The annual Fund Manager of the Year Awards ceremony was held last night in Sydney, with more than 20 individual and group winners announced. The awards program comprehensively covers the industry’s top performers, including senior professionals, top fund managers, boutique funds, new entrants, as well as the rising stars and leaders of tomorrow.
As the research partner for the awards, we brought our expertise to judging the 18 group award categories, recognising the very best innovations and products and services that help improve the investment outcomes for Australians.
Congratulations to Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co for winning this year’s coveted Fund Manager of the Year award. Lazard was recognised for its breadth of quality products across numerous asset class categories, evidenced by the number of nominations it received in this year’s awards, as well as a strong heritage in the market as a proponent of a ‘value’ investment style.
Congratulations to all the finalists and winners and we look forward to doing this all again next year.
Full list of finalists and winners below. Winners in bold.
Australian Large Cap Equity Fund of the Year
- Lazard Defensive Australian Equity Fund
- Merlon Concentrated Australian Share Fund
- CC Sage Capital Equity Plus Fund
- Investors Mutual Equity Income Fund
- Perpetual SHARE-PLUS Long-Short Fund
Australian Small Cap Equity Fund of the Year
- OC Premium Small Companies Fund
- Perpetual Smaller Companies Fund
- Investors Mutual Australian Smaller Companies Fund
- Pengana Emerging Companies Fund
- Spheria Australian Microcap Fund
Global Equity Fund of the Year
- GQG Partners Global Equity Fund – A Class
- Arrowstreet Global Equity Fund
- PM Capital Global Companies Fund
- Lazard Global Equity Franchise Fund
Global Emerging Market Equity Fund of the Year
- Robeco Emerging Conservative Equity Fund
- GQG Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund – A Class
- Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Fund
- Realindex Emerging Markets Value – Class A
- Pendal Global Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund – WS
Australian Property Securities Fund of the Year
- Macquarie Australian Listed Real Estate Fund – Class A Units
- Zurich Investments Australian Property Securities Fund
- Pendal Property Securities Fund
- Martin Currie Property Securities Fund
Global Property Securities Fund of the Year
- UBS CBRE Global Property Securities Fund
- Resolution Capital Global Property Securities Fund
- Dimensional Global Real Estate Trust Unhedged Class
- Quay Global Real Estate Fund
Infrastructure Fund of the Year
- Lazard Global Listed Infrastructure Fund
- ATLAS Infrastructure Australian Feeder Fund AUD Hedged Class
- ClearBridge RARE Infrastructure Value Fund — Hedged
- Colonial First State FirstChoice Global Infrastructure Securities Fund
Australian Fixed Income Fund of the Year
- Yarra Enhanced Income Fund
- Perpetual Diversified Income Fund
- Pendal Short Term Income Securities Fund
- Betashares Active Australian Hybrids Fund (Managed Fund)
- La Trobe Australian Credit Fund 12 Month Term Account
Global Fixed Income Fund of the Year
- Colchester Emerging Markets Bond Fund – Class I
- Bentham Syndicated Loan Fund
- Invesco Wholesale Senior Secured Income Fund
- PM Capital Enhanced Yield Fund
- Janus Henderson Diversified Credit Fund
Multi-Asset Fund of the Year
- Australian Retirement Trust – Super Savings – Growth
- Perpetual Balanced Growth Fund
- CareSuper – Balanced
- Morningstar Growth Real Return Fund
- ipac Income Generator (Class K)
Passive – Equity Fund of the Year
- iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF
- VanEck Australian Equal Weight ETF
- SPDR S&P World ex Australia Carbon Control Fund
- Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF
- iShares S&P Mid-Cap ETF
Passive – Other Asset Class Fund of the Year
- Vanguard Global Aggregate Bond Index (Hedged) ETF
- Betashares Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond ETF
- iShares Government Inflation ETF
- Vanguard Australian Corporate Fixed Interest Index ETF
- VanEck Australian Floating Rate ETF
Responsible Investment Fund of the Year
- Nanuk New World Fund
- Bell Global Sustainable Fund – Unhedged Class Units
- T. Rowe Price Global Impact Equity Fund – I Class
Alternatives Fund of the Year
- Aspect Diversified Futures Fund – Class A
- Schroder Specialist Private Equity Fund
- Hamilton Lane Global Private Assets Fund (AUD)
- Challenger IM Credit Income Fund – Class A
- P/E Global FX Alpha Fund
Innovation Award of the Year
- Five V Capital Pty Ltd
- JPMorgan Asset Management (Australia) Limited
- MLC Asset Management Pty Limited
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
- Centuria Funds Management Ltd
Unlisted Real Estate Fund of the Year
- Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust – Wholesale Units
- Charter Hall Direct Industrial Fund No. 4
- RF CorVal Property Fund
Emerging Manager of the Year
- Palisade Investment Partners Limited
- Five V Capital Pty Ltd
- GAM International Management Limited
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
- Polen Capital Management, LLC
Fund Manager of the Year
- Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co.
- Perpetual Limited PM Capital Limited
- Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd
- GQG Partners, LLC
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