At the event, the great and the good of the UK fund management industry were rewarded for their excellence in running money over what has been an incredibly tough three-year period.
The 2013 Portfolio Adviser platinum and gold fund award winners are:
|
Portfolio Adviser Readers’ Choice Award |
M&G Investments |
|
Category |
Platinum Award |
|
Asia equities |
Newton Asian Income Fund |
|
Emerging market equities |
Aberdeen Emerging Markets Fund |
|
Europe ex UK equities |
BlackRock European Dynamic Fund |
|
Global equities |
M&G Global Dividend Fund |
|
Veritas Global Equity Income Fund |
|
|
Japan equities |
Schroder Tokyo Fund |
|
UK equities |
Liontrust Special Situations Fund |
|
UK equity income |
Troy Trojan Income Fund |
|
US equities |
Findlay Park American Fund |
|
Specialist equities |
Morgan Stanley UK Global Brands Fund |
|
Newcomer equities |
Schroder Asian Income Maximiser Fund |
|
Corporate bonds |
Baillie Gifford Corporate Bond Fund |
|
Government bonds |
M&G Gilt & Fixed Interest Income Fund |
|
High yield bonds |
Kames High Yield Bond Fund |
|
Property |
M&G Global Real Estate Securities Fund |
|
Multi-asset |
Troy Trojan Fund |
|
Absolute return |
Standard Life Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund |
|
Category |
Gold Award |
|
Asia equities |
Schroder Asian Alpha Plus Fund |
|
Emerging market equities |
First State Global Emerging Markets Leaders Fund |
|
Europe ex UK equities |
Jupiter European Growth Fund |
|
Global equities |
Newton Global Higher Income Fund |
|
Japan equities |
CF Morant Wright Nippon Yield Fund |
|
UK equities |
Cazenove UK Smaller Companies Fund |
|
UK equity income |
IP High Income Fund |
|
US equities |
JPM US Equity Income Fund |
|
Specialist equities |
Polar Capital Healthcare Opportunities Fund |
|
Newcomer equities |
Fidelity UK Smaller Companies Fund |
|
Corporate bonds |
M&G Strategic Corporate Bond Fund |
|
M&G Corporate Bond Fund |
|
|
Government bonds |
Fidelity Institutional UK Gilt Fund |
|
High yield bonds |
Baillie Gifford High Yield Bond Fund |
|
Property |
First State Global Property Securities Fund |
|
Multi-asset |
M&G Optimal Income Fund |
|
Absolute return |
BlackRock European Absolute Alpha Fund |
The first award was a genuine first, as M&G Investments took away the inaugural Portfolio Adviser Readers’ Choice Award. This was presented to M&G as the group that received the most votes in a poll among our online readers.
We asked them to nominate the fund house they feel shows consistency and excellence across the board, in terms of the funds it runs and the service it offers both them and their clients.
The judging panel was responsible for choosing the platinum and gold award winners across the remaining 16 categories.
The panel represents Portfolio Adviser’s magazine readers, online subscribers and event delegates: investment-specialist IFAs, discretionary fund managers, independent fund researchers, private bank client advisers, multi-managers and private client portfolio managers.
These awards are given for what they see as the funds’ future potential rather than past performance as the panel were asked individually to give their nominations in response to the question: “In each category, where would you invest your and your clients’ money today, looking ahead 12-24 months?”.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank them once again for the time and effort they put into giving their nominations, and to Morningstar for providing us with the fund data.
Congratulations to the winners, and all the best for the rest of 2013 and beyond.
Kind regards
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Gary Corcoran
Editorial Director, Portfolio Adviser & International Adviser
