Fund Manager of the Year finalists announced
                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
                            Money Management and Lonsec have again seen a close race to the finals in this year's Fund Manager of the Year awards, with boutique managers doing the sector proud.
There is at least one manager waving the flag for the boutiques on the shortlist in almost all of 15 categories listed below.
The awards will be presented at the Fund Manager of the Year Awards night - Celebrating 25 Years - at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney on 10 May, 2012.
Money Management will also present the BDM of the Year award, along with Best Marketing Campaign, Best Advertising Campaign and Young Achiever of the Year.
The finalists in the Fund Manager of the Year categories are:
Australian Equities - Broad Cap
Australian Equities - Long Short
- Regal Australia
 - Perpetual
 - Smallco
 
Australian Equities - Small Cap
- Hyperion
 - Investor's Mutual
 - Novaport
 
Global Equities - Broadcap*
- Grant Samuel
 - Independent Franchise Partners
 - Magellan
 
Global Equities - Long/Short **
- Lighthouse
 - Acadian
 - Five Oceans
 
Property Securities - Global
- EQT SGH LaSalle
 - UBS Clarion
 - Vanguard
 
Property Securities - Australia
- Cromwell Phoenix
 - EQT SGH
 - Legg Mason
 
Fixed Interest - Diversified and Global
- EQT Pimco
 - Schroder
 - BlackRock
 
Regional / Emerging Market Equities
- Premium Asia Fund
 - Aberdeen
 - T Rowe Price
 
Alternative Investments (Hedge Funds)
- Winton
 - Aspect
 - AQR
 
Ethical / SRI Funds
- BT
 - Australian Ethical
 - Alphinity
 
Multi-Sector Funds
- Advance
 - ipac
 - Schroder
 
Asset Allocator of the Year
- Schroder
 - Mercer
 - Perpetual
 
Rising Star
- Novaport
 - Bennelong
 
Fund Manager of the Year 2012
- BTIM
 - Schroder
 - Magellan
 
* Benchmark changed to MSCI AC World ex Aust GR A$
** Benchmark changed to MSCI AC World ex Aust GR A$
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