Finalists announced

Six fund managers are in the running for this year's IPAC Fund Manager of the Year Awards, including last year's winner AMP Henderson (formerly AMP Asset Management). The other four finalists to make the cut off are Armstrong Jones, BNZ, BT Funds Management, Guardian Trust Funds Management and previous winner Tower Asset Management.

New Zealand Funds Management was not considered for the top award as it contracts out asset alllocation and fund manager selection to research house IPAC.

However, NZ Funds, with five, has the highest number of funds nominated in the individual sector part of the awards.