Dynamic Funds® Holds Top Spot with Advisors and Analysts
Dynamic Shines in Both Marketing and Fund Management
TORONTO, Dec. 2 /CNW/ - Dynamic Funds® ("Dynamic") was the proud winner of 10 trophies at the 2010 Canadian Investment Awards, including Advisors' Choice Investment Fund Company of the Year and Analysts' Choice Investment Fund Company of the Year. Dynamic was also the winner of the Canadian Investment Marketing Award for the firm's It's time to get Dynamic 2010 RRSP season campaign and seven individual fund awards.
Eight Dynamic portfolio managers and two sub-advisors were nominated for awards this year with mandates spanning four different investment styles and five asset classes, demonstrating the firm's breadth of expertise and product offerings.
"To be recognized as best in class on so many levels is just exceptional," said David Goodman, President and Chief Executive Officer of DundeeWealth. "Our particular brand of entrepreneurialism and independent thinking has created a winning model for us and for our clients and we are committed to preserving it."
Dynamic received the Advisors' Choice award following a closed survey of Canadian advisors, who voted for their favourite fund company based on criteria that includes quality and range of products, performance, service and education. Dynamic was selected for the Analysts' Choice award after a jury of fund analysts evaluated companies on overall fund performance as well as quality of the products offered, strength of the fund management teams, effectiveness of the firm's communications and investor services, and competitiveness on fees.
It's time to get Dynamic, the firm's bold RRSP season marketing campaign designed to encourage investors to get off the sidelines and back into actively managed investments, received the Canadian Investment Marketing Award for its achievement in setting and achieving clear objectives, leveraging market research and demonstrating innovation.
Seven Dynamic funds were recognized as the best in their respective categories by a jury of fund analysts:
- Asian Equity - Dynamic Far East Value Fund managed by Chuk Wong
- Canadian Dividend & Income Equity - Dynamic Dividend Fund managed by Oscar Belaiche and Jason Gibbs
- Canadian Equity - Dynamic Value Fund of Canada managed by David Taylor
- Canadian Small/Mid Cap Equity - Dynamic Small Business Fund managed by Oscar Belaiche and Jason Gibbs
- Best Global Equity - Dynamic Power Global Growth Class managed by Noah Blackstein
- Best Natural Resources Equity - Dynamic Focus+ Resource Fund managed by Ned Goodman
- Best US Equity Fund - Dynamic American Value Fund managed by David Fingold
Dynamic's 2010 Canadian Investment Awards wins build on a long list of industry accolades including 14 trophies (the most of any fund company) at the 2010 Lipper Fund Awards and 2009 Advisors' Choice Investment Fund Company of the Year and 2008 Analysts' Choice Investment Fund Company of the Year at the Canadian Investment Awards. Most recently, Dynamic was ranked number one in the categories of Quality of Fund Managers, Performance of Products and Overall Performance in the 2010 Environics Advisor Perception Study published in September 2010.
About Dynamic Funds
Dynamic Funds is a division of Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of DundeeWealth Inc. (TSX: DW). Goodman & Company offers a wide range of wealth management solutions through financial advisors. These include the mutual funds and hedge funds of Dynamic Funds, the portfolio solutions of the Marquis Investment Program, the flow-through limited partnerships of CMP™ and Canada Dominion and the high net worth investment counsel of Goodman Private Wealth Management.
For further information:
Customer Relations Centre | Myra Reisler |
Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd. | Public Affairs |
1.800.268.8186 or www.dynamic.ca | 416.365.5370 |
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