Coronation funds rank highly at Africa AM Performance Awards

Coronation Fund Managers received a number of awards across its institutional fund range at the second annual Africa Asset Management Performance Awards ceremony held in Cape Town on 24 October 2013.

The Coronation Houseview Equity Portfolio was named South Africa Equity Fund of the Year, while the Coronation Domestic Houseview Portfolio was named South Africa Balanced Fund of the Year. The Coronation Strategic Bond Portfolio was named South Africa Fixed Income Fund of the Year. All three awards are based on performance for the 12 months to 30 June 2013. 

Coronation also received accolades in the hedge fund categories. The Coronation Multi-Strategy Arbitrage Fund was named Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund of the Year, while the Coronation Presidio Fund was named Equity Hedge Fund of the Year (also for performance over the one year to end June 2013).

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​​About Coronation Fund Managers:

Coronation Fund Managers Limited is one of Southern Africa’s most successful third-party asset management companies. It is a pure asset management business which offers both individual and institutional investors access to local and global expertise across all asset classes; including Global Emerging Markets and Africa units.
Clients include some of the largest retirement funds, medical schemes and multi-manager companies in South Africa, many of the major banking and insurance groups, selected investment advisory businesses, prominent independent financial advisors, high-net worth individuals and direct unit trust accounts.

We are 25% staff-owned, have offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Namibia, Gaborone, Mbabane, London and Dublin and are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

As at the September 2013 quarter-end, Coronation’s assets under management total R492 billion.

About the Africa Asset Management Performance Awards:

The Africa Asset Management (Africa AM) Performance Awards recognise and reward the heavyweights of sub-Saharan Africa’s fund management space. Africa AM is a monthly publication focused exclusively on the African asset management space. Africa AM is published by Pageant Media as part of their Emerging Market asset management portf