Honours for the best mutual funds

For the second time the international Mountain View Fund Awards have been calculated from approximately 50,000 investment funds to honour the best mutual funds from various categories that are in the focus of investors. The award pays particular attention to climate-friendly investment strategies.

Due to the extremely positive feedback last year, the Carinthian fund data provider Mountain View Data has again decided to honour the best mutual funds over the previous five years with the international Mountain View Fund Award, named after the company itself. Karin Ladinig, Director of Content Management & Research, explains why the company decided to organize the awards a second time: "On the one hand, the company database includes approximately 50,000 different funds. So we are able to cover a large part of the international investment funds offered in the German-speaking area that brings us in a position to show interested investors which funds have successfully established themselves on the financial market in recent years. On the other hand, we have realized that most investors are overwhelmed with the fund selection and are often losing track due to the wide range of mutual funds of countless providers, so in our view, it makes sense to highlight and reward the best mutual funds and their successful managers. This makes the success of funds visible to the customer."

Mountain View Fund Award:



Winner trophies 2020

The Mountain View Fund Award 2020 was handed over to each of the top three funds out of 38 selected categories based on trading volume. In this process equity, bond, mixed, alternative investment and exchange traded funds with different focus were taken into account that are accessible to investors in German-speaking countries. "The awards were evaluated on the basis of weighting the 5, 3, and 1-year Sharpe ratio, because this indicator, developed by Nobel laureate William F. Sharpe, emphasizes the investor-critical risk / reward comparison. Therefore, it is possible for us to evaluate the best performance but also to highlight the associated risk for the customer," explains Karin Ladinig. Furthermore, Mountain-View Data has put a special emphasis on the climate friendliness of investment funds. "The consequences of global warming over the past years has led us to the decision that we only honour funds with the MVD Award, which invest only marginally in coal and fracking companies (under 2 % of the fund volume). It is very important for us to pay attention to our environment to make a positive contribution to the climate protection of our planet and ultimately to eliminate an additional risk for the benefit of investors.", Karin Ladinig explicates.

The winners of the Mountain View Fund Awards 2020 at a glance:

Equity Funds Global

Equity Funds Europe

Equity Funds Germany

Equity Funds Austria

Equity Funds China

Equity Funds Asia ex Japan

Equity Funds USA

Equity Funds Switzerland

Equity Funds EMU

Equity Funds Japan

Equity Funds Asia/Pacific ex Japan

Equity Funds UK

Equity Funds Emerging Markets

Equity Funds Technology

Equity Funds Sustainability

Equity Funds Sustainability Climate

Rentenfonds Global

Bond Funds Europe

Bond Funds USA

Bond Funds EMU

Bond Funds Emerging Markets

Bond Funds Sustainability

Mixed Funds Global Balanced

Mixed Funds Global Flexible

Mixed Funds Global Multi Asset

Mixed Funds Defensive

Mixed Funds Dynamic

ETF Equity Global

ETF Equity USA

ETF Equity Europe

ETF Equity EMU

ETF Equity UK

ETF Equity Japan

ETF Equity Germany

ETF Equity Emerging Markets

ETF Equity Sustainability

AI Managed Futures

Equity Long Short