Fund Manager of the Year Awards 2020 – Winners

A big congratulations to the team at ANZ Investments taking out this year’s coveted Fund Manager of the Year 2020 Award.

Since the 2016 FundSource Awards, ANZ Investments have consistently been shortlisted, finalists and winners in several sectors. In a tumultuous year ANZ Investments have again shown strong performance across the sectors, taking away the top award.

It was a little bit different to the memories of last year’s event in Auckland, but we tried to bring a little bit of fun to the formalities.

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The awards are powered by Research IP and FE fundinfo data, and are based on one-year returns and a number of other factors to ensure the winners and funds shortlisted in each category were not “one-hit wonders”.

This year’s awards featured a new Adviser Choice category for KiwiSaver, purely driven by financial adviser voting, and the introduction of the Responsible Investment category.

More than 1,000 votes were cast this year. Advisers chose Milford Asset Management in the fixed interest category; Mint Asset Management in property and infrastructure; Fisher Funds for equities; and Booster in the KiwiSaver category. This is a strong endorsement from the users of fund managers in the industry, where we aim to make the awards more inclusive.

Read more about the winners and finalists at Good Returns Fund Manager of the Year 2020 winners announced.

All the award winners and finalists, as well as a recording of the event are available on our dedicated Awards page.

https://research-ip.com/awards/fmoy-awards-2020/

We look forward to the 2021 Awards, which hopefully will be a little more personal next time around.

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Announcing the Winners and Finalists

Fund Manager of the Year – ANZ Investments

• Fisher Funds Management
• Harbour Asset Management
• Smartshares

KiwiSaver Manager of the Year – Simplicity KiwiSaver

• ANZ Kiwisaver
• Fisher Funds KiwiSaver
• Milford KiwiSaver

Boutique Fund Manager of the Year – QuayStreet Asset Management

• Castle Point Funds Management
• Mint Asset Management

Longevity Award – Mint Australasian Equity

• AMP Capital Ethical Leaders NZ Shares
• Harbour T. Rowe Price Global Equity Growth
• QuayStreet New Zealand Equity

Responsible Investment Manager of the Year – Pathfinder Asset Management

• AMP Capital
• Harbour Asset Management
• Milford Asset Management

Adviser Choice

Adviser Choice – Equities

• Fisher Funds Management

Adviser Choice – Fixed Income

• Milford Asset Management

Adviser Choice – Property and Infrastructure

• Magellan Asset Management

Adviser Choice – Kiwisaver

• Booster Investment Management

Sector Winners and Finalists

Global Fixed Interest Fund of the Year – Nikko AM Global Bond      

• ANZ OneAnswer Single Asset Class International Fixed Interest
• Premium Asia Income
• Russell Investments Global Fixed Interest

Australasian Fixed Interest Fund of the Year – Harbour New Zealand Core Fixed Interest

• Harbour New Zealand Corporate Bond
• Nikko AM NZ Bond
• Smartshares NZ Bond

Global Property & Infrastructure Fund of the Year – Fisher Property & Infrastructure

• Magellan Infrastructure
• Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure
• Resolution Capital Global Property Securities Hedged II

Australasian Property Fund of the Year – ANZ OneAnswer Single Asset Class Property Securities         

• Forsyth Barr Listed Property
• Mint Australasian Property
• Salt Enhanced Property

Alternatives Fund of the Year – Castle Point Ranger

• Castle Point 5 Oceans
• Pathfinder Global Water
• Salt Long Short

Global Equities Fund of the Year – Hyperion Global Growth Companies

• Harbour T. Rowe Price Global Equity Growth
• Platinum Asia
• Smartshares US Large Growth

Australian Equities Fund of the Year – Hyperion Australian Growth Companies       

• AMP Capital Australian Shares
• Fisher Australian Growth
• Pengana Australian Equities

Australasian Equities Fund of the Year – AMP Capital Ethical Leaders NZ Shares     

• Fisher Trans Tasman Equity Trust
• Mint Australasian Equity
• Pie Growth 2

New Zealand Equities Fund of the Year – Smartshares NZ Top 10      

• AMP Capital NZ Shares
• ANZ OneAnswer Single Asset Class New Zealand Share
• QuayStreet New Zealand Equity

Diversified Fund of the Year – QuayStreet Asset Management

• ANZ Investment Funds
• BT Westpac
• Mercer

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Congratulations to all the award winners, finalists and fund managers shortlisted for the 2020 Awards.