Zurich wins Fund Management Company of the Year 2025

All of us at Zurich Ireland are very pleased with the recognition of being awarded Fund Management Company of the Year as it reflects the focus Zurich puts on supporting your clients to achieve their financial goals. 

Commenting on the award win David Warren, Chief Investment Officer, Zurich Ireland said: “I was proud to pick up this prestigious award on behalf of the Zurich Investment Team. Receiving this independent recognition for the third year running, highlights the team’s strong track record of delivery for our customers”.

In determining the winner, the judges looked for companies that have demonstrated a ‘holistic’ approach to managing and planning for their client’s current and future needs. The award recognises organisations who demonstrate excellence, resilience, and innovation in fund management.

When active investment counts

As an active investment manager, Zurich Investments is always monitoring global trends and ready to act. In 2025, heightened market volatility brought uncertainty and opportunity. A fund’s success during periods of steady growth is built on the sensible trades made in preceding periods of uncertainty.

Zurich Investments consists of experienced and highly qualified investment professionals, with a proven track record of making the right asset allocation decisions at the right times. The secret: more haste, less speed. True skill resides in composure and an ability to dissect noise. Zurich’s Investment team achieves this by staying attuned to recent market movements and the prevailing economic and geopolitical climate.

At Zurich Investments, we have a mantra - “While short-term matters, it’s long-term that counts”, especially true when we consider that your clients could be investing with us for upward of 40 years!

Why Zurich for investments?

• Active management: Financial markets are everchanging. As active fund managers, we make investment decisions every day that we believe will lead to fund outperformance for investors.
• Experienced team: An integrated team-based investment process ensures our investment strategy is implemented quickly and effectively. Zurich’s close-knit, long established, and highly experienced team of investment professionals share market insights daily to help make better decisions.
• Strong track record: Zurich’s Active Asset Allocation fund and Prisma multi-asset funds have recently reached an impressive milestone, with total assets under management now exceeding €15bn*. This achievement is driven by two key factors: strong investment performance and continued new inflows from investors who value our active management and investment expertise.
• Responsibly managed: As an investment manager, we are conscious of the need to ensure that we invest policyholder and shareholder funds responsibly and including Environmental, Social and Governance considerations into our investments is imperative. Today, we have 13 internally managed funds with a combined €22.4bn in assets under management classified as Article 8 according to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)**, and we build on these figures every year.
• Keeping your clients informed: Our ‘Customer Dashboard’ gives real-time updates on investments, pensions, and savings funds – tracking growth and performance, coupled with weekly investment market updates direct from the Zurich Investment team. This gives clients greater control of their finances and facilitates communication between you and your clients.

For more information on the Zurich range of funds, speak to your Zurich Broker Consultant.

Sources:

*Zurich, October 2025.

**Zurich as at 31 December 2024