Usual suspects fight for IW Group awards

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strong competition in individual categories makes for interesting Investment Week fund manager of the year race, with some surprise nominations

The usual suspects are once again pitted against each other in the Global Group of the Year category of the Investment Week awards, with Jupiter, New Star, Invesco Perpetual, Merrill Lynch, M&G and Axa Framlington the names in the frame. To be eligible for Global Group of the Year, a fund house has to have at least one UK Equity, one European, one Asia or Japan, one North American and one bond fund. The panel takes the quants scores for each fund with a three-year track record in a group's range with assets above £15m and divides it by the number of eligible portfolios to come up with an o...