Winners of the 2008 Honours for Excellence in Investment



 “The first annual OBSR Honours Dinner was a huge success. Through each of the four categories we wanted to recognise the outstanding investors of their generation. I am satisfied that we have distinguished a number of individuals and teams that focus on generating consistent and excellent long-term returns.”

Richard Romer-Lee, research director, OBSR 

Outstanding Investor Honour
Joint winners: Angus Tulloch for First State Asia Pacific and Neil Woodford for Invesco Perpetual Income and Invesco Perpetual High Income


Shortlist in full
Fund Manager(s) Fund(s)
Paul Causer and Paul Read Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond
John Chatfeild-Roberts, Peter Lawery, and Algy Smith-Maxwell    Jupiter Merlin Growth, Jupiter Merlin Income, Jupiter Merlin Worldwide
Philip Gibbs     Jupiter Financial Opportunities
Roger Guy and Guillaume Rambourg  Gartmore European Selected Opportunities
Harry Nimmo     Standard Life UK Smaller Companies
Angus Tulloch     First State Asia Pacific
Neil Woodford Invesco Perpetual Income, Invesco Perpetual High Income


Outstanding New Talent Honour
Winner: Neptune Investment Team for the whole Neptune fund range


Shortlist in full
Fund Manager(s) Fund(s)
Philip Milburn    Aegon High Yield Bond
Neptune Investment Team   Neptune Range
Daniel Nickols Old Mutual UK Select Smaller Companies
Peter Saacke Artemis Global Growth


Outstanding Investment House Honour
Winner: Invesco Perpetual


Outstanding Contributor to the Industry Honour

Winner: Anthony Bolton, Fidelity Investments