Five fund families received top group honours at Wednesday night’s 2015 Lipper Fund Awards in Toronto.
The awards recognize funds that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers. In addition, the program recognizes fund families with high average scores for all funds within a particular asset class or overall.
In the group awards, RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM) was named best bond funds group, while Mawer Investment Management was named best equity funds group. The best mixed asset funds group award went to SEI Investments Canada Co., while Fidelity Investments Canada ULC was named best funds group overall.
Two companies received awards for their families of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). RBC GAM was named best bond ETF group, while BMO Asset Management Inc. was named best ETF equity group.
Individually, 75 funds from 27 firms were honored for superior performance in their category. Several fund groups received numerous awards for individual funds. Fidelity led with 19, Mawer received 11, and RBC GAM received nine awards.
A complete list of winners is available on the Lipper Awards website.