03.27.2026
Aperture Investors European Innovation Fund Wins 2026 LSEG Lipper Fund Awards
Aperture Investors, an alternative asset manager and part of Generali Investments, is pleased to announce that the Aperture Investors European Innovation Fund has been recognized at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026 Europe, earning top honors in the Alternative Long/Short Equity Europe category.
The Aperture Investors European Innovation Fund, EX EUR Class (SICAV), was named best fund in Lipper’s Alternative Long/Short Equity Europe category over the trailing three- and five-year periods ended 31 December 2025, as follows:
- Europe Active Awards – 3 years and 5 years
- Germany Fund Awards – 3 years and 5 years
- Switzerland Fund Awards – 3 years
The LSEG Lipper Fund Awards recognize funds and fund management firms that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers. Aperture Investors’ European Innovation Fund seeks to identify innovative European companies positioned to benefit from structural growth trends, while employing a disciplined long/short approach designed to generate alpha across market cycles.
“Winning across three markets and over both three- and five-year horizons is, we believe, a powerful validation of our investment philosophy and approach,” said Anis Lahlou, Portfolio Manager and CIO, European Equities at Aperture Investors. “European equity markets remain significantly under-researched and inefficient relative to the US market for example, and our mission is to capture that inefficiency and share the excess returns directly with our clients. We aim to do this through a disciplined process that combines rigorous fundamental analysis, deep expertise across innovation verticals, and insights drawn from behavioural finance - allowing us to identify mispricings and extract alpha on a repeatable basis1. Importantly, our approach is designed to remain relevant across all market regimes, and we believe these awards are a testament to that consistency."
“For the first time, LSEG Lipper is calculating two different fund awards in 2026 in Europe, covering both mutual funds and, for the first time, ETFs: one for active and another for passive products,” said Otto Christian Kober, Head of Lipper Research, LSEG Data & Analytics. “The 2026 LSEG Lipper Fund Awards mark another volatile three-year stretch for global markets. The managers we’re recognizing have guided investors through an environment where base rates have spiked, then diverged, as central banks navigated new and challenging inflationary landscapes alongside uneven global growth and heightened geopolitical risk. We applaud the 2026 LSEG Lipper Fund Award winners for delivering outperformance and the steady reassurance of consistency through changing market conditions.”
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1 Past performance does not predict future returns. Future returns may also be negative. Before making any investment decision, please read the Prospectus and Key Information Document (KID) of the UCITS. The Fund’s risks are described in its Key Investor Information Document available at https://www.generali-investments.com/
This communication relates to the Aperture Investors SICAV - European Innovation Fund (“European Innovation Fund") a sub-fund of Aperture Investors SICAV. Aperture Investors UK, Ltd is authorized as Investment Manager in the United Kingdom, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Management Company of the Fund is Generali Investments Luxembourg S.A., authorized as UCITS Management Company in Luxembourg, regulated by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).
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