The list recognises the top 10% of UK retail-facing managers, based on performance over their entire career, FE fundinfo explained.
FE fundinfo has granted its ‘Alpha Manager’ rating to 18 fund managers, including a raft of new entrants.
The list recognises the top 10% of UK retail-facing managers, based on performance over their entire career, the data provider explained.
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The new entrants to the Alpha Manager list include Jeroen Brand, manager of the Goldman Sachs Europe Sustainable Equity fund; James Bullock, manager of the Lindsell Train Global Equity fund; Daniel Ivascyn, manager of the Pimco GIS Diversified Income fund; William Lam, manager of the Invesco Asian Equity fund; Evan Ouellette, manager of the Wellington Opportunistic EM Debt fund; Masaki Taketsume, manager of the Schroder Tokyo fund; and Nicolas Trindade, manager of the AXA World Funds Global Strategic Bonds fund.
Additionally, four managers have returned to the Alpha list, after having been featured previously. They are Fidelity's Raymond Ma, Schroders' King Fuei Lee, Vermeer's Tim Gregory and Hartwood's David Absolon.
FE also noted several managers on the list have been consistent long-term recipients of the rating over 15 years.
Among the ten such managers are Jupiter's John Chatfeild-Roberts and Daniel Nickols; Columbia Threadneedle's David Dudding; Liontrust's Julian Fosh; Fidelity's Leigh Himsworth and Jeremy Podger; FSSA's Martin Lau; Slater Investments' Mark Slater, Rathbones' James Thomson; and M&G's Richard Woolnough.
In terms of houses, Fidelity kept its top spot on the list of Alpha managers, with ten in its ranks. JP Morgan followed with nine, while Baillie Gifford, Schroders and Wellington tied for third place with seven Alpha managers.
Janus Henderson came in fourth place with six managers, while Royal London, Premier Miton and Jupiter tied for fifth place with five Alpha managers each.
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When sectors were considered, IA Global featured the most Alpha managers, with 72, up from 62 in 2023. IA Europe ex UK took the second spot, with 20 managers, followed by the IA UK All Companies' 17.
Charles Younes, deputy CIO at FE Investments, said: "The Alpha Manager Rating is our most consistent rating at FE fundinfo, as it considers a manager's track record across his or her entire investment career. That rating is therefore immune to short-term investment cycles and market rotations.
"Therefore, the list of Alpha-rated managers tends to be unchanged year on year, although it is always great to find rising talents reaching this distinction. And the 2024 vintage is no different to previous years".
