Jupiter tops Alpha Manager provider list

Jupiter Unit Trust Managers employs the most FE Alpha Managers with 12 on the newly revealed list for 2012.

In second place is Fidelity with 10, M&G on nine and Henderson Global Investors and Invesco Perpetual with seven each. FE scores managers on three components: risk-adjusted alpha; outperformance of benchmark; and the consistency of outperformance or underperformance in rising and falling markets. Managers are judged on their track records from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2011 and they must have a minimum track record of 30 months to be rated. This year, 160 portfolio managers have been designated as FE Alpha Managers, representing the top 10% of managers of IMA unit trusts and OE...