Every year, the Lipper Fund Awards honors funds and fund management firms that have excelled in consistently strong risk-adjusted performance, relative to their peers in 17 countries across the globe. At the 2015 Lipper Awards US, the Third Avenue Real Estate Fund was awarded Best Global Real Estate Fund over a 3 year period among the 36 funds and 103 unique share classes in the Global Real Estate Category1.
This is the second year in a row that the Third Avenue Real Estate Value team has been recognized by Lipper. Just last year, at the Lipper 2014 United States Awards, the Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund was awarded Best Global Real Estate Fund over a 3 year period among the 33 funds and 92 share classes in the category1.
“We are excited Lipper recognizes the continued long-term performance that our Real Estate Value strategy has achieved,” said Third Avenue Management Chief Executive Officer, David Barse. “Our unique approach to real estate investing is what we believe sets Third Avenue apart from our peers. And we are delighted to be recognized for the differentiated results we are able to deliver to our investors.”
1 Lipper designates award-winning funds in most individual classifications for the three-, five- and 10-year periods and fund family awards covering three years. Lipper Fund Awards are based on Lipper’s Consistent Return calculation. Lipper scores for Consistent Return reflect funds’ historical risk-adjusted returns relative to funds in the same Lipper classification and include each fund’s expenses and reinvested distributions, but exclude sales charges. Consistent Return values are calculated with all eligible share classes for each eligible classification. The highest Lipper Leader for Consistent Return value within each eligible classification determines the fund classification winner over three, five or 10 years. Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company, is a leading global provider of mutual fund information and analysis to fund companies, financial intermediaries and media organizations. Any reference to a ranking, a rating or an award provides no guarantee for future performance results and is not constant over time. For a detailed explanation of the process, please review the Lipper Fund Awards methodology document at http://excellence.thomsonreuters.com
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