The FT is publishing rankings of emerging market fund performance prepared by Lipper, the funds research company. Here is the second profile of one of the top performing funds.

Among the top-performing bond fund managers of 2010 is a little-known Austrian company with a formidable record. ZZ1, managed by Vienna-based ZZ Vermoegungsverwaltung, has come top among bond funds with $500m-plus under management, with a return in dollar terms of 23.3 per cent in the year to December 20, according to Lipper, the research company.

In a rare interview, Peter Pühringer, 68, the company’s wealthy and publicity-shy chairman, has told Chris Bryant, the FT’s Vienna correspondent, how he does it – and what he expects for 2010. Continue reading »

The FT is publishing rankings of emerging market fund performance prepared by Lipper, the funds research company. Here is the first profile of one of the top performing funds.

What do Japanese bond fund managers know that their competitors around the globe do not? According to rankings prepared for the FT and beyondbrics by Lipper, the funds research company, Japan-based funds have performed spectacularly in 2010 among emerging market bond funds.

According to Lipper, Japan-based funds account for seven of the top emerging market bond funds, and seven of the big funds with $500m and more under management. The returns, in US dollar terms, for the year up to December 20 ranged from 18.1 per cent to 28.6 per cent. So what’s their secret? The FT’s Lindsay Whipp tried to find out. Continue reading »