Day 1: AsianInvestor 2012 Korea Awards

AsianInvestor is pleased to announce the winners of our second annual Korea Awards. Today we name winners for investment performance, including long-only and alternative strategies.

Tomorrow we will announce our marquee award winners, as well as the best among service providers to the buy-side. Marquee awards include fund house of the year, and awards for institutional investors and distributors.

The awards will be celebrated at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul on Thursday, March 15. (You can see photos from last year’s awards event here.) For inquiries, please contact Dr. Lee Insup at [email protected].

A full write-up explaining our decisions for each winner, along with photographs from the dinner, will be published in AsianInvestor magazine’s April edition.

Note that ‘international’ awards refer to locally domiciled strategies, and that fund house total AUM refers to onshore assets.

Congratulations to the winners.

INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE

Best manager, Korea equities,
large fund house (total AUM above $10 billion)
ING Investment Management

Best manager, Korea equities,
small fund house (total AUM below $10 billion)
Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Best manager, Korea equities, mid/small cap
Kyobo Axa Investment Managers

Best manager, international equities
Goldman Sachs-Macquarie (Goldman Sachs Asset Management Korea)

Best manager, fixed income,
large fund house (total AUM above $10 billion)
ING Investment Managers

Best Korean fixed income,
small fund house (total AUM below $10 billion)
Deutsche Asset Management

Best manager, international fixed income
Mirae Asset Global Investments

Best manager of exchange-traded funds
Samsung Asset Management

Best manager, balanced funds
No award

Best futures company
Samsung Futures

Best investment advisory company
No award

Best manager, sustainable investments
No award

Best fund launch, domestic
Kyobo Axa Power K100 ETF,
Kyobo Axa Investment Managers

Best fund launch, international
UBS Hana Dimsum Security Investment Trust,
UBS Hana Asset Management

Best fund launch, private equity
Hahn & Company I,
Hahn & Company

Best fund launch, private real estate
Samsung Real Estate Fund 3,
Samsung Asset Management

Best manager of funds of hedge funds
Woori Absolute Partners