the efficiency of the delivery mechanism.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Description of high-level of client service
• Examples of how a new or existing service has added to user experience of clients
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour a firm that has provided a best-in-class IT infrastructure solution for the CTA sector. Success in this category depends on demonstrating both customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing examples of how service provision has improved the business of CTA clients.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Demonstration of product innovation
• Detail specific examples of how this has helped clients
• Description of high-level of client service
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to reward risk management providers that have shown growth and innovation in providing traders, portfolio and risk managers with superior risk, scenarios and portfolio analytics across complex and multi-asset investment portfolios. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as product or brand development that demonstrates new thinking and which can boast significant success and positive customer feedback.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Demonstration of increase in CTA clients
• Demonstration of product innovation (e.g. support for new asset classes)
• Description of future development possibilities
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour a firm that has provided an excellent service as a provider of outsourced IT solutions for the CTA sector. Success in this category depends on demonstrating both customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing examples of how service provision has been able to improve the communication, infrastructure, IT or business development of a client or clients.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Demonstration of increase in CTA clients
• Demonstration of product innovation
• Detail specific examples of how solutions have helped clients
• Description of high-level of client service
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour a third-party algo trading solution or provider that demonstrated a strong track record in reducing trading costs for CTA and quant hedge fund clients through its execution strategies or platform.

Success in this category depends on execution strategy enhancement and innovation, solutions to test and analyse trading costs, ease-of-use and integration with EMS/OMS providers and executing brokers.

Criteria:

• -Demonstration of client growth and execution improvements
• -Examples of product development and innovation
• -Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to reward trading platforms that have shown growth and innovation in providing traders, portfolio and risk managers with the ability to execute trades, manage their portfolio and make real-time decisions. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as product or brand development that demonstrates new thinking and which can boast significant success and positive customer feedback.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Demonstration of increase in CTA clients
• Demonstration of product innovation
• Description of future development possibilities
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour the law firm that firm that has shown genuine commitment to customer service. Success in this category depends on providing examples of how the firm has been particularly responsive and innovative in meeting client need, as well as detailing examples of where client advice has made a real difference to the business development of a CTA management firm.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Description of high-level of client service
• Examples of key areas of recent advice and where this has made a difference
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour the firm that has developed a suite of effective services particularly aimed at CTA start-ups. Success in this category depends on demonstrating both client and revenue growth, as well as detailing examples of where client advice has made a real difference to the direction of a new management firm.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Demonstration of increase in product and service
• Demonstration of product innovation
• Examples of key areas of recent advice and where this has made a difference
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour the firm that has demonstrated a consistently high standard in providing legal services to the CTA sector. Success in this category depends on demonstrating both customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing examples of innovation and where the service has made a real difference to clients.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Demonstration of product innovation
• Examples of key areas of recent advice and where this has made a difference
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to honour a firm that has demonstrated a genuine ability to manage the media and reputational profile of CTA/managed futures clients. Success in this category depends on demonstrating customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing how advice has represented the best interests of clients.

Criteria:

• Demonstration of client numbers and client wins over the last 12 months
• Specific examples of where advice has aided a client
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to reward administration firms who have made advances in providing middle and back office services to CTAs and managed futures clients. Success in this category depends on providing examples on how a middle/back-office service has grown in customers and revenue, innovated via product and ideas and helped to reduce operational risk.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Sales/market share figures
• Demonstrate how the service has made advance in one or several of the following areas:
• Trade capture and confirmation
• Reconciliation
• Risk reporting and analysis
• System of record maintenance
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is open all categories of advisory firm and is designed to honour a firm that has demonstrated the highest level of innovation and customer service. Success in this category depends on demonstrating customer and revenue growth, as well detailing how a new product/initiative, or a particularly excellent example of client consultancy, has aided the business needs of the managed futures sector.

Criteria:

• -Demonstration of product innovation
• -Examples of going above and beyond in providing the best advice to clients
• -Detail specific examples of how advice has helped clients
• -Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to reward specialist consultants that have shown growth and innovation over the course of the last 12 months in serving the needs of CTAs and managed futures funds. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as describing product/brand development that demonstrates new thinking and which has resulted in success.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Sales/market share figure
• Demonstration of product innovation and description of how market responded to the idea
• Description of future development possibilities
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

This award is designed to reward CTA audit specialists that have shown growth and excellent customer service over the past 12 months. Success in this category depends on a mixture of customer and revenue growth, as well as product or brand development that demonstrated new thinking and which can boast significant success and positive customer feedback.

Criteria:

• Commercial success and business growth
• Sales/market share figures
• Demonstration of product innovation and description of how market responded to the idea
• Description of future development possibilities
• Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials