For Immediate Release
Ausbil Investment Management has been named Fund Manager of the Year by Financial Newswire and SQM Research at the 2022 Fund Manager of the Year Awards.

The Awards are an independent assessment of Australia’s best fund managers. It is based on research from SQM, which covers 17 categories, including fund performance over the year to the end of May.

“We are thrilled to be awarded Fund Manager of the Year,” said Paul Xiradis, Executive Chairman, Chief Investment Officer and Head of Equities at Ausbil. “This year we also celebrated our 25-year milestone as an investment manager, so it’s been an incredible journey for us.”

In addition to Overall Fund Manager of the Year, the Ausbil Global Resources Fund was awarded Winner of the Long/Short Equities category and the Ausbil Australian Active Equity Fund was awarded Highly Commended in the Australian Equities – Large Cap category.

“Our purpose is to meet the performance expectations of our clients, and we do this by creating a business environment that is attractive to the best investment teams. That is, a single focus on investment management, comprehensive support services like distribution and an alignment of interests. We think the awards show that we’re achieving what we set out to do 25 years ago,” said Ross Youngman, CEO.

Ausbil now manages over $15.5bn in Australian and global investment strategies, covering small, mid-cap and large cap equities, global resources, global infrastructure, global small cap, balanced and long-short strategies.

As at 31 August 2022, the Ausbil Australian Active Equity Fund, has delivered a compound return of +11.18% per annum gross of fees* since its inception in 31 July 1997, outperforming the benchmark (S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index) by +3.07% per annum.

According to Paul Xiradis, “For us, it’s about a reliable, repeatable investment process and remaining a natural home for good investment managers. By doing that, we can continue to deliver great investor outcomes for another 25 years.”

*Please note, that the gross compound return excludes management costs of the Fund, which is currently 0.90% pa (see Product Disclosure Statement for the Ausbil Australian Active Equity Fund available at www.ausbil.com.au).

 
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For more information visit https://financialnewswire.com.au/fund-manager-year-awards-2022.