PA Awards: New Fund Launch of the Year nominees

Professional Adviser is pleased to announce the nominees for its New Fund Launch of the Year award.

Readers of both Professional Adviser and IFAonline now have the opportunity to select which of the below seven funds they believe has been the best addition in 2009. Your views, along with those of our specialist judging panel, will be used to identify the winning product.

The shortlist for the remaining awards, including most Innovative IFA, Best IFA Network and Best Wrap/Platform for advisers, as well as all the nominees in our retirement categories, will be released later today.

Nominees for PA's investment categories, including Best UK Equity Income Group, was published on Friday, and is also included below.

The winners of the Professional Adviser Awards 2010 will be announced on Thursday 21st January at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

The ceremony will be followed by an exclusive reception, where 600 guests will toast the recipients of the ultimate accolades in the industry.

The nominees for New Fund Launch of the Year are:

Martin Currie Global Energy
Ignis HEXAM Global Emerging Markets
Artemis Strategic Assets
Gartmore European Absolute Return
GLG UK Select
Investec Multi-Asset Protector
Old Mutual UK Dynamic Equity

The nominees for the investment categories are as follows:

Best multi-asset group
Jupiter
Thames River Capital
Henderson New Star
Fidelity
BlackRock
BNY Mellon
Cazenove
Insight

Best UK equity growth group
Schroders
M&G
BlackRock
Investec
Neptune
Fidelity

Best UK equity income group
Jupiter
Artemis
Schroders
Invesco Perpetual
Blackrock
BNY Mellon

Best fixed income group
M&G
Henderson New Star
Old Mutual
L&G Investment Management
Fidelity
Invesco Perpetual
Schroders

Best international growth group
Allianz
Neptune
Ignis Hexam
Fidelity
First State
Threadneedle

Voting forms will be available via the Professional Adviser website and on IFAonline when the full shortlist is confirmed on 10 December.

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