2013-02-26 16:31:31 -
Legg Mason and Banque de Luxembourg Win Top Group Awards
SPAIN, February 26, 2013 - Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of
intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the
winners of the Lipper Fund Awards 2013 Spain. The Lipper Fund Awards are part of
the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a global family of awards that
celebrate exceptional performance throughout the professional investment
community.
Legg Mason and Banque de Luxembourg collected the top Group Awards. The full
list of Group Award winners include:
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| Winner | Group Award
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| Legg Mason | Best Fund Group Overall - Large |
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| Banque de Luxembourg | Best Fund Group Overall - Small |
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| Aberdeen Asset Management | Best Equity Fund Group - Large |
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| Polar Capital | Best Equity Fund Group - Small |
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| Russell Investments | Best Bond Fund Group - Large |
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| Capital at Work | Best Bond Fund Group - Small |
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| Legg Mason | Best Mixed Assets Group - Large |
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| Jyske Invest | Best Mixed Assets Group - Small |
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"The Lipper Fund Awards celebrate success in the collective funds management
industry by recognizing the practitioners who have parlayed their hard work and
skill into impressive records of returns to their shareholders - overcoming the
significant hurdles and gyrations of today's investment markets," said Robert
Jenkins, global head of Lipper Research at Thomson Reuters.
"Lipper congratulates all 2013 Spain award winners," said Detlef Glow, head of
Lipper EMEA research. "The award process is very competitive and it's not easy
to win a Lipper Fund Award, as funds are subjected to an exacting methodology to
distinguish the leaders from their industry peers."
In addition to the group awards, trophies were presented to 184 individual
funds. Details of all winners can be found on the Awards website and the Lipper
Fund Awards' 2013 methodology can be viewed here. For further information,
please contact Lipper as noted below.
About the Lipper Fund Awards
The Lipper Fund Awards are part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a
global family of awards that celebrate exceptional performance throughout the
professional investment community. The Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence
recognize the world's top funds, fund management firms, sell-side firms,
research analysts, and investor relations teams. The Thomson Reuters Awards for
Excellence also include the Extel Survey Awards, the StarMine Analyst Awards,
and the StarMine Broker Rankings. For more information, please contact
markets.awards@thomsonreuters.com or visit excellence.thomsonreuters.com
About Lipper
Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company, provides independent insight on global
collective investments including mutual funds, retirement funds, hedge funds,
fund fees and expenses to the asset management and media communities. Lipper is
the world's leading fund research and analysis organization, covering over
231,000 share classes and over 122,000 funds in 61 registered for sale (RFS)
universes. It provides the free Lipper Leader ratings for mutual funds
registered for sale in over 30 countries. Additional information is available at
www.lipperweb.com
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Notes to Editors
1. Lipper designates award-winning funds in most individual classifications for
the three, five and ten-year periods and fund families with high average scores
for the 3-year time period. The top three-year classification winners and fund
family winners receive trophies at the ceremonies. A detailed Fund Awards
methodology can be found here.
2. Lipper Fund Awards designations do not constitute and are not intended to
constitute investment advice or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer
to buy any security of any entity in any jurisdiction. As a result, investors
should not make an investment decision on the basis of this information. Lipper
Fund Awards designations are for informational purposes only. Lipper is not
responsible for the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information
obtained from Lipper. In addition, Lipper will not be liable for any loss or
damage resulting from information obtained from Lipper or any of its affiliates.
Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and investors
should remember that past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
CONTACT
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Head of PR for Financial Services Content
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+44 20 7542 6256
clare.arber@thomsonreuters.com
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Thomson Reuters
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