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Equity Categories
Global Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed global equity strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only and must use a broad global equity index as a benchmark, but can use any investment style (e.g. growth, value, blend, small cap, large cap, all cap).Winners
US Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed US equity strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can use any investment style (e.g. growth, value, blend, small cap, large cap, all cap).Winners
Asia Pacific Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed Asia Pacific ex Japan equity strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can use any investment style (e.g. growth, value, blend, small cap, large cap, all cap). In terms of geography, the fund(s) can invest in a combination of any countries in the Asia Pacific region but cannot exclusively cover the following equity markets (for which there are stand-alone categories):- Greater China (including but not limited to H-shares, A-shares and Taiwan)
- Japan
- India
Winners
Greater China Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed Greater China equity strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can use any investment style (e.g. growth, value, blend, small cap, large cap, all cap). In terms of geography, the fund(s) can cover Greater China (Onshore China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau) as a whole, or the single markets of Onshore China, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Macau.Winners
Japan Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed Japan equity strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can use any investment style (e.g. growth, value, blend, small cap, large cap, all cap). In terms of geography, the fund(s) must predominantly invest in equities issued by companies with exposure to the Japanese economy.Winners
Emerging Market Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed emerging market equity strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can use any investment style (e.g. growth, value, blend, small cap, large cap, all cap). In terms of geography, the fund(s) can cover global emerging markets, a selection of emerging market countries, or a single emerging market country but it cannot exclusively cover the following equity markets (for which there are stand-alone categories):- China
- India
Winners
India Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed India equity strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can use any investment style (e.g. growth, value, blend, small cap, large cap, all cap). In terms of geography, the fund(s) must predominantly invest in equities issued by companies with exposure to the Indian economy.Winners
Equity ETF
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one equity ETF of any type/investment focus.Winners
New Fund – Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any equity fund that has been launched since 1 July 2023. The fund(s) submitted for consideration will be judged in terms of performance and assets gathered from private banking and wealth management clients since launch, as well as other relevant distribution, marketing and content-related activities.Winners
Technology Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed thematic strategy focused on technology. Relevant technological themes include but are not limited to the internet, software, digitalisation, ecommerce, artificial intelligence, robotics, digital currencies, and/or semiconductors. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, can use any investment style (e.g. growth, value, blend, small cap, large cap, all cap), and must invest predominantly in equities issued by companies within the technology sector. The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market. The submitted fund(s) cannot exclusively focus on the ESG/Sustainable theme, for which there is a separate category.Winner
ESG/Sustainable Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed ESG/sustainable equity strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can cover any market in which the companies invested adhere to best practices across environmental, social and governance themes. Relevant ESG themes include but are not limited to climate change, clean energy, pollution and natural resource conservation; diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, gender and racial equality; corporate structure and disclosure, treatment of shareholders, business ethics and anti-corruption efforts.Winners
Income Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed equity strategy with a bias towards investing in companies that pay significant and/or growing dividends. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can be any geography or target company size (i.e. small cap or large cap).Winners
Value Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed equity strategy with a bias towards the value style. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can be any geography or target company size (i.e. small cap or large cap).Winners
Real Estate Equity New
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed real estate equity strategy focused on investments in property equity across various sectors and geographies. The submitted fund(s) should demonstrate strong expertise in selecting, managing, and delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns from real estate equity investments. The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market(s) and investment style.Quantitative Equity New
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed equity strategy employing quantitative investment processes. The submitted fund(s) should demonstrate expertise in using data-driven models, algorithms, and quantitative techniques to construct and manage portfolios aimed at delivering consistent, risk-adjusted returns. The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market(s) and investment style.Bond Categories
Global Bond – Short Term
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed global bond strategy that primarily invests in fixed income securities with a maturity of up to five years. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be actively managed and use a broad global bond index as a benchmark, but can use any income strategy and invest across both hard and local currency instruments. However, the fund cannot exclusively cover the High Yield market (for which there is a stand-alone category).
Global Bond – Intermediate to Long Term
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed global bond strategy that primarily invests in fixed income securities with a maturity of more than five years. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be actively managed and use a broad global bond index as a benchmark, but can use any income strategy and invest across both hard and local currency instruments. However, the fund cannot exclusively cover the High Yield market (for which there is a stand-alone category).
US Bond
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed US bond strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can use any income strategy (e.g. high yield, investment grade, subordinated debt, unconstrained).Winners
Asia Pacific Bond
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed Asia Pacific bond strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active, long-only, and use an Asia Pacific index as a benchmark, but can use any income strategy (e.g. high yield, investment grade, subordinated debt, unconstrained), but cannot be exclusively high yield (for which there is a separate category). In terms of geography, the fund(s) can cover Asia Pacific as a region, a selection of countries in Asia Pacific, or a single country in Asia Pacific.Winners
High Yield Bond – Global
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed high yield bond strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active, long-only, and use a global index as a benchmark in terms of geography, the fund(s) can cover multiple markets but cannot exclusively cover Asia (for which there is a separate category).Winners
High Yield Bond – Asia Pacific
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed high yield bond strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, and can cover Asia Pacific as a region, a selection of countries in Asia Pacific, or a single country in Asia Pacific. The fund must use a relevant high yield bond index as its benchmark, and/or invest predominantly in high yield bond instruments.
Investment Grade Bond – Global
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed global investment grade bond strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active, long-only and use a global index as a benchmark, and/or invest predominantly in investment grade bond instruments but cannot exclusively cover Asia (for which there is a separate category).Winners
Investment Grade Bond – Asia Pacific
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed global investment grade bond strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active, long-only, use an Asia Pacific index as a benchmark, and/or invest predominantly in investment grade bond instruments and can cover Asia Pacific as a region, a selection of countries in Asia Pacific, or a single country in Asia Pacific.Emerging Market Bond
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed emerging markets bond strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can use any income strategy (e.g. high yield, investment grade, local currency, hard currency, blend). In terms of geography, the fund(s) can cover global emerging markets, a selection of emerging market countries, or a single emerging market country. For the purposes of these awards, Asian Private Banker uses the MSCI definition of emerging markets.Winners
New Fund – Bond
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any bond fund that has been launched since 1 July 2023. The fund(s) submitted for consideration will be judged in terms of risk-adjusted performance and assets gathered from private banking and wealth management clients since launch, as well as relevant distribution, marketing and content-related activities.Winners
Money Market
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed money market strategy (short-term debt instruments, cash, and cash equivalents with a maturity of less than 12 months). The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market/s.Winner
ESG/Sustainable Bond
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed ESG/sustainable bond strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only, but can cover any market in which the companies invested adhere to best practices across environmental, social and governance themes. Relevant ESG themes include but are not limited to climate change, clean energy, pollution and natural resource conservation; diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, gender and racial equality; corporate structure and disclosure, treatment of shareholders, business ethics and anti-corruption efforts.Winners
Bond ETF
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one bond ETF of any type/investment focus.Winner
Alternatives and Other Categories
Private Equity
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed private equity strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market/s and the category is open to fund(s) across the liquidity spectrum (i.e. closed-ended, open-ended, semi-liquid, “evergreen”).Winner
Private Credit
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed private credit strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market and the category is open to fund(s) across the liquidity spectrum (i.e. closed-ended, open-ended, semi-liquid, “evergreen”).Winner
Private Markets – Open Ended
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed private equity or private credit strategy whose liquidity profile could broadly be described as open-ended, “evergreen”, or semi-liquid and/or similar terms. The submitted fund should have no fixed end date and provide investors with liquidity/redemption opportunities not typically available in closed-ended funds. The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market/s and investment style.Private Markets – Closed Ended New
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed private equity or private credit strategy whose liquidity profile could broadly be described as closed-ended. The submitted fund should have a fixed term and a defined maturity date, with capital typically committed for the duration of the fund’s life. Redemptions are generally not available before maturity, in contrast to open-ended or semi-liquid structures. The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market(s) and investment style.Private Markets – Secondaries New
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed private markets secondaries fund, which buys pre-existing stakes in private market investments, such as but not limited to private equity, private credit and real estate, rather than investing directly in new projects or companies or originating new debt. The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market(s) and investment style.Infrastructure
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed infrastructure strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market and can invest across the spectrum of infrastructure-linked securities (i.e. public equities, private equities, REITs, direct investments).Hedge Funds
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least one actively managed hedge fund or fund-of-hedge funds strategy. The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market, but should aim to provide an absolute return regardless of underlying market conditions. The category is open to any style of absolute return investing (e.g. long/short, global macro, event-driven) and/or liquidity characteristics.New Fund – Alternatives
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any alternatives fund that has been launched since 1 July 2023. The fund(s) submitted for consideration will be judged in terms of performance and assets gathered from private banking and wealth management clients since launch. The Judging Panel defines alternatives fund as any fund(s) that invests across private equity, private credit, hedge funds, and/or other non-traditional assets.Winner
Thematic
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least two actively managed thematic strategies. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active, long-only, and can be based on a particular theme or trend, although the Judging Panel will look favourably upon those applications that demonstrate a broad array of capabilities across the thematic investing space. The fund(s) can use any investment style (e.g. growth, value, blend, small cap, large cap, all cap). The fund(s) submitted for consideration can cover any market. Examples of investment themes or trends can include but are not limited to: transport; nutrition; life sciences; healthcare; circular economy; consumption; clean energy and sustainability.Winners
Multi-Asset
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that manages at least two actively managed multi-asset strategies. The fund(s) submitted for consideration must be active and long-only. The fund(s) should use at least two different asset classes (i.e. fixed income, equities, derivatives) but with any investment style (e.g. growth, value, blend, small cap, large cap, all cap).Winner
New Fund – ESG/Sustainability
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any ESG/sustainability fund that has been launched since 1 July 2023. The fund(s) submitted for consideration will be judged in terms of performance and assets gathered from private banking and wealth management clients since launch, as well as relevant distribution, marketing and content-related activities. Relevant ESG themes include but are not limited to climate change, clean energy, pollution and natural resource conservation; diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, gender and racial equality; corporate structure and disclosure, treatment of shareholders, business ethics and anti-corruption efforts.Winner
Real Assets New
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house or asset manager that offers investment strategies focused on real assets, including real estate, commodities, natural resources, and related sectors, for the private banking and wealth management industry in the Asia Pacific region. Eligible firms should demonstrate expertise in sourcing, managing, and delivering strong risk-adjusted returns from real asset investments that meet the evolving needs of their clients. However, the fund cannot exclusively cover infrastructure (for which there is a stand-alone category).Premium Categories
House of the Year – ESG
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that can demonstrate to be a strong leader both in (a) the provision of ESG strategies for the private banking and wealth management industry in the Asia Pacific region for the year under consideration, and (b) in its efforts in promoting, implementing, and embedding ESG within the company culture. To be eligible, a firm does not need to offer a full spectrum of ESG strategies across all asset classes but must demonstrate best-in-class qualities across those relevant asset classes, together with evidence of how it is embracing the principles of ESG throughout its organisational culture.Winners
House of the Year – Alternatives New
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that can demonstrate excellence as a provider of alternative investment strategies for the private banking and wealth management industry in the Asia Pacific region for the year under consideration. To be eligible, a firm does not need to offer a full spectrum of alternative asset classes, but must demonstrate best-in-class qualities across those relevant strategies it does offer.House of the Year – Overall
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any fund house that can demonstrate to be a strong fund provider across a range of strategies for the private banking and wealth management industry in the Asia Pacific region for the year under consideration. To be eligible, a firm does not need to offer a full spectrum of strategies across all asset classes, but must demonstrate best-in-class qualities across those relevant asset classes.Winners
Portfolio Manager of the Year
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any individual portfolio manager or portfolio management team that has demonstrated consistent investment skills and the ability to generate long-term, market-beating returns across a strategy or range of strategies for the private banking and wealth management industry in the Asia Pacific region. To be eligible, a firm does not need to offer a full spectrum of strategies across all asset classes, but must demonstrate best-in-class qualities across those relevant asset classes.Winners
Nomura Asset Management
2025
Lazard Asset Management
2024
DWS
2023
Distribution Partner of the Year
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any individual regional private banking (intermediaries) distribution executive working in a leadership role at a third-party asset manager that has demonstrated the ability to secure consistent, long-term business relationships with a wide range of private banks and/or wealth management distribution partners in Asia Pacific. The winning participant must be able to demonstrate how they have successfully developed a third-party asset manager’s private wealth distribution channel in the region (via onboarding of products to private banking partners and/or strong net flows into these products), as well as adding value for these partners in the form of content, PM access, exclusive agreements, or other means.Apollo Global Management
2025
Rising Asset Management Firm New
Award Summary
This award category is applicable to any asset management firm that has launched its presence in the Asia Pacific wealth management industry over the past two years. Eligible firms should demonstrate strong early traction in the region through building distribution partnerships, engaging with private banks and wealth managers, raising assets, and delivering strategies aligned to the needs of Asia-based clients.
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