LONDON, ENGLAND--(Marketwired - Jan 20, 2015) - Following a short period of stagnation, the hedge fund industry has been gathering momentum over the past few years and is today worth $2.5trn globally. As the hedge fund industry continues to prosper, we at World Finance have scoured the globe for the firms that are performing ahead of expectations and leading the latest market developments.

In the latest issue of World Finance, the Hedge Fund Awards 2014 offer an insight into the brightest names in the business and an overview of the industry in the present climate. Having found themselves under greater pressure to perform and to prove that they do not pose the systematic risks they have done in years passed, hedge funds are an altogether different entity to that of a decade ago.

In the World Finance Hedge Fund Awards we looks at the challenges facing firms today, namely regulation, and ask how leading firms can turn these obstacles into opportunities and lead the market onto bigger things. Although some firms are finding it difficult to adapt to a much-changed marketplace, the winners of World Finance's Hedge Fund Awards show that there is potential still to post market-smashing gains.

For a look at the greatest names in the business and an insight into where the market is headed in the coming year, take a look at the winners of the World Finance Hedge Fund Award winners in the latest issue of the magazine, available in print and online now.

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