Adrian Stewart

PIMCO has taken out the honour of Fund Manager of the Year at the Professional Planner | Zenith Fund Awards.

PIMCO also won the Global and Diversified Fixed Interest category. The other finalists for Fund Manager of the Year were Magellan Asset Management and Platinum Asset Management.

The Zenith judges praised PIMCO’s geographically diverse investment team, scalable research process, and integrated risk management framework, which the funds researcher said equipped the manager with the ability to support its expansive investment platform.

The winners in 19 categories were revealed to a packed luncheon at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney on Friday.

The other top award, Distributor of the Year, was awarded to Pinnacle Investment Management for the third year in a row. Bennelong Australian Equity Partners won the gong for the Australian equities Large Cap category. Perennial Value Management won best small cap Australian equities manager and Solaris Investment Management was awarded best Australian equities – alternative (including long/short, income overlay options). Winners of each of the categories are outlined below.

The annual awards recognise excellence in funds management, as judged by Zenith’s robust methodology, which examines each manager’s investment philosophy, the expertise of the investment team, the investment process, portfolio construction, risk management and performance, Zenith Investment Partners general manager & head of research, Bronwen Moncrieff, explained.

Moncrieff said it was particularly difficult for active managers in some sectors to outperform this year, due to historically low volatility, and the winners had done exceptionally well.

Professional Planner congratulates all winners and finalists.

Full coverage of the awards, including interviews with the winners about their strategies, will be included in Professional Planner online and the November magazine. A photo gallery from the day will be online next week.

Fund Manager of the Year
PIMCO Australia
Finalists:
Magellan Asset Management
Platinum Asset Management

Distributor of the Year
Pinnacle Investment Management
Finalists:
Fidante Partners
Macquarie Professional Series

Australian Equities – Large Cap
Bennelong Australian Equity Partners
Finalists:
Greencape Capital
Pendal Group

Australian Equities – Small Cap
Perennial Value Management
Finalists:
Bennelong Australian Equity Partners
Spheria Asset Management

Australian Equities – Alternative Strategies
Solaris Investment Management
Finalists:
Auscap Asset Management
Regal Funds Management

International Equities – Global
T. Rowe Price
Finalists:
Antipodes Partners
Hyperion Asset Management

International Equities – Alternative Strategies
Platinum Asset Management
Finalists:
Antipodes Partners
PM Capital

International Equities – Emerging Markets and Regional
Fidelity International
Finalists:
Pendal Group
Schroder Investment Management Australia

Multi Asset – Real Return
PineBridge Investments
Finalists:
Morningstar Investment Management Australia
Russell Investments

Multi Asset – Diversified
Russell Investments
Finalists:
BlackRock
MLC

Alternative Strategies
GMO Australia
Finalists:
Ironbark Asset Management/Lighthouse Investment Partners
Regal Funds Management

Listed Investment Companies
Wilson Asset Management
Finalists:
Platinum Asset Management
PM Capital

Exchange Traded Products
iShares by BlackRock
Finalists:
BetaShares Capital
Magellan Asset Management Limited

Australian Fixed Interest
Legg Mason/Western Asset Management Company
Finalists:
PIMCO Australia
UBS Asset Management

Global and Diversified Fixed Interest
PIMCO Australia
Finalists:
Bentham Asset Management
Perpetual Investment Management

Infrastructure
Magellan Asset Management
Finalists:
Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co.
AMP Capital

Direct Property
Charter Hall Group
Finalists:
Australian Unity Investments
Cromwell Funds Management

Global REIT
Resolution Capital
Finalists:
Colonial First State Global Asset Management
Principal Global Investors

AREIT
Zurich Investments/Renaissance Asset Management
Finalists:
Cromwell Funds Management
SG Hiscock & Company

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