Best performing American Funds last year ..

Fund of the Year 2016 Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC - WINNER ​ Emerging Fund of 2016 Marcato Encore International, Ltd., Marcato Capital Management - WINNER ​ Equity Fund of 2016 Hartzell Long/Short LLC, Cornell Capital Management Lyrical Long-Only Partners LP, Lyrical Asset Management LP MIG Master Fund, MIG Capital LLC Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC - WINNER North America Equity Fund of 2016 Arbiter Partners, Arbiter Partners Capital Management, LLC Boston Partners Long/Short Research Fund, Boston Partners Global Investors DGHM AllCap Value, DGHM, LLC Forge First Long Short LP, Forge First Asset Management Inc. Formula Growth Hedge Fund, Formula Growth Limited - WINNER Freshford Partners, LP, Freshford Capital Omega Overseas Partners Ltd., Omega Advisors Specialist Equity Fund of 2016 BBM Brazil Equity Fund LLC, BBM Investimentos ​Biomedical Value Fund, Great Point Partners Context BH Partners, LP Class C Interests, Context BH Capital Management, LP LDR Preferred Income Fund, LDR Capital Management LLC Mendon Capital, RMB Mendon Managers LLC - WINNER Prince Street Latin America Ltd., Prince Street Latin America Ltd. The Cushing Fund, LP, Cushing Asset Management ZP Offshore Utility Fund, Zimmer Partners, LP Equity Market Neutral Fund of 2016 Alambic Colombard Fund, LP, Alambic Investment Management, LP - WINNER Formula Growth Alpha Fund, Formula Growth Limited Numeric Alternative Market Neutral Strategy, Numeric Investors ​ Activist Fund of 2016 Barington Companies Equity Partners, Barington Capital P2 Capital Composite, P2 Capital Partners LLC - WINNER Event Driven Fund of 2016 Amethyst Arbitrage Fund, Crystalline Management Inc BlackGold Opportunity Fund LP, BlackGold Capital Management LP - WINNER Greylock Global Opportunity Fund Ltd, Greylock Capital Management, LLC HG Vora Special Opportunities Fund, HG Vora Capital Management, LLC Marcato International, Ltd., Marcato Capital Management Sound Point Credit Opportunities Fund, LP, Sound Point Capital Management, LP Merger Arbitrage Fund of 2016 Absolute Return: LIM Arbitrage, Longfellow Investment Management Co. - WINNER Glazer Enhanced Offshore Fund Ltd, Glazer Capital Management Twin Master Fund, Ltd., Twin Capital Management, LLC Convertible Arbitrage Fund of 2016 Basso Holding Ltd., Basso Capital Management Mohican VCA Fund, LP, Mohican Financial Management, LLC - WINNER Credit Fund of 2016 Altum Credit, Altum Capital Management Brevet Direct Lending - Short Duration Fund, Brevet Capital Credit Strategies Fund, Lawrence Park Asset Management Hollis Park Opportunities Master Fund ltd, Hollis Park Partners LP III Select Credit Fund Ltd. Type A, III Capital Management - WINNER Ovation Alternative Income Fund LP, Ovation Partners, LP Regan Credit Opportunities Fund, Regan Capital Serengeti Lycaon, Serengeti Asset Management North America Credit Fund of 2016 Cedar Ridge Investors Fund I, LP, Cedar Ridge Partners LLC Cedar Ridge Unconstrained Credit Fund, Cedar Ridge Partners LLC CKC Credit Opportunity Fund, CKC Capital Direct Lending Income Fund, LP, Direct Lending Investments, LLC JLP Institutional Credit Fund, Phoenix Investment Adviser - WINNER Prophet Opportunity Partners, LP, Prophet Capital Asset Management Saracen Total Return Onshore Income Fund, Saracen Capital LP Waterfall Victoria Fund, Waterfall Asset Management, LLC Long Biased Credit Fund of 2016 DCI Enhanced Investment Grade Corporate Credit Fund (UCITS), DCI, LLC Galloway Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund, Galloway Capital III Credit Opportunities Fund Ltd., Series A, III Capital Management Millstreet Credit Fund LP, Millstreet Capital Management LLC - WINNER Distressed Debt Fund of 2016 JLP Credit Opportunity Fund, Phoenix Investment Adviser Mudrick Distressed Opportunity Fund, Mudrick Capital Management, LP - WINNER Sound Point Beacon Fund, LP, Sound Point Capital Management, LP Global Macro Fund of 2016 Goldenwise Quantitative Multi-Strategy, Goldenwise Capital Management Haidar Jupiter Fund, Haidar Capital Management LLC III Fund Ltd., Series 1, III Capital Management Legg Mason Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund, Legg Mason Global Asset Management Malachite Capital Partners LP, Malachite Capital Management LLC - WINNER Managed Futures Fund of 2016 Beachhead Managed Futures Dynamic Beta, Beachhead Capital Management Emil van Essen Spread Trading Program, Emil van Essen LLC - WINNER Global Asset Allocation, Ramsey Quantitative Systems, Inc. Higher Moment Fund LLC, Series O, Higher Moment Capital Revolution Alpha Program, Revolution Capital Management LLC Tianyou Fund L.P., Tianyou Asset Management LLC Welton Global Directional Portfolio (GDP), Welton Investment Partners Multi-Strategy Fund of 2016 BBM Marau FIC de FIM, BBM Investimentos Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Strategy Fund, Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC Halcyon Solutions Fund Ltd, Halcyon Capital Management LP - WINNER III Convex Strategies Fund Ltd., III Capital Management Phalanx Japan AustralAsia Multi-Strategy Fund, Ltd, Phalanx Capital Management Renaissance Institutional Diversified Alpha Fund LLC Series A, Renaissance Technologies LLC Weiss Multi-Strategy Partners LLC, Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC Equity Fund - Long Term Performance Alambic Colombard Fund, LP, Alambic Investment Management, LP Boston Partners Global Long/Short Fund, Boston Partners Global Investors Formula Growth Alpha Fund, Formula Growth Limited Hartzell Long/Short LLC, Cornell Capital Management MIG Master Fund, MIG Capital LLC Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC - WINNER Specialist Equity Fund - Long Term Performance Context BH Partners, LP Class C Interests, Context BH Capital Management, LP Elizabeth Park Capital I, Elizabeth Park Capital Management LDR Preferred Income Fund, LDR Capital Management LLC Mendon Capital, RMB Mendon Managers LLC Prince Street Latin America Ltd., Prince Street Latin America Ltd. ZP Offshore Utility Fund, Zimmer Partners, LP - WINNER Event Driven Fund - Long Term Performance Barington Companies Equity Partners, Barington Capital - WINNER DLD Event Onshore/Offshore Fund, DLD Asset Management, LP Glazer Enhanced Offshore Fund Ltd, Glazer Capital Management P2 Capital Composite, P2 Capital Partners LLC Credit Fund - Long Term Performance Altum Credit, Altum Capital Management Brevet Direct Lending - Short Duration Fund, Brevet Capital Serengeti Lycaon, Serengeti Asset Management - WINNER North America Credit Fund - Long Term Performance Cedar Ridge Investors Fund I, LP, Cedar Ridge Partners LLC CKC Credit Opportunity Fund, CKC Capital Direct Lending Income Fund, LP, Direct Lending Investments, LLC - WINNER Sound Point Beacon Fund, LP, Sound Point Capital Management, LP Waterfall Eden Fund, Ltd., Waterfall Asset Management, LLC Global Macro Fund - Long Term Performance Goldenwise Quantitative Multi-Strategy, Goldenwise Capital Management Haidar Jupiter Fund, Haidar Capital Management LLC Legg Mason Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund, Legg Mason Global Asset Management Malachite Capital Partners LP, Malachite Capital Management LLC - WINNER Managed Futures Fund - Long Term Performance Global Asset Allocation, Ramsey Quantitative Systems, Inc. Higher Moment Fund LLC, Series O, Higher Moment Capital Tianyou Fund L.P., Tianyou Asset Management LLC - WINNER Welton Global Directional Portfolio (GDP), Welton Investment Partners Multi-Strategy Fund - Long Term Performance BBM Marau FIC de FIM, BBM Investimentos - WINNER Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Strategy Fund, Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC Esulep LLC Permo Fund, Esulep Management Ovation Alternative Income Fund LP, Ovation Partners, LP Renaissance Institutional Diversified Alpha Fund LLC Series A, Renaissance Technologies LLC Emerging Equity Long / Short Fund of 2016 Active Owners Fund, AOF Management Enhanced Value, DGHM, LLC Ewing Morris Opportunities Fund, Ewing Morris & Co Investment Partners Formula Growth Focus Fund, Formula Growth Limited Sanoor Capital Master Fund LP, Sanoor Capital Management LP - WINNER Emerging Long Biased Equity Fund of 2016 Accretive Capital Partners, LLC, Accretive Capital Management, LLC - WINNER Loyola Capital Partners, LP, Loyola Capital Management, LLC Olesen Value Fund, Olesen Capital Management The Red Oak Fund, LP, Red Oak Partners, LLC Emerging Specialist Equity Fund of 2016 Emancipation Capital LP, Emancipation Capital Fourthstone Opportunity Fund LP, Fourthstone LLC - WINNER Emerging Event Driven Fund of 2016 Cedarview Opportunities Master Fund, Cedarview Capital Copernico Latin America Strategic Fund, Copernico Capital Partners Elizabeth Park Event Driven Fund, Elizabeth Park Capital Management Marcato Encore International, Ltd., Marcato Capital Management - WINNER Sancta Capital Partners L.P., Sancta Capital Management LLC Velocity American Energy Fund LP, Velocity Merchant Energy LP Emerging Credit Fund of 2016 Altum Credit European Fund, Altum Capital Management Ewing Morris Flexible Fixed Income Fund LP, Ewing Morris & Co Investment Partners Fulcra Credit Opportunities Fund, Fulcra Asset Management Sancus Capital Select Master Fund, Sancus Capital Management - WINNER Emerging Fixed Income Fund of 2016 Copernico Latam High Yield Fund, Copernico Capital Partners Venator Income Fund, Venator Capital Management Ltd. - WINNER Emerging Macro Fund of 2016 Emperor Tree Global Macro Fund SP, Emperor Tree Capital Ltd. - WINNER GalNet Alpha Fund, GalNet Asset Management, LLC Emerging Multi-Strategy Fund of 2016 Beachhead Stable Return Dynamic Beta, Beachhead Capital Management JM Catalyst Fund, JM Fund Management Inc. Knossos Multi-Strategy Segregated Portfolio, Knossos Asset Management - WINNER Multi-Strategy Program, Emil van Essen LLC