Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Published February 25, 2009

2009 Lipper Awards announced

By BRITTANY KHOO

THE winners of The Edge-Lipper Singapore Fund Awards 2009 were announced yesterday. The awards, part of Lipper's global programme that covers 21 countries and regions, were given to Singapore-registered funds that have performed consistently for investors over the past three, five and 10 years. UOB won the award for 'Best Fund Group Overall' this year.

Awards for fund companies in particular asset groups went to Schroders for 'Best Bond Fund Group', Henderson for 'Best Equity Fund Group' and Lion Global Investors for 'Best Mixed Assets Fund Group'.

Awards were presented to 71 funds that topped their respective Lipper classifications. Lion Global and Franklin Templeton each took 13 individual awards, the most presented to a single fund company at year. Schroders and FIL followed closely with 11 and 10 individual awards respectively. 'All the winners deserve to be congratulated for delivering consistently good risk-adjusted performance,' said Lipper's global head of research Gabriel Burstein.

A full list is available on: http://awards.lipperweb.com/singapore

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