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Best Institutional Asset Manager
To win this award, a company must be able to show exceptional achievement and vision in its overall business strategy, service level and investment performance delivery.
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Best Active Asset Manager
This award recognises the asset manager with outstanding long term out-performance, a robust and proven investment process and an innovative approach to delivering alpha.
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Best Passive Asset Manager
Passive managers need to show consistency, reliability and an ability to innovate for investing clients in an increasingly competitive space.
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Best Global Equities Manager
We are looking for asset managers with an outstanding track record and a demonstrably advanced approach to the management of equity portfolios.
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Best Small Cap Manager
We are looking for asset managers with an outstanding track record and a specialisation in picking good performing small cap stocks.
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Best Emerging Markets Equity Manager
In a challenging environment for emerging markets, we are looking for the managers who have shown an ability to deliver solid performance and to keep their clients engaged with the asset class.
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Best Global Fixed Income Manager
Equally, we are looking for asset managers with an outstanding track record and a demonstrably advanced approach to the management of bond portfolios.
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Best Emerging Markets Fixed Income Manager
In a challenging environment for emerging markets, we are looking for the managers who have shown an ability to deliver solid performance and to keep their clients engaged with the asset class.
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Best Alternatives Manager
The challenge with alternatives is to ensure an alignment of interests. This award recognises the asset manager that has understood their clients’ needs and met their expectations most fully.
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Best Multi-Asset Fund House
This award seeks to identify the key differentiators in the various multi-asset offerings, to find the firm that has the most dynamic and effective product solution.
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Best Multi-Asset Fund House - Balanced
This award seeks to identify the firm that has a particularly successful approach to fixed income strategies in a multi-asset framework.
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Best Quantitative Solutions Manager
This award seeks to identify the fund house with a proven quant systems approach, across the investment spectrum.
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Best Hedge Fund Strategy
Which strategies have worked best in 2020 and which fund portfolios have managed to harness that performance?
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Best China Equities Manager
We are looking for asset managers with an outstanding track record and a demonstrably advanced approach to the management of mainland China equity portfolios.
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Best Japan Equities Manager
We are looking for asset managers with an outstanding track record and a demonstrably advanced approach to the management of Japanese equity portfolios.
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Best Infrastructure Manager
Infrastructure has become a significant asset class for insurance companies, depending on their investment policy. This award will recognise the asset manager that has achieved the most in helping insurers access suitable investments.
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Best Infrastructure Debt Manager
Infrastructure has become a significant asset class for insurance companies, depending on their investment policy. This award will recognise the asset manager that has achieved the most in helping insurers access suitable investments.
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Best Real Estate Investment Manager
Core property remains an important asset for insurance portfolios. This award will identify those managers who are providing the best solutions to meet the need for steady yields.
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Best Islamic Fund Manager
Reflecting the importance of Sharia-based fund management in parts of Asia, this award will go to the firm that can demonstrate a progressive approach to Islamic assets and significant business growth.
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Best Private Equity Asset Manager
This award will go the asset management firm with an outstanding track record and a distinctive approach to PE that is attractive to insurance company clients.
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Best ETF Manager
Product innovation and a leadership role in the product set will be key factors in determining the winner of this award, making it an open field for global and local ETF players.
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Best ETF Index Provider
As the ETF market has developed in Asia, the need for a wider variety of indices has spurred providers to expand. Who has pushed out the envelope in 2017?
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Best Index Provider
Innovation and an ability to remain ahead of the competition are key attributes for index providers. Our award will go to the firm that has the sharpest edge in this regard.
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Best Ratings Firm
Which firm is responding best to the demand for new ratings and research in the insurance sector?
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Best Data and Research Provider
Demand for quality data is intensifying – which data companies are rising best to the challenge?
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Best Risk Management Firm
A core discipline and one that requires firms to be constantly pushing at the boundaries of innovation. This award will go to the firm that can demonstrate its unique approach to helping insurers manage their risk more efficiently.
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Best Legal Services Provider
We aim to identify the law firm with the most dynamic team that is driving and supporting new ideas in their market.
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Best Asset Consultant
This is often a key relationship for many insurance companies and their asset managers. We are looking for the firm that is providing cutting edge advice and strategy.
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Best Audit and Tax Consultancy Firm
The judges will be looking for exceptional performance in terms of client wins, product development or special projects undertaken.
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Best Technology Firm
This award will recognise those firms that are leaders in the field of insurance technology, including solutions to help insurers deal with solvency regulation changes in the region.
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Best InsurTech Application
A key area of coverage for InsuranceAsia News, this award will go to the firm that demonstrates innovative new insurance services generated by their insurtech solution.
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Product Innovation Award
An award given at the judges’ discretion, for a groundbreaking service, application or product within the insurance asset management field. For example, last year the award was given to a product measuring the empowerment of female executives in Japan.
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Best Smart Beta Solutions Provider
Institutions are increasingly utilising factors within their investment portfolios to capture performance. The combining of passive and active elements is a key differentiator for smart beta providers. This award will identify those firms that can demonstrate genuine added-value for clients.
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Best ESG Strategy
With so much attention focused on ESG, we aim to identify the firm that has done the most to improve and expand its own ESG investment coverage.
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Best Sustainable Investment Policy
Some companies are more advanced than others when it comes to integrating sustainable practices into their business.
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Best Climate Change Strategy
Climate transitioning is fast becoming the top priority for many organisations. We will identify the firm that has made the most progress in this area.
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Best Investing Product/Strategy
The award for the firm introducing a product for institutional investors in Asia that is innovative, tailored for local clients, and successful.
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Best Securities Services House
This award will recognise the bank that is playing a key role in fund administration across the Asia-Pacific region. Firms will be assessed on new client wins, successful transitions and leading-edge technology applications.
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Best Custodian Bank for Insurance Assets
The best custodians are arguably those that have a global reach based on their network of sub-custodians. However, an ability to provide a more specialised service for Asia-based clients could be a winner in this category.
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Insurance Fund House of the Year (By Country)
China
Hong Kong
Singapore
Malaysia