Investment Strategies
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Alternatives Manager of the Year: AQR Capital Management
By Ginger SzalaFormer professors-turned-asset managers take the prize with SPACs and convertible bond strategies.
June 22, 2021
Small/Mid Cap Manager of the Year: Riverbridge PartnersLast year's "incredible" business disruption helped the strategy perform well, says portfolio manager Ross Johnson.
June 22, 2021
Small/Mid Cap Asset Manager of the Year: RMB Asset ManagementThe portfolio strategy was leveraged with a "smart" deployment of capital into value businesses.
June 22, 2021
Fixed Income Manager of the Year: Brandywine Global Investment Management"Managing fear" and finding value helped fuel the strategy's success in 2020.
June 22, 2021
Large Cap Equity Manager of the Year: Harbor Capital/Jennison AssociatesThe portfolio team looks at a longer-term horizon than others and at companies that create "true economic value."
June 22, 2021
Large Cap Equity Manager of the Year: Columbia Threadneedle Investments"Pessimism" is key to this strategy, which had a 23.1% return in 2020, says its portfolio manager Guy Pope.
June 22, 2021
Strategist & Overall Manager of the Year: WestEnd AdvisorsFour of the five high-conviction strategies are built with ETFs from Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street.
June 11, 2021
Stock Market Leadership Shifts to Europe: Schwab's KleintopYear-to-date through Tuesday, the MSCI euro index gained 17.5% versus 13.6% for the S&P 500.