Money Management and Lonsec have announced the finalists in the 2018 Fund Manager of the Year Awards.
The finalists, determined by Lonsec, suggest that a number of the boutiques proved more competitive through 2017-18.
The finalists are
Australian Large Cap Equities:
- Bennelong Concentrated Australian Equities Fund
- BlackRock Concentrated Industrial Share Fund
- Allan Gray Australian Equity Fund
Australian Small Cap Equities:
- OC Dynamic Equity Fund
- Forager Australian Shares Fund
- Fidelity Future Leaders Fund
Global Equities:
- Generation Wholesale Global Share Fund
- Pan Tribal Global Equity Fund
- T. Rowe Price Global Equity Fund
Global Emerging Market Equities:
- Martin Currie Global Emerging Markets Fund
- BT Wholesale Global Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund
- India Avenue Equity Fund – Wholesale Class
Long/Short Equities:
- L1 Capital Long Short Fund Retail Class
- Platinum International Fund
- PM Capital Global Companies Fund
Responsible Investments:
- Alphinity Socially Responsible Share Fund
- BT Wholesale Ethical Share Fund
- Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund
Australian Property Securities:
- Folkestone Maxim Property Securities Fund
- Cromwell Pheonix Property Securities Fund
- UBS Property Securities Fund
Global Property Securities:
- Quay Global Real Estate Fund
- Principal Global Property Securities Fund
- Resolution Capital Global Property Securities Fund (unhedged) – series II
Infrastructure Securities:
- Lazard Global Listed Infrastructure Fund
- Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Unhedged)
- Redpoint Global Infrastructure Fund
Direct Property:
- Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust – Class A Units
- AMP Wholesale Australian Property Fund
- Placer NewActon East Property Fund
Australian Fixed Income:
- PIMCO Diversified Fixed Interest Fund – Wholesale Class
- Legg Mason Western Asset Australian Bond Trust – Class A
- Macquarie Australian Fixed Interest Fund
Global Fixed Income:
- PIMCO Global Bond Fund – Wholesale Class
- BlackRock Wholesale International Bond Fund
- Legg Mason Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Trust (Class A)
Alternative Strategies:
- Partners Group Global Value Fund (AUD) – Wholesale
- Winton Global Alpha Fund
- CFM Institutional Systematic Diversified Trust A
Multi-Asset:
- MLC Wholesale Horizon 4 Balanced Portfolio
- PineBridge Global Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund
- Hostplus Balanced Option
ETF Provider:
- Vanguard Investments Australia
- iShares by BlackRock
- BetaShares Capital
SMA Provider:
- AB Concentrated Global Growth Equities Portfolio
- Arnhem Australia + Strategy
- Quest Australian Equities Concentrated Portfolio
Retirement and Income Focused:
- Wingate Global Equity Fund – Hedged
- Grant Samuel Epoch Global Equity Shareholder Yield (Hedged) Fund
- BlakcRock Global Multi-Asset Income Fund
Emerging Manager:
- Quay Global Investors – Quay Global Real Estate Fund
- Lennox Capital Partners – Lennox Australian Small Companies Fund
- Munro Partners – Munro Partners – Munro Global Growth Fund