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The 2021 Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards for the United States celebrated the market resilience and mastery of the country’s top-performing funds.
Explore key industry insights and predicted trends from the 2021 fund industry leaders
In a year where market volatility reached record levels, and where business and operational models were completely upended, recipients of the 2021 Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards for United States deserve a special mention for their resilience to a myriad of market risks, and commendation for their vision, innovation and mastery of today’s rapidly evolving financial markets. Congratulations to each winner.
The Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards, granted annually, highlight funds and fund companies that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers.
The awards are based on the Lipper Leader for Consistent Return rating, which is a risk-adjusted performance measure calculated over 36, 60 and 120 months. The fund with the highest Lipper Leader for consistent return (effective return) value in each eligible classification wins the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Award.
Winners of the 2021 Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards for the United States
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 recognised. The awards are based on Refinitiv Lipper’s proprietary methodology.
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With a 48-year track record of providing independent content, Refinitiv Lipper data encompasses over 345,000 share classes across over 80 countries. Refinitiv Lipper Leader ratings are available for mutual funds registered for sale in 47 markets with over 500 global and 174 U.S. fund classifications.
Robert Jenkins, Head of Research, Lipper, Refinitiv, said: “This year’s Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards recognised the steadfast resolve of award-winning managers and firms who successfully navigated one of the sharpest market downturns and recoveries on record, enabling investors to maintain a level of economic confidence amid a backdrop of uncertainty.
“In a year that endured the impacts of an unprecedented global humanitarian crisis, in which markets reflected investors’ emotions of shock and optimism, there was a degree of solace in having one’s financial fortunes overseen by the stewardship of professional money managers.
“The winners of the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards for United States 2021 deserve recognition for their exceptional work in mitigating substantial risks while delivering superior returns.”
View the coverage, interviews and industry insights from InvestmentNews, exclusive media partner for the 2021 Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards for the United States.
This year’s award winners share what their award means for their firm and clients.
“We are honoured to be recognised by the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards. As responsible stewards of our clients’ capital, our investment team shares the common goal of delivering superior, long-term, risk-adjusted performance.
“Winning the Overall Large and Equity Large Group Awards is made possible through the dedication of our investment professionals, and serves as a testament to our unwavering commitment to serve our clients.”
Victor Zhang, CIO, American Century Investments
“We are pleased to win the 2021 Lipper Awards for Large Cap Core Funds for the past three and five years. The awards recognise the strong results we achieved investing in quality, sustainable companies, using ESG as an important consideration in our investment process.”
Jeff Kripke, Portfolio Manager of Pioneer Fund, Amundi
“Winning such a prestigious award in an intensely competitive investment management industry is deeply rewarding for our team, and it validates our work on behalf of our clients.
“While AUM growth provides direct feedback on our investment process and results, this Lipper Award brings important third-party recognition of our efforts as well.
“This award helps to signal that an investment strategy focused on bottom-up, security selection with strong valuation disciplines can generate industry-leading performance.”
Greg Steier, Portfolio Manager, and Jeff Schoenfeld, Partner, Head of Global Institutional Business Development and Relationship Management, Brown Brothers Harriman
“We’re proud to receive this recognition, which reflects the skill, discipline and prescience of the Reams investment team managing our Carillon Reams Bond Funds. The entire Carillon team remains committed to fundamental research and active risk management in our pursuit of alpha generation on behalf of our clients.”
Susan Walzer, President of the Carillon Family of Funds
“Winning this award signals to our clients the dedication to fairness and accountability that was envisioned by this firm 36 years ago.
“At Dunham, we believe that our fund managers should be paid fees based on their ability to outperform their benchmark. Our Analyst department, led by Ryan Dykmans for 16 years, is constantly monitoring and seeking fund managers that best represent Dunham’s dedication to accountability.
“Refinitiv Lipper is well respected within our industry and it is an honour to receive such a prestigious award for the performance of our Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund.”
Jeffrey Dunham, Chairman/CEO, Dunham & Associates Investment Counsel, Inc.
“This award is a testament to our emphasis on pursuing excellence while staying true to our purpose of loving our neighbours through the way we invest.
“During a year marked with uncertainty, our team has remained resilient and persistent in seeking to provide excellent service for our clients.”
Robin John, CEO, Eventide Asset Management
“During times of uncertainty, supporting our clients’ financial well-being becomes more crucial than ever. Despite the challenges brought on by a health and economic crisis, our team remained focused on our mission to deliver strong, long-term performance for Fidelity’s fund shareholders.
“I am pleased that their hard work, dedication and benchmark-beating results are getting noticed.”
Bart Grenier, Head of Asset Management, Fidelity Investments
“Every single day, we make a commitment to our clients to work tirelessly using our time-tested approach to deliver outstanding risk-adjusted returns for their portfolios. That’s why winning this prestigious Lipper Award is both gratifying and humbling.
“We are proud that our long-term performance of the Heartland Mid Cap Value Fund has caught the notice of Lipper, and appreciative of the trust our clients have given Heartland and our fundamental process to help reach their financial goals.”
Will Nasgovitz, CEO & Portfolio Manager, Heartland Advisors, Inc.
“Winning these awards is humbling for our team, especially when a fund has won for three different time periods in consecutive years.
“The entire ICON company is a team and a family, and we share in the accolades. Being a top category fund is a huge accomplishment for our team and I believe it reinforces our clients’ faith and trust in our system.
“We have a value-based systematic approach to investing. We truly believe in our system and it is nice to have our persistence rewarded and acknowledged. For the ICON Equity Fund, we have been correctly bullish over the last 10 years and have invested according to our value-based methodology.
“We have the ability to short, but only short when the market gives us opportunities to short. Buying and holding value stocks has been rewarding during the 10-year bull market.”
Brian Callahan, President, ICON Advisers
“I am filled with joy to receive this recognition for all we accomplished on behalf of our clients. In a year with significant uncertainty and volatility, our investment team at Manning & Napier moved quickly and decisively.
“For multi-asset class investors, the breadth of our capabilities and quality of research helped us make excellent decisions in both asset allocation and security selection throughout the year.”
Ebrahim Busheri, Director of Investments, Manning & Napier
“MassMutual Funds has one core focus: to deliver consistent returns for our retirement investors. We are honoured to be recognised for the second consecutive year, and the sixth time in the last decade, for industry-leading outcomes achieved from our fund complex on behalf of our clients.
“This is a testament to our continued ability to deliver durable and persistent investment results, enabling our clients to remain invested through market cycles and volatility, and enhance their ability to secure strong financial futures.”
Doug Steele, Head of Investment Management, MassMutual Funds
“We are honoured that Refinitiv has once again recognised Needham Small Cap Growth Fund’s performance. We believe our style of active, eclectic small-cap stock picking can generate long-term alpha and has a place in investors’ portfolios.
“We believe the U.S. remains the best place in the world to be investing, and we continue to see opportunities to invest in small and mid-cap stocks. Most importantly, we see a revolution happening in technology that has created and continues to create investment opportunities.
“We see opportunity in our strategy of investing in companies that we know well and that we believe are positioned with secular growth drivers.”
Chris Retzler, Portfolio Manager, Needham Small Cap Growth Fund
“Congratulations to the outstanding MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Fund (VCRIX) portfolio management team for winning their third consecutive Refinitiv Lipper Fund Award, reflecting their sustained investment expertise and legacy of outperformance in global infrastructure.
“We are thrilled to partner with CBRE Clarion Securities to provide our clients with an institutional-quality listed infrastructure strategy that offers a unique combination of stability, income and long-term growth potential.
“Our team seeks to maintain an information advantage through our integrated research approach, which leverages CBRE’s global real asset platform, combining our listed market expertise with private market research.
“Our alignment with the private market in defining the universe as well as incorporating the private market knowledge in our process helps us identify market trends and investment opportunities, and manage risk.”
Kirk Lehneis, President, New York Life Investment and Jeremy Anagnos, CIO, CBRE Clarion Securities
“We are honoured that the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards have awarded the Oakmark International Fund for its 10-year performance record.
“This honour reflects our time-honoured value investment philosophy and process, the strength of our dedicated investment team, and our commitment to our clients.”
David Herro, Chief Investment Officer – International Equity & Portfolio Manager, Oakmark International Fund
“We are proud to once again be recognised by Refinitiv Lipper as the Best Precious Metals Equity Fund for delivering peer-leading risk-adjusted returns in the precious metals equity category over three, five and ten years (as of 12/31/2020).
“A Refinitiv Lipper Award is prestigious affirmation to our shareholders and the investment community that our investment strategy and process has achieved its number one goal: to be best in class.”
Greg Orrell, President and Portfolio Manager, OCM Gold Fund
“Amid extreme volatility and a decade plus of growth stocks trumping value, we are especially gratified that the Polaris Global Value Fund (PGVFX) has remained one of the top-rated funds in the Refinitiv Lipper universe.
“We are proud to be leading the charge in the 10-year Global Multi-Cap Value Funds category among our peers. This is truly a testament to our long-tenured portfolio managers and investment analysts who have stayed true to our strict value discipline and adherence to cash flow.”
Bernard R. Horn Jr., President and Portfolio Manager, Polaris Capital Management
“On behalf of the entire team at Reams Asset Management, I’d like to thank Lipper for this award. It is an honour to receive this prestigious recognition for an especially challenging year, one in which Reams was able to pursue outstanding returns for our clients and help them achieve their investment objectives.”
Mark Egan, Chief Investment Officer, Reams Asset Management
“We are extremely gratified that Spectrum Advisors Preferred has been recognised by Lipper for the third straight year. Since its launch in 2015, the strategy has proven to be an agile performer to help advisors and their investors navigate choppy markets.”
Ralph Doudera, Lead Portfolio Manager, Spectrum Advisors
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Disclaimer:
The Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards, granted annually, highlight funds and fund companies that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers.
The Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards are based on the Lipper Leader for Consistent Return rating, which is a risk-adjusted performance measure calculated over 36, 60 and 120 months. The fund with the highest Lipper Leader for Consistent Return (Effective Return) value in each eligible classification wins the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Award. For more information, see lipperfundawards.com Although Refinitiv Lipper makes reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained herein, the accuracy is not guaranteed by Refinitiv Lipper.
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