Standard Life wins 'Best Sterling Corporate Bond Fund'

Standard Life Investments, one of the largest fixed interest managers in the UK, today announced that it has won the ‘Best Sterling Corporate Bond Fund' category at the Morningstar 2009 Fund Awards.

The award is for the performance of Standard Life Investments AAA Income Fund and is based on risk-adjusted performance over one, three and five year periods. Managed by Andrew Sutherland, the AAA Income Fund has produced top decile performance over one, three and five years. It has returned 14.34% to investors over the five year period versus the sector average of -6.05%.

Standard Life Investments' highly experienced fixed income team manage over £50.9bn of fixed interest assets, including a wide range of government, inflation-linked and corporate bond strategies across the credit spectrum for both retail and institutional investors.