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From the Opalesque Team: The Australian arm of the international hedge fund industry body, Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), revealed Australia's top performing hedge funds and money managers at the AIMA Australia 2008 Hedge Fund Awards.

Celebrating its fourth year, the Awards recognise achievement and excellence within the sector and coincides the celebration with Hedge Funds Rock, the industry's most popular annual charity event, which was held at The Ivy, George Street, Sydney. More than 400 hedge fund professionals attended the event which raised money for children's cancer charity, Cure Our Kids. In seven years Hedge Funds Rock has raised $1.8 million.

Winners & finalists list:

Best Emerging Manager WINNER: Kapstream Absolute Return Income Fund FINALIST: Macquarie Commodity Alpha SPC FINALIST: Pengana Global Resources Fund

Kapstream Absolute Return Income Fund: Kapstream Capital was established in late 2006 by Kumar Palghat, as a global alternative fixed income manager for Australian investors and now manages $340 million. Challenger is an equity partner in the business providing administrative and distribution support. Kapstream Absolute Return Income Fund is an alternative fixed income strategy. It is designed for investors who are willing to moderately increase their risk appetite in exchange for higher fixed income returns and who want further diversification within their f......................

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