TORONTO – Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the winners of the Lipper Fund Awards 2013 for Canada. The Lipper Fund Awards are part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a global family of awards that celebrate exceptional performance throughout the professional investment community.

The Lipper Awards were presented on February 5, 2013 at a ceremony in Toronto, Canada. Phillips, Hager & North collected the top group awards for overall and bond fund group. RBC Global Asset Management and Fidelity Investments Canada both won four individual awards in total, while TD Asset Management won three awards. The full list of group award winners includes:

"The Lipper Fund Awards celebrate success in the collective funds management industry by recognizing the practitioners who have parlayed their hard work and skill into impressive records of returns to their shareholders - overcoming the significant hurdles and gyrations of today's investment markets," said Robert Jenkins, global head of Lipper Research at Thomson Reuters.

"Winners of the Lipper Fund Awards deserve to be congratulated for delivering consistently good risk-adjusted returns relative to their peers over a very eventful three-, five-, or ten-year period," said Jeff Tjornehoj, head of Lipper Americas Research. "Despite challenging market conditions, excellent managers and analysts should be honored by the industry and we are proud that our methods recognize quality performance objectively and with an emphasis on consistency."

In addition to the group awards, trophies were presented to 33 individual fund award winners. 

About the Lipper Fund Awards

The Lipper Fund Awards are part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a global family of awards that celebrate exceptional performance throughout the professional investment community. The Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence recognize the world's top funds, fund management firms, sell-side firms, research analysts, and investor relations teams. The Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence also include the Extel Survey Awards, the StarMine Analyst Awards, and the StarMine Broker Rankings. For more information, please contact markets.awards@thomsonreuters.com.

Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company, is a global leader in supplying mutual fund information, analytical tools, and commentary. Lipper's benchmarking and classifications are widely recognized as the industry standard by asset managers, fund companies and financial intermediaries. Our reliable fund data, fund awards designations and ratings information provide valued insight to advisors, media and individual investors. 

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