Best Funds Stories
Check out the award-winning funds featured in the Best Funds Awards Supplement.
Fullerton Fund Management wins Best Fund House award
Fullerton’s Morningstar Rating Overall score — which measures risk-adjusted performance — beat out other fund houses to place Fullerton among the best-performing houses for this year.
Standing the test of time
In the face of such uncertainty, there are some investments that stand resilient, not only reacting to market movements but even anticipating them. The GMO Quality Investment Fund is one such investment, anchored on decades of research and a long-term vision tested by history’s most challenging financial moments.
PineBridge’s quantitative edge: Seeking consistent outperformance in volatile markets
Managed by Ali’s team, PineBridge US Large Cap Research Enhanced Fund, a quantitative investment strategy, won The Edge Singapore’s Best Funds Award under the CPF Funds category for two consecutive years.
The road ahead for equity investors
What this also means is the case for a flexible global portfolio such as Capital Group New Perspective Fund (LUX) has gotten stronger. Recently named the best Central Provident Fund (CPF) fund in the 2025 The Edge Singapore Best Fund Awards, New Perspective is designed for change, which is exactly what the global economy is experiencing with Trump 2.0.
In December 2023, the Allianz Global High Payout Fund changed its benchmark from a blend of 60% MSCI World and 40% Dividend Yield (MSCI World) to only reference the former index. This better reflects the fund’s investment strategy, says lead portfolio manager Kai Hirschen, which is a “multi-factor equity approach” encompassing value, momentum, revisions and quality investment styles.
Allianz Global Investors looks beyond dividends with its ‘multi-factor equity approach’
SPDR Straits Times Index ETF proves its strength as core Singapore market exposure
Singapore’s first locally created exchange-traded fund (ETF), the SPDR Straits Times Index ETF (ES3), has retained its leading status in the local ETF market. At The Edge Singapore’s Best Funds Awards 2025, the fund took the top spot under the Singapore ETFs category, marking another milestone in its two-decade track record of delivering relatively low-cost, transparent access to Singapore’s most prominent listed companies.
Nikko Asset Management wins four awards across active, passive strategies
Nikko Asset Management claimed four awards at the Best Funds Awards 2025 by The Edge Singapore. They are the Nikko AM Shenton Thrift Fund, Nikko AM Shenton Horizon Singapore Fixed Income Enhanced Fund–SGD Class, Nikko AM Singapore STI ETF and NikkoAM-StraitsTrading Asia ex Japan REIT ETF.
Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), which won an award in the Fund House Category — Best Fund House at the Best Funds Awards 2025 by The Edge Singapore, is known for its investment approach, also known as The Dimensional Difference.
Dimensional: A data-based approach to investing
Schroders stood out at the Best Funds Awards 2025 by The Edge Singapore, taking home five wins across multiple categories: Global Broad Category less than US$1 billion — Fixed Income, Global Category — Asia Fixed Income and CPF Category — CPF Fund — reinforcing its strength in both asset classes.
Schroders picks up multiple wins across fixed income, Asia equity and CPF categories
Eastspring fund rides AI wave to second place in Best Funds Awards
The Eastspring Investments Unit Trusts – Global Technology Fund secured second place at the Best Funds Awards 2025 by The Edge Singapore under the Equity (AUM below US$1 billion) category.
Lion Global Investors’ Infinity US 500 Stock Index SGD Fund came up tops in the CPF Funds category at the Best Funds Awards 2025 by The Edge Singapore. Tracking the S&P 500 Index, the fund offers Singapore-based investors diversified exposure to the 500 largest US companies.
Lion Global’s Infinity US 500 Index Fund tops the CPF Funds category
Janus Henderson Investors is using thorough research and active management to navigate changes in real estate and healthcare markets, positioning itself for steady growth despite economic uncertainty.
Janus Henderson funds top real estate and healthcare categories
UOBAM’s United E-Commerce Fund wins big
The United E-Commerce Fund, managed by UOB Asset Management (UOBAM), is the winner in the Global Technology Equity section at the Best Funds Awards by The Edge Singapore this year.
BlackRock’s BGF World Technology A2 is among the shortlisted winners at the Best Funds Awards 2025 by The Edge Singapore under the Global Broad Category less than US$1billion — Fixed Income.
BlackRock secures wins by leveraging technology and inflation-linked investments
Three of Fidelity International’s funds won in four categories in this year’s Best Funds Awards by The Edge Singapore.
Fidelity’s winning funds focus on quality and fundamentals
Bond powerhouse PIMCO dominates fixed income awards again
Like last year’s Best Funds Awards by The Edge Singapore, PIMCO has emerged as a major winner again. Four of its funds claimed awards, including a clean sweep of the top three positions in the Global Broad Category less than US$1 billion — Fixed Income. Another win went to PIMCO’s GIS Asia High Yield Bond Fund Institutional USD Acc, which was the runner-up in the Global Category — Asia Fixed Income.