The winners of the 2024 Zenith Fund Awards have been announced at a presentation in Sydney today.

The annual awards recognise the best in funds management across various major asset classes and disciplines, with the aim of raising the standard of funds management for the ultimate benefit of investors. 

Winners were announced across 24 categories including Rising Star, Distributor of the Year, Index Fund Manager of the Year and the major award, Fund Manager of the Year.

The 2024 Fund Manager of the Year went to GQG Partners. They also won in the categories of International Equities – Emerging Markets & Regional and International Equities – Global.

The Rising Star category went to GCQ Funds Management, while Distributor of the Year was awarded to Pinnacle Investment Management.

In a fitting announcement, this year’s Industry Contribution Award went to respected industry veteran and Pinnacle Founder and Managing Director, Ian Macoun. 

Index Fund Manager of the Year went to Vanguard Investments Australia for the second year in a row. Also attracting the same award two years in a row was MLC Asset Management in the Multi-Asset Diversified category.

Zenith managing director Jason Huddy said each finalist is a leader in their field and has displayed investment excellence across both qualitative and quantitative criteria over the last year and the longer term.

“As has been our focus in previous years, today’s awards recognise and honour excellence in funds management across all asset classes and disciplines. We believe that this is fundamental to continuing to raise the standards of funds management in our industry for the ultimate benefit of investors,” Mr Huddy said.

“Since our first awards ceremony in 2012, when we had just 17 categories of awards, we’ve grown to deliver awards in 24 categories right across the sector.

The full list of winners