Perry Capital's Richard Perry and Hall Capital Partners' Kathryn Hall Honored; More Than 100 Investors, Consultants, Managers and Rising Stars Nominated for Awards in Institutional Investor's 13th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 8, 2015) - Institutional Investor magazine is delighted to announce the honorees and nominees for the 13^th annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards.

Perry Capital co-founder and CEO Richard Perry is Institutional Investor's 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The 2015 Outstanding Contribution Award honoree is Kathryn Hall, founder, CEO and co-CIO of Hall Capital Partners. Perry and Hall will be honored at a dinner and ceremony to take place at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City on Thursday, June 25, 2015. The dinner will also celebrate the Class of 2015 Hedge Fund Rising Stars and announce the winners of Institutional Investor's annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards.

Now in its 13^th year, the Hedge Fund Industry Awards recognize the hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, investment consultants, endowments, foundations, family offices, corporate funds, sovereign funds and public funds that stood out in 2014 for their innovation, achievement and contribution to the industry. The awards also honor the Hedge Fund Rising Stars of 2015 -- 30 individuals whose accomplishments in, and contributions to, the industry make them unique among their peers and position them as future leaders.

CNBC's Tyler Mathisen will emcee the dinner. More than 500 industry leaders are expected to attend. High Water Women's Backpack Drive is the featured charity for the night.

Hedge Fund Manager Nominees
AHL, Alphadyne Asset Management, Alternative Investment Management, Altß Partners, Andurand Capital Management, Angelo, Gordon & Co., Argentière Capital, Balyasny Asset Management, Baupost Group, Blackstone Group, Bridgewater Associates, Canyon Partners, Capula Investment Management, CarVal Investors, Centerbridge Partners, Citadel, Coatue Management, Corvex Capital, D.E. Shaw Group, Davidson Kempner Capital Management, Elliott Management, Eminence Capital, Farallon Capital Management, Fortress Investment Group, Gapstow Capital Partners, Glenview Capital Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Graham Capital Management, Hound Partners, HS Group, Hutchin Hill Capital, Ironwood Capital Management, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management, Kepos Capital, LibreMax Capital, Lyrical Asset Management, Magnitude Capital, Marblegate Asset Management, Millennium Management, Mudrick Capital Management, Napier Park Global Capital, Nipun Capital, One William Street Capital Management, Paloma Partners, Pershing Square Capital Management, Pharo Management, Prosiris Capital Management, Protégé Partners, RCMA Asset Management, Reservoir Capital Group, Rock Creek Group, Roystone Capital Partners, Sachem Head Capital Management, Secor Asset Management, Soroban Capital Partners, Starboard Value, Structured Portfolio Management, Taconic Capital, Third Point, TIG Advisors, Tiger Global Management, Tilden Park Capital Management, Tourbillon Capital Partners, Trian Partners, Two Sigma Investments, Viking Global Investors, Voyager Management, Winton Capital Management

Hedge Fund Investor Nominees
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Aksia, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp., Albourne America, Ascension Investment Management, Cambridge Associates, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Carnegie Corp. of New York, Annie E. Casey Foundation, China Investment Corp., Cliffwater, Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, Cook County Pension Fund, CornerStone Partners, Duke University Management Co., Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island, J. Paul Getty Trust, Hartford HealthCare, Hillspire, Institute for Advanced Study, International Monetary Fund, Kern County Employees' Retirement Association, LCA Capital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New Providence Asset Management, Orange County Employees Retirement System, Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System, Perella Weinberg Partners, Pfizer, Rice Management Co., Summit Rock Advisors, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, Temasek Holdings, United Technologies Corp., University System of Maryland Foundation, Vanderbilt University, Verizon Investment Management Corp., Wildcat Capital Management, Willett Advisors

2015 Hedge Fund Rising Stars
Paul Alzapiedi (Silver Point Capital), Adam Bernstein (Pagoda Asset Management), Jennifer Bloom (BTIG), Robert Campion (Canyon Capital Advisors), Katherine Chan (Anandar Capital Management), Troy Dixon (Hollis Park Partners), Curtis Gallagher (Park Hill Group), Brian Goldberg (Aksia), Geoff Keegan (Creciente Partners Investment Management), Brian Kelly (Millennium Partners), Robert Kennelley (Rocaton Investment Advisors), Ryan Kilstein (Southpoint Capital Advisors), Monica Lai (Pfizer), Leigh Lower (Graham Capital Management), Pooja Malik (Nipun Capital), Jamie Mendola (Pacific Grove Capital), Bradley Neumeister (Pershing), Oleg Nodelman (EcoR1 Capital), James Oussedik (Sidley Austin), Amit Pardasani (Owl Creek Asset Mgmt), Putri Pascualy (PAAMCO), Courtney Powers (University of Texas Investment Mgmt Co.), Laura Roche (Roystone Capital Mgmt), Harlan Saroken (Perry Capital),Richard Scarinci (Blackstone Group), Randall Shu (MetLife), Samuel Siegal (Senator Investment Group), Nadine Terman (Solstein Capital), Anastasia Titarchuk (New York State Common Retirement Fund), Christina van Bee (SECOR Asset Mgmt).

State Street is the 2015 Awards Dinner and Ceremony Sponsor. Other lead sponsors include BNY Mellon, Pershing Prime Services, Macro Risk Advisors, Northern Trust and Deloitte.

Please visit www.HedgeFundIndustryAwards.com for additional information.

For information on attending or sponsoring please contact Patricia Bertucci at (212) 224-3890 or pbertucci@institutionalinvestor.com.

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