AsianInvestor is pleased to announce the winners of our fourth annual Korea Awards. Today we name winners of our marquee prizes for asset owners, distributors and fund house of the year, as well as service providers to the buy-side.

We announced the winners of our 2014 investment performance awards for Korea yesterday, as reported.

All the awards will be celebrated at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul on Thursday, June 12 (you see photos from last year’s awards event by clicking here). For inquiries, please contact Dr Lee Insup at insup.lee@asianinvestor.net.

If you wish to inquire about attending this gala dinner, contact Silvia Barbiero on silvia.barbiero@haymarket.asia  or Terry Rayner on terry.rayner@asianinvestor.net.

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

Congratulations to the winners.

Service providers

Best onshore custodian
Woori Bank

Best onshore fund administrator
HSBC

Best law firm for asset management
Kim & Chang

Best asset consultant
Towers Watson
 

Marquee investment awards

Consumer bank distributor of the year
Citi

Securities firm distributor of the year
Samsung Securities

Insurance firm distributor of the year
Mirae Asset Life

Best business development
Truston Asset Management

Best institutional solutions provider, equities
AQR Capital Management

Best institutional solutions provider, fixed income
Western Asset Management

Best institutional solutions provider, alternative investments
No award

Fund house of the year
Truston Asset Management

CIO of the year
Choo Heung-sik, Korea Investment Corporation

Institutional Investor of the Year
National Pension Service