Nordic Fund Selection Awards 2021
The 12th annual Nordic Fund Selection Awards brought together some old and new faces from the Nordic asset management industry at a seminar and gala dinner yesterday.
Yesterday, Nordic institutional investors and fund selectors, as well as representatives from eight international fund companies, gathered at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm for the 12th annual Nordic Fund Selection Awards to celebrate and award excellence in fund- and manager selection.
Tell Media Group introduced the Nordic Fund Selection Awards in 2010 in an effort to highlight the importance of the fund selection profession and to create a platform for benchmarking and feedback from fund companies to Nordic selectors.
This year’s winners
The winner of the Nordic equity mandate/fund search of the year award was BankInvest for its emerging market equities search, completed in August 2020. The diploma was handed over by Janus Henderson Investors.
The winner of the Nordic fixed income mandate/fund search of the year award was LD Pensions for its European Asset Backed Securities search, completed in June 2021. The diploma was handed over by Vontobel Asset Management.
The winner of the Nordic Investment Consultancy of the year award was Grieg Investor. The diploma was handed over by AXA Investment Managers.
The winner of the Danish fund selection team of the year award was AP Pension. The diploma was handed over by Baillie Gifford.
The winner of the Finnish fund selection team of the year award was Varma. The diploma was presented by Robeco.
The winner of the Norwegian fund selection team of the year award was Storebrand Asset Management. The diploma was handed over by Jupiter Asset Management.
The winner of the Swedish fund selection team of the year award was AP1. The diploma was handed over by Matthews Asia.
The winner of the Nordic Fund Selection Personality of the year award was Magnus Danielsson. The diploma was handed over by Wellington Management.
The Methodology
The methodology for the country specific awards and also for the Nordic Investment Consultancy of the year award is based on an online survey where fund companies active in the Nordic region submit ratings on Nordic selection teams across four themes (outlined below). Ratings are given on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the best. The team with the highest average rating was announced as the winner. The methodology for the mandate/fund search of the year awards and the personality of the year award are more qualitative where Tell Media Group, with input from the industry, decides on the winner.
- How important is the team (in terms of potential asset flows & brand)?
- How good (professional) do you perceive the selection process used by the team to be?
- How good is the team at communicating with you throughout the selection process?
- How good is the team at integrating ESG considerations in the selection process?
/A complete review from the event will be published in an Awards supplement, distributed with Nordic Fund Selection Journal in December.
Photo: Johan Wahlgren
