What are the best Event Driven funds?

I've been trying to see which event driven funds are the best. Especially risk arbitrage sounds interesting to me. Most rankings I see on here are mainly for L/S funds, or would they be the same? I know MM/Citadel have teams but beyond those what is there? Basically which event driven funds are the most sought after? 

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