Individual categories
Lifetime Achiever, BDM, Financial Planner, Paraplanner and Young Achiever of the Year categories have been removed from 2020 Fund Manager of the Year Awards. These categories will return in 2021. Thank you for all the submissions that we have received so far. We will get in touch when nominations open for 2021 Fund Manager of the Year Awards.
Fund Categories
Winners announced!
★ Best performing fund with a woman in a leadership role ⊿
- Bianca Ogden, Platinum Asset Management (WINNER)
- Kate Howitt, Fidelity International (Finalist)
- Qiao Ma, Cooper Investors (Finalist)
- Mary Manning, Ellerston Capital (Finalist)
- Julia Forrest, Pendal Group (Finalist)
★ Australian Large Cap Equities ⊿
- Alphinity Sustainable Share (Finalist)
- Bennelong Australian Equities (Finalist)
- Bennelong Concentrated Australian Equities (Highly Commended)
- DDH Selector Australian Equities
- DDH Selector High Conviction Equity A
- Greencape High Conviction (WINNER)
- Platypus Australian Equities Trust Wholesale (Finalist)
★ Australian Small/Mid Cap Equities ⊿
- Ausbil MicroCap (Finalist)
- Australian Ethical Emerging Companies Wholesale (Finalist)
- Fairview Equity Partners Emerging Companies (WINNER)
- Fidelity Future Leaders (Highly Commended)
- OC Micro-Cap (Finalist)
- Ophir Opportunities
- SGH Emerging Companies Professional Investors
★ Global Equities ⊿
- CC Marsico Global B
- CFS Generation WS Global Share (Finalist)
- Custom Portfolio Solutions Global Growth
- Hyperion Global Growth Companies B (Highly Commended)
- Legg Mason Martin Currie Global Long-Term Unconstrained A (Finalist)
- Loftus Peak Global Disruption (Finalist)
- Zurich Investments Concentrated Global Growth (WINNER)
★ Global Emerging Market Equities ⊿
- CFS FirstChoice Wholesale Emerging Markets (Finalist)
- Fidelity Global Emerging Markets (WINNER)
- GMO Emerging Markets Trust (Finalist)
- Legg Mason Martin Currie Emerging Markets (Finalist)
- MFS Emerging Markets Equity Trust (Highly Commended)
- Northcape Capital Global Emerging Markets
- Schroder Global Emerging Markets Wholesale
★ Long/Short Equities ⊿
- Alleron Australian Eagle Trust Long-Short
- Bennelong Long Short Equity(Finalist)
- Acadian Wholesale Australian Equity Long Short (Highly Commended)
- Pendal Australian Long/Short
- Regal Australian Small Companies A
- Regal Long Short Australian Equity (Finalist)
- WaveStone Dynamic Australian Equity (WINNER)
★ Australian Property Securities ⊿
- AMP Capital Listed Property Trusts A (WINNER)
- Charter Hall Maxim Property Securities (Highly Commended)
- Cromwell Phoenix Property Securities(Finalist)
- Fiducian Property Securities
- Macquarie Property Securities A
- Pendal Property Securities (Finalist)
- UBS Property Securities Fund (Finalist)
★ Global Property Securities ⊿
- APN Asian REIT (Finalist)
- Dimensional Global Real Estate Trust Inc AUD (Finalist)
- IOOF Specialist Property (Finalist)
- Premium Asia Property
- Principal Global Property Securities
- Quay Global Real Estate C (WINNER)
- Resolution Capital Global Property Securities Unhedged II (Highly Commended)
★ Infrastructure Securities ⊿
- 4D Global Infrastructure A (Highly Commended)
- AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Securities Unhedged A (Finalist)
- BlackRock Global Listed Infrastructure
- First Sentier Investors Infrastructure (Finalist)
- Lazard Global Listed Infrastructure (WINNER)
- Magellan Infrastructure Unhedged (Finalist)
- UBS Clarion Global Infrastructure Securities Fund
★ Australian Fixed Income ⊿
- BlackRock Enhanced Australian Bond (Finalist)
- Legg Mason Western Asset Australian Bond A (WINNER)
- Macquarie Core Australian Fixed Interest (Finalist)
- Mercer Australian Sovereign Bond
- Nikko AM Australian Bond (Highly Commended)
- OnePath Optimix Wholesale Australian Fixed Interest Trust A (Finalist)
- QIC Australian Fixed Interest
★ Global Fixed Income ⊿
- Colchester Global Government Bond N (Highly Commended)
- Legg Mason Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income A (Finalist)
- Legg Mason Brandywine Global Fixed Income Trust A (Finalist)
- Mercer Global Sovereign Bond
- PIMCO Global Bond (WINNER)
- Russell Global Bond AUD (Finalist)
- SPW Global Income
★ Multi Asset - Balanced ⊿
- Advance Balanced Multi Blend Wholesale (Highly Commended)
- AMP Experts' Choice Balanced A
- Australian Ethical Balanced (Finalist)
- Bendigo Balanced Index (Finalist)
- Fiducian Balanced (Finalist)
- IOOF Balanced Investor Trust (WINNER)
- IPAC Select Index Balanced
★ Emerging Manager ⊿
- Bombora Special Investments Growth A (Finalist)
- Elston Australian Large Companies A (Finalist)
- Fairlight Global Small & Mid Cap A (Finalist)
- Insync Global Quality Equity (WINNER)
★ Separately Managed Accounts - Australian Equities ⊿
- Bennelong Australian Equities Model Portfolio Core (Highly Commended)
- Blackmore Capital Blended Australian Equities Portfolio (Finalist)
- DNR Capital Australian Equities High Conviction Portfolio (WINNER)
- Elston Australian Large Companies Model Portfolio (Finalist)
- Macquarie PPM Growth ex-20 Australian Equity
★ Retirement and Income Focused ⊿
This category will return in 2021.
★ Responsible Investments ⊿
- Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund (Finalist)
- Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity (Finalist)
- Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund (Finalist)
- Nanuk New World Fund (WINNER)
★ 2020 Fund Manager of the Year ⊿
WINNER: BENNELONG FUNDS MANAGEMENT