Awards Granted: These Are the Best Investment Funds of 2015

The investment funds PBZ Euro Money and Money, Capital One, Allianz Portfolio, and Fima Equity are the winners of the awards from the Association for the Management of Investment Funds of the Croatian Chamber of Economy for the best open investment funds with a public offering in 2015, “Top of the Funds”, while PBZ Invest was declared the best management company for investment funds.

The PBZ Euro Money fund was awarded as the best euro money open investment fund with a public offering, and PBZ Money as the best kuna fund in 2015. The best bond fund was declared to be Capital One managed by InterCapital, while Allianz Invest received the award for the best mixed open investment fund with a public offering last year, Allianz Portfolio. The award for the best equity fund was given to Global Invest for the Fima Equity fund, and the “Top of The Funds” award for the best management company for investment funds in 2015 was received by PBZ Invest. 

The award ceremony for “Top of the Funds” was held on Tuesday as the central event marking World Investment Funds Day, aimed at improving the financial literacy of citizens, especially the youth, said Josip Zaher, Vice President of the Croatian Chamber of Economy for Tourism, Trade, and Finance at the award ceremony. 

The Croatian Chamber of Economy is organizing a series of activities from April 16 to 22 to increase consumer financial literacy within the National Strategic Framework for Consumer Financial Literacy and the Action Plan for Improving Consumer Financial Literacy.

Thus, on Saturday, a promotional stand was set up in Zagreb’s Flower Square where citizens could learn more about investment funds and how they operate, and Zaher announced a series of lectures at several Zagreb faculties where basic information about investment funds in Croatia and the EU will be presented to students.

He also reminded that today in Croatia there are a total of 84 open investment funds with a public offering, so-called UCITS funds, which, according to data from the end of February managed 14.1 billion kuna in assets, šwhich is 4.9 percent more than in the same period last year.