Lipper Awards
Take care when buying top performing funds
Everyone likes a top performer, but to the aura of high ratings and industry honours, add old-fashioned research and risk assessment
This year's featured winners
Tactical bet on pipelines pays off
CI fund manager reasoned that high-yielding investments with growth potential would beat bonds
Fund manager rests easy after bet on $3,000 mattress maker
Customer enthusiasm for memory-foam products caught eye of award winner Rob Mikalachki
Amid wild market swings, agile mutual fund plays ball
‘There have been no big home runs,’ says RBC fund manager of her 25% returns, just a series of singles and doubles
CIBC manager has feel for the property world
Charles Dillingham expects real estate investment trusts to return 10% this year
Pictures: A big night for mutual fund managers
The Lipper Awards were presented Thursday night in Toronto to Canada's top mutual funds
Lipper fund awards: the best of the best
Investors looking for double-digit returns will want to see this list
Previous Lipper Award winners
Top funds rode out the global meltdown
Lipper cites Canadian mutual funds that outperformed their peers, and the managers who run them
Manager avoids the ups and downs of the stock market
Juliette John is expecting an upward swing in interest rates during 2011
Betting on energy trends pays off for Normand Lamarche
Fund manager is counting on demand for commodities from emerging markets
Making money means not losing it
Fund manager Andrew McCreath is ‘not looking to shoot the lights out’
Emerging profits don’t require emerging markets
Black Creek Investment Management's Bill Kanko thinks stocks there are too pricey
About the Lipper Awards
U.S.-based global fund data and analysis provider Lipper Inc. awards to fund managers for the best one-, three-, five- and 10-year annualized returns with lower risk levels than their peers. The awards are given in all categories defined by the Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee, whose members come from domestic mutual fund database and research firms. There must be 10 funds available in a category before they are considered for a Lipper award.
The winners
2011 Lipper group award winners
These fund companies were recognized for their three-year performance
How Lipper determines the winners
Explaining the methodology behind its picks for the best-performing mutual funds
Earlier Discussion
Q&A: A top fund manager on how to bolster your portfolio
CI Investments' Alan Radlo on why he's given up on RIM, where investors should look for yield - and why Obama has got to go
Earlier
Award-winning fund manager on what's next for gold
RBC Global Asset Management's Chris Beer took your questions on where gold is headed and how you can profit
