Dubai, UAE, August 29, 2016:  Thomson Reuters Lipper today announces the winners of the Middle East and North Africa Markets and Global Islamic Fund Awards 2016. These highly-respected awards honor funds and fund management firms that have excelled in providing consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers – the merit of the winners is based on entirely objective, quantitative criteria.

The full list of Group Award winners follows below:

“We at Thomson Reuters Lipper would like to congratulate all of the 2016 award winners for successfully navigating the exceptionally stormy waters of the 2015 capital markets.  Once again we are proud to recognize the outstanding skill and expertise put forth by these managers to deliver outperformance for their shareholders,” said Robert Jenkins, global head of research at Thomson Reuters Lipper. 

“All the winners of the Thomson Reuters Lipper Fund Awards deserve to be congratulated for delivering consistently good risk-adjusted performance, relative to their peers. The influential and prestigious Thomson Reuters Lipper Awards are based on regularly superior performance by investment fund managers and groups. We are proud that our measurement of such an achievement enables us to grant these awards with authoritative recognition and emphasis on consistency,” said Detlef Glow, head of EMEA research at Thomson Reuters Lipper. 

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For more than three decades and in over 20 countries worldwide, the Thomson Reuters Lipper Fund Awards have honoured funds and fund management firms that have excelled in providing consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers.