NEW YORK, April 1st, 2015 - Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the winners of the Lipper US Fund Awards 2015. 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 Award winners were honored on March 31st, 2015 at a ceremony in New York City. TIAA-CREF and MassMutual Retirement Services collected the top Group Awards. The full list of Group Award winners include:

Winner Group Award
TIAA-CREF Best Fund Group Overall - Large
MassMutual Retirement Services Best Fund Group Overall - Small
Oakmark Family of Funds Best Equity Fund Group - Large
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management, LLC Best Equity Fund Group - Small
Lord Abbett & Company Best Fixed Income Fund Group - Large
Guggenheim Investments Best Fixed Income Fund Group - Small
American Funds Best Mixed Assets Group - Large
Thrivent Asset Management, LLC Best Mixed Assets Group - Small
   

"This year as in years past, the Lipper Fund Awards winners have exhibited a high level of skill and talent in navigating the ever complex and interconnected markets of today. We at Lipper congratulate the 2015 Award winners for their demonstrated expertise and for delivering outperformance to their collective fund shareholders." said Robert Jenkins, head of Lipper Research at Thomson Reuters. 

"I'm of two minds about our Award winners: on one hand, it's satisfying seeing funds and groups repeat because it tells us that with the right management excellence and consistency can go together. And on the other hand, declaring new winners reminds us that this is a competitive industry and no one's entitled to win." said Jeff Tjornehoj, head of Lipper Research, Americas.

Please click here to see a full list of winners from the US Fund Awards. The Lipper Fund Awards' 2015 methodology can be viewed here. For further information, please contact Lipper as noted below:

Lipper data covers more than 285,000 share classes and over 129,000 funds in 62 markets. It provides the free Lipper Leader ratings for mutual funds registered for sale in over 40 countries.

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, and the StarMine Analyst Awards. For more information, please contact markets.awards@thomsonreuters.com or visit excellence.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. For more information, go to  http://www.lipperweb.com/default.aspx

About Thomson Reuters
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Notes to Editors
Lipper Fund Awards designations do not constitute and are not intended to constitute investment advice or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security of any entity in any jurisdiction. As a result, investors should not make an investment decision on the basis of this information. Lipper Fund Awards designations are for informational purposes only. Lipper is not responsible for the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information obtained from Lipper. In addition, Lipper will not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from information obtained from Lipper or any of its affiliates. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and investors should remember that past performance is not a guarantee of future results.


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