Manulife Asset Management among top winners of Fundata Canada awards

Toronto-based Fundata Canada Inc. held its annual awards ceremony in Toronto on Thursday.

The big winner was Toronto-based Manulife Asset Management Ltd., which had 34 of its mutual funds and segregated funds recognized with FundGrade A+ Awards.

In total, 60 companies representing 274 Canadian investment funds were honoured at the 2018 awards gala event.

Receiving the A+ Award for 2018 were 168 mutual funds, 41 ETFs, 62 segregated funds and three responsible investing funds.

The FundGrade A+ Award is given annually to investment funds and managers that show consistent, outstanding, risk-adjusted performance through the year, based on up to 10 years of history.

Dynamic Funds and Sun Life Assurance Co., both based in Toronto, each received 23 awards, which were bestowed on a combination of mutual funds and seg funds.

Toronto-based CI Investment Inc. was recognized with awards for 21 of its mutual and segregated funds.

A full list of the award-winning funds can be found on the Fundata Canada website.

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