Fourth consecutive win for Coronation at Morningstar South Africa Fund Awards

20 February 2014 - Coronation Insights

Coronation Fund Managers has been awarded the prestigious title of Morningstar Best Large Fund House for a fourth consecutive year. This was in addition to receiving two individual fund awards at the 2014 Morningstar South Africa Fund Awards ceremony held in Cape Town last night.

Coronation Strategic Income was named the Best Bond – Short-term Fund for the second year in a row, while Coronation Optimum Growth was named Best Flexible Allocation Fund; a second-time win for this fund.

The Morningstar awards are held annually to recognise individual funds and firms that have delivered outstanding returns while maintaining prudent risk management. The methodology applied emphasises both competitive returns and the associated level of risk, taking the prior year and three-year performance history into account.

Coronation’s Head of Personal Investments, Pieter Koekemoer, says: ‘We are proud to have been recognised as the Best Large Fund House four years in a row as it supports our commitment to creating long-term value for clients across our range of funds. We are, however, mindful that the outperformance delivered during the period under review has been exceptional and that returns will be tougher to generate than it has been in the past.

He adds: As disciplined, valuation-driven investors our focus remains on investing with a long-term mindset and ensuring that our flagship fund range continues to meet the needs of our investors, whether they are investing in South Africa or internationally.’

 

For more information, please contact:

Louise Pelser 

T: +27 21 680 2216
M: +27 76 282 3995
E: lpelser@coronation.co.za

 


Notes to Editors

About Coronation Fund Managers 

Coronation Fund Managers Limited is one of southern Africa’s most successful third-party fund management companies. As a pure fund management business it provides individual and institutional investors with expertise across Developed Markets, Emerging Markets and Africa. 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. Coronation is 25% staff-owned, have offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Gaborone, Mbabane, Windhoek, London and Dublin and are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. As at the December 2013 quarter-end, assets under management total R522 billion.
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Disclaimer 

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