Credit Agricole Asset Management Hong Kong has won the five-year Hong Kong equities award for the performance of its Indocam Asian Portfolios-Hong Kong fund.
The fund is managed by investment manager Chau Yee-man, who attributed the win to a disciplined stock-picking approach and long-term performance.
'Stock selection incorporates qualitative criteria with a focus on financial position, growth prospects, industry outlook and quality of management,'' she says.
Quantitative inputs included building comprehensive financial models for each recommended stock.
Risk management is another key to the fund's success, she says.
'In managing risk, we perform scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis to assess a company's vulnerability to external shocks, thereby avoiding problem companies.
'We are able to focus on those that are able to generate growth amid a difficult operating environment.''