Best tax advisory firm

Weaver

Best administrator – overall 

Citco

Best audit service

Ernst & Young

Best compliance services 

Alter Domus

Best cybersecurity firm 

Drawbridge

Best data and information provider

Advantage Data

Best debt/ loan administrator

Intertrust

Best fund admin - private credit

NAV Fund Administration Group

Best fund admin - traded credit

Opus Fund Services

Best fund structuring service

Ropes & Gray

Best law firm  - lending and securities

Schulte Roth & Zabel

Best middle office services

BNY Mellon

Best overall technology firm

SS&C Technologies

Best placement agent - credit 

Stone Mountain Capital

Best portfolio management system

Indus Valley Partners

Best custodian / prime services

BNY Mellon's Pershing

Best recruitment firm

Jensen Partners

Best technology innovation 

KopenTech

Best trading and execution technology

Portfolio BI

Best valuation service

IHS Markit

CLO manager

CIFC Asset Management 

Corporate long-short

Millstreet Capital Management
Millstreet Credit Fund

Special situations

Arena Investors
Arena Special Opportunities Fund

Distressed credit hedge fund

Sandell Asset Management
Torgos Credit Opportunities

Credit Newcomer

Balbec Capital  
InSolve Global Credit Fund III

Structured credit

LMCG Investments
LMCG Relative Value Credit

Multi-strategy credit fund

Saba Capital Management
Saba Capital Partners

Private debt - mid-market lending

Churchill Asset Management 
Churchill Middle Market Senior Loan Fund

Credit Mutual Fund

Bramshill Investments
Bramshill Income Performance Fund

Private debt - overall 

MGG Investment Group 
MGG Specialty Finance Fund

Private Debit - Niche lending

Brevet Capital
Brevet Direct Lending - Short Duration Fund

Credit Opportunities

Deer Park Road Management Company
STS Master Fund

High yield fund

Millstreet Capital Management
Millstreet Credit Fund