Revealed: Winners of the Lipper UK Fund Awards 2016

BlackRock snaps two awards

Jayna Rana
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BlackRock took home the award for best large fund group at the Thomson Reuters Lipper UK Fund Awards 2016 ceremony.

The award ceremony, held at London's Grange Tower Bridge hotel last night, recognised fund and groups that have provided consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers, based on quantitative criteria.

Apart from winning the best large fund group overall award, BlackRock also landed the best bond fund group accolade, again in the large category.

Other large group winners included Comgest, which won best equity fund group and Nordea, awarded best mixed assets group.

In the small firms category, Jyske Invest won best fund group overall, while Seilern was awarded best equity fund group.

T. Rowe Price scooped the best small bond fund group accolade, while Courtiers was the best mixed assets group - small.

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Robert Jenkins, global head of research at Thomson Reuters Lipper, said: "We at Lipper would like to congratulate all of the 2016 award winners for successfully navigating the exceptionally stormy waters of the 2015 capital markets.

"Once again we are proud to recognise the outstanding skill and expertise put forth by these managers to deliver outperformance for their shareholders."

Jake Moeller, head of UK & Ireland research at the firm, added: "These fund winners are carrying a torch for active fund management and should be commended for both delivering alpha to their clients and enhancing the reputation of our industry." 

List of winners

Best Fund Group Overall - Large

BlackRock

Best Fund Group Overall - Small

Jyske Invest

Best Bond Fund Group - Large

BlackRock

Best Bond Fund Group - Small

T. Rowe Price

Best Equity Fund Group - Large

Comgest

Best Equity Fund Group - Small

Seilern

Best Mixed Assets Group - Large

Nordea

Best Mixed Assets Group - Small

Courtiers

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