Canada: Lipper Fund Award Winners Announced

8 NOVEMBER 2018 – Lipper announces the winners of the Canadian Awards 2018. These highly-respected awards honor funds and fund management firms that have excelled in providing consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers – the merit of the winners is based on entirely objective, quantitative criteria.

The full list of Group Award winners follows below:

“In a year of both economic and geo-political gyrations, we at Lipper congratulate the 2018 Fund Award winners for delivering outstanding performance to their investors. We also wish them continued success as they continue navigating this dynamic market environment.” said Robert Jenkins, global head of Research at Lipper.

“The influential and prestigious Lipper Awards are based on our Lipper Leaders Rating for Consistent Return. We are proud that our measurement of such an achievement enables us to grant these awards with authoritative recognition and emphasis on consistency to single funds and fund management groups.” Jenkins added.

Please click here to see the full list of winners.  Individual classifications of three-, five-, and ten-year periods, as well as fund families with high average scores for the three-year period are also recognized.  The awards are based on Lipper’s proven proprietary methodology, which can be viewed here. 

Lipper data covers more than 312,000 share classes and 139,000 funds in 86 countries. The Lipper Leader ratings are available for mutual funds registered for sale in over 42 markets.

About the Lipper Fund Awards

For more than three decades and in over 20 countries worldwide, the Lipper Fund Awards have honored funds and fund management firms that have excelled in providing consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers. For more information, please visit http://www.lipperfundawards.com/

Notes to Editors

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.