InvestmentEurope Fund Manager of the Year Awards 2018/19 - winners revealed

Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management and Schroders came away as Group category winners at the InvestmentEurope Fund Manager of the Year Awards 2018/19, announced on the afternoon of 6 December in London.
The Awards, which this year took place at 1 Lombard Street in the City, celebrate not only the funds and groups that make up the asset management industry, and which are active in the key European markets served by InvestmentEurope, but also highlight buy side professionals that have achieved quantifiable rankings against peers.
A total of 18 product categories were awarded, as well as the Specialist Group of the Year, Group of the Year, and Personalities of the Year.
The Awards utilise a methodology involving a quantitative screening - provided by Lipper, part of Refinitiv - to develop shortlists for categories of funds, which are then subject to a qualitative assessment - performed using the SharingAlpha platform - to arrive at the winners.
A similar process - combining performance scores of fund selectors via the SharingAlpha platform alongside factors such length of service in the industry and AUM responsibilities - was used to identify this year's Personality Awards. Full details of all the winners will be included in a special supplement attached to the upcoming issue of the InvestmentEurope magazine.
Equity | |
Europe | |
Winner | Comgest Growth Europe Opportunities |
Highly Commended | BSF European Opportunities Extension A2 Eur |
North America | |
Winner | Morgan Stanley US Advantage A Eur |
Highly Commended | Morgan Stanley US Growth A Eur |
Global | |
Winner | Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity A Eur |
Highly Commended | MainFirst Global Equities A |
Global Emerging Markets | |
Winner | JP Morgan Emerging Markets Equity A Acc Eur |
Highly Commended | UBS Global Emerging Markets Opportunity I-B Eur |
Highly Commended | Schroder ISF Global Emerging Market Opportunities |
Frontier | |
Winner | Schroder ISF Emerging Europe A Acc |
Highly Commended | Magna New Frontiers |
Single Country | |
Winner | Parvest Equity Russia Opportunities Classic Eur |
Highly Commended | Raiffeisen-Oesterreich-Aktien R A |
Asia Pacific | |
Winner | Schroder ISF Asian Opportunities Eur A Acc |
Highly Commended | Vontobel Fund mtx Sust Asian Leaders (ex Japan) H |
Japan | |
Winner | BL Equities Japan B Eur Hedge Cap |
Highly Commended | Fidelity Funds Japan Advantage A Acc Eur |
Fixed Income | |
Corporate Bonds | |
Winner | Schroder ISF Euro Corporate Bond A Acc |
Highly Commended | Schroder ISF Euro Credit Conviction A Acc |
High Yield | |
Winner | Schroder ISF Euro High Yield A Acc |
Highly Commended | Nordea 1 - European High Yield Bond Fund II X Eur |
Global Bonds | |
Winner | Flossbach von Storch - Bond Opportunities R |
Highly Commended | Acatis IfK Value Renten - Anteilklasse A |
Emerging Market Debt | |
Winner | Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt |
Highly Commended | M&G Emerging Markets Bond A Acc Eur |
Convertible Bonds | |
Winner | Lazard Convertible Global Fund |
Highly Commended | UBS (Lux) Bond Sicav - Convert GI (Eur) Pa |
Money Market/Short Term Bonds | |
Winner | Amundi 3-6 M - Money Market Funds |
Highly Commended | AZ Fund 1 Alternative Cash A-AZ Fund Acc |
Multi-Asset | |
Hedge | |
Winner | Pictet Alternative Funds - World Eq Hedge - HI Eur |
Highly Commended | Pictet Alternative Funds-Pleiad Credit Opps - HI Eur |
Real Estate | |
Winner | AXA Aedificandi AD |
Highly Commended | Skagen m2 B Eur |
Commodity | |
Winner | Parvest Energy Innovators Classic Cap |
Highly Commended | KBC Equity Oil Cap |
Highly Commended | Konwave Gold Equity Fund B (USD) |
ETF | |
Winner | iShares TecDAX (DE) |
Highly Commended | Invesco EQQQ Nasdaq-100 USD Ucits ETF Eur |
Highly Commended | Lyxor Nasdaq 100 Ucits ETF |
Specialist Group of the Year | Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management |
Group of the Year | Schroders |
Personality of the Year | |
Benelux | Rune Wangsmo, Pensum Asset Management |
France | Herve Seignol, Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites |
Germany | Ferdi Sayilgan-Köhn, Siglan Iduna |
Iberia | Madalena Teixeira, ASK Wealth Management |
Italy | Alberto Tomasini, UBS |
Nordics | Georg Skare Lund, Storebrand |
Switzerland | Guy Schochet, Toledo Capital |
UK | Peter Brunt, Morningstar |
Nordics & Overall Personality of the Year | Georg Skare Lund, Storebrand |