Analysis
Best operational risk initiative: Oric’s Scenario universe and Principles of operational risk management and measurement
The consortium wins with a definitive set of op risk scenarios that insurers can use to identify which one is relevant
Best newcomer: Capital Preferences
Its Economic Fingerprint product uses basic games to tease out a client's 'revealed preferences' in terms of their attitude to risk
Regulator of the year: Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Apra wins praise for pushing business case for op risk modelling and scenario analysis
Best financial crime product and Best overall provider of the year: Nasdaq Smarts
A surveillance system developed by Nasdaq proves critical to the success of a 'layering' case
Best regulatory reporting platform or service: UnaVista
The service boasts some 50,000 users, with around five billion transactions being processed each year
Best GRC product and Best operational risk product: Nasdaq BWise
The vendor, a leader in the governance, risk and compliance space, scores with rapid deployment solutions
Best risk analytics tool, Best stress testing product and Best overall product: The Analytics Boutique
OpCapital Analytics has been implemented at 10 institutions, including banks and insurance companies
Best market surveillance product: Ancoa
The London-based provider has applied itself to the specificities of fixed-income, currencies and commodities over the past year
Consultancy of the year: PwC
PwC goes back to basics to simplify how clients approach risk management
Paper of the year: PJ de Jongh, Tertius de Wet, Kevin Panman and Helgard Raubenheimer
South African academics pioneer a quick and easy way of estimating op risk capital
Insurer of the year: MassMutual
US life insurer makes strides in op risk with corporate culture and IT
FVC analysis: stress testing worst-of autocalls
Dual- or triple-index products offer higher potential gains but carry increased risk
Best group: Pictet Asset Management
Pictet has developed a unique hedge fund unit within its asset management business
Outstanding contribution to the industry: Martin Lueck and Anthony Todd, Aspect Capital
The co-founders of Aspect Capital have seen the rise and fall of trends and markets, while adapting to changes
Best investor relations team: Old Mutual Global Investors
OMGI's award-winning investor relations team sees its remit as far more than just investors
Lifetime achievement: David Anderson
Since the early 1970s, David Anderson has been key in the European hedge fund industry
Best new hedge fund: Elementa (Elementa Management)
Deep research and a careful strategy has delivered impressive returns for Elementa
Best directional hedge fund over three years: managed futures/CTA: Lyxor Epsilon Global Trend Fund
Lyxor's Epsilon fund and its research model gives it top spot in the best directional hedge fund category
Outstanding contribution to the industry by an institutional investor: Roy Kuo
Religion and hedge funds are an unusual mix, but Roy Kuo has mixed them successfully at the Church of England
Best multi-strategy hedge fund: LFIS Vision – Premia Opportunities (La Française Investment Solutions)
The team at LFIS hope their new spin on risk premia will be attractive to investors
Hedge fund of the year: dbSelect Hathersage Long Term Currency Strategy
Hathersage wins hedge fund of the year for its dbSelect currency trading strategy
Corporate risk manager of the year: Duke Energy
US electricity firm overhauled its ERM programme after Dan River spill
Innovation of the year: Societe Generale
French bank adds OTC energy derivatives to its e-trading platform
Weather house of the year: Endurance Global Weather
Team crafts innovative wind contracts to manage generators’ unique risks