Private Equity Wire European Credit Awards 2024 winners announced

Private Equity Wire

The winners of the Private Equity Wire European Credit Awards 2024, which recognise fund performance and service provider excellence across credit funds, were announced at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (16 May), at etc.venues, County Hall, London.

Voting for the awards was conducted via an online poll of the entire Private Equity Wire userbase, with participants asked to make their choice from a short-list of firms in each category.

Pre-selection data for the managers awards was provided by Bloomberg, based on annualised returns over the 12 months from 1 January – 31 December 2023, and for the service provider awards, on a survey of more than 100 credit fund managers and other key industry participants.

The winners are:

Managers

Credit Hedge Structured Credit Fund of the Year – Alegra Capital AG (PvB Alegra CLO Fund)
Credit Hedge Direct Lending Fund of the Year – Altana Wealth Ltd (Altana Specialty Finance)
Credit Hedge Multi-Strategy Fund of the Year – Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl (Axiom Alternative Funds SICAV-RAIF – Axiom Credit Opportunity)
Credit Hedge Credit Long/Short Fund of the Year – Blueglen Investment Partners Ltd (Blueglen European Credit Fund I)
Credit Hedge Emerging Market Debt Fund of the Year – GML Capital LLP (Growth Credit Fund IC)
Performance of the Year – Over $1 Billion Debt/Loans – Hayfin Capital Management LLP (Hayfin Direct Lending Fund III SCSp)
Credit Hedge Long/Short Fund of the Year under $500M – Hellebore Capital Ltd (Hellebore Credit Arbitrage)
Performance of the Year –  Debt/Mezzanine – ICG (ICG Europe Mid-Market Fund SCSp)
Performance of the Year – Over $1 Billion Debt – Pemberton Capital Advisors LLP (Pemberton Strategic Credit Opportunities Fund II)
Performance of the Year – Under $1 Billion Debt – Pantheon Ventures Ltd (Pantheon Credit Opportunities Fund II)
Performance of the Year – Under $1 Billion Debt/Loans – Pantheon Ventures Ltd (Pantheon Credit Opportunities Fund II)
Distressed Debt/Special Situations Fund of the Year – Shiprock Capital Management Ltd (Shiprock Capital Master Fund LP)
Performance of the Year – Debt/Special Opportunity – Signal Capital Partners Ltd (Signal Alpha II Fund LP)
Best Performance of the Year – Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl (Axiom Alternative Funds SICAV-RAIF – Axiom Credit Opportunity)
Credit Hedge Fund of the Year under $500M – Axiom Alternative Investments Sarl (Axiom Alternative Funds SICAV-RAIF – Axiom Credit Opportunity)
Best RE Debt Fund – Frux Capital (Frux Debt Fund II)
Best Mezzanine Fund – ICG (ICG Europe Fund VII)
Best Other Private Debt Fund – Inveready Asset Management (Inveready Venture Finance III)
Best

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