(December 2 – 09:10 ET) – The 5th Annual Canadian Mutual Fund Awards Gala was held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto last night to laud the fund industry’s favourites. Mackenzie Financial Corp. and Altamira Investment Services Inc. came out the big winners of the night.
Fidelity took the Dealer’s Choice Award, sponsored by Investment Executive. It also picked up the Dealer Education Award.
The Imagine Corporate Citizenship Award went to Altamira. This award was judged by a panel including Tessa Wilmott, editor of Investment Executive. Altamira was also picked as the investors’ choice fund company of the year. The investor service award went to Trimark Investment Management Inc., and its chairman Robert Krembil was given the Career Achievement Award.
Rob Carrick of the Globe and Mail received the financial writing award and the Canadian Securities Institute took the investor education award.
Other winners included:
– Fund company of the year – C.I. Mutual Funds Inc.
– Fund Manager of the year – Ian Ainsworth, Altamira
– Best new initiative – Royal Precision Index Funds
– Canadian equity fund – AIM Canadian Premier Fund
– Canadian dividend fund – First Canadian Dividend Fund
– Canadian balanced fund – Fidelity Canadian Asset Allocation Fund
– Canadian income fund – Green Line Canadian Bond Fund
– Canadian small to mid cap equity fund – Fidelity Canadian Growth Company
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– Regional equity fund – AIM European Growth Fund
– U.S. equity fund – BPI American Equity Value Fund
– Specialty Fund– Altamira Science & Technology Fund
– Global equity fund – AGF International Value Fund
– Global balanced – Fidelity Global Asset Allocation Fund
– Global income fund – C.I. World Bond Fund
New awards were given in the segregated fund area too this year. The Ideal Canadian Equity Fund was named as the best Canadian equity segregated fund. The Transamerican Balanced Investment Growth Fund came out as the best balanced seg fund.
-IE Staff
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