Paul Singer, Founder and CEO of Elliott Management Corp., and Afsaneh Beschloss, Founder and CEO of Rock Creek Group, Honored; More Than 100 Investors, Consultants, Managers and Rising Stars Nominated for Awards in Institutional Investor's 14th Annual Hed

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - May 23, 2016) - Institutional Investor magazine is delighted to announce the honorees, nominees and rising stars for the 14^th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards.

Elliott Management Corp. founder and CEO Paul Singer is Institutional Investor's 2016 Manager Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The 2016 Investor Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is Afsaneh Beschloss, founder and CEO of Rock Creek Group. Singer and Beschloss will be honored at a dinner and ceremony to take place at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City on Thursday, June 23, 2016. The dinner will also celebrate the Class of 2016 Hedge Fund Rising Stars, and Institutional Investor will announce the winners of its annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards.

Now in its 14^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 2015 for their innovation, achievement and contribution to the industry. The awards also honor the Hedge Fund Rising Stars of 2016 -- 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 will be the featured charity for the night.

Hedge Fund Manager Nominees
Accretive Capital Mgmt, Algert Global, Alphadyne Asset Mgmt, Alternative Investment Mgmt, Angelo, Gordon & Co., AQR Capital Mgmt, ARP Investments, Atreaus Capital, Aurora Investment Mgmt, Beach Point Capital Mgmt, Bienville Capital Mgmt, BlackRock, Blackstone Alternative Asset Mgmt, BNY Alcentra Group Holdings, Bridgewater Associates, Capital Fund Mgmt, Capula Investment Mgmt, CarVal Investors, Citadel, Coatue Mgmt, Corbin Capital Partners, The D.E. Shaw Group, Element Capital Mgmt, Eminence Capital, Evanston Capital Mgmt, Fortress Investment Group, FQS Capital Partners, GoldenTree Asset Mgmt, Graticule Asset Mgmt, Hathersage Capital Mgmt, HG Vora Capital Mgmt, HSBC Alternative Investments, Investcorp, Kortright Capital Partners, Land & Buildings Investment Mgmt, Lone Peak Partners Mgmt, Magnitude Capital, Marshall Wace, Maverick Capital, Millennium Mgmt, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, Napier Park Global Capital, Pacific Investment Mgmt Co., Pagoda Asset Mgmt, Paloma Partners, Passport Capital, Pine River Capital Mgmt, Polygon Global Partners, Portland Hill Capital, Protégé Partners, Quest Global Advisors, QVT Financial, Renaissance Technologies, Sachem Head Capital Mgmt, Sandon Capital, Suvretta Capital Mgmt, Sylebra Capital Mgmt, Systematica Investments, TCI Fund Mgmt, Tiger Asset Mgmt, Tiger Global Mgmt, Toscafund Asset Mgmt, Trian Partners, Two Sigma Investments, UBS Hedge Fund Solutions, Viking Global Investors, VR Capital, Waterfall Asset Mgmt