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In its latest issue in June 2003 the French magazine "Le Revenu" rated the 110 best investment funds worldwide (Sicav & Fonds des Bourses). SLAM France received the "Trophée d´Argent" for the best fund performance over three years in the euro bond category.

In its latest issue in June 2002 the French magazine "Le Revenu" rated the 110 best investment funds worldwide (Sicav & Fonds des Bourses). SLAM France received the "Trophée d´Or" for the best fund performance over three years in the euro bond category.

The Swiss Life Funds (Lux) Equity Biomedical investment fund has been nominated best fund over three years in the "Equity Sector Biotechnology" by Lipper Switzerland, one of the industry´s most renowned fund analysis and rating companies. Since its launch in April 2001, the fund has been managed by Adamant Biomedical Investments, Basel.

Swiss Life wins prestigious Lipper Fund Award Switzerland 2006 as „Best Fund Group over three years – Overall Group – Small“.

The Lipper award honours the performance of Swiss Life´s range of funds in the equity, bond and mixed-portfolios categories on a risk-adjusted basis over a period of three years.

Group awards are presented for "Best Overall Fund Group“ in two categories: "Small" and "Large". Swiss Life belongs to the "Small" group with a volume of CHF 3.3 billion in the underlying retail funds. The category of "Best Overall Group" brings together the fund providers that offer at least three equity, bond and portfolio funds each.

Swiss Life Asset Management (France) has just been awarded the Innovation Prize for its fund SLF (F) Rendement managed by Gilles Frisch. We are immensely proud to receive this award from professionals representing private and institutional clients, in particular since innovation is our perennial core focus.

Swiss Life Asset Management (France)'s diversified fund range wins a silver trophy from "Le Revenu"Swiss

Life Asset Management (France) was awarded the silver trophy on 23 May 2012 for the best Sicav and diversified Funds range based on its weighted performance over three years as calculated by Europerformance – a SIX company on 31 March 2012.This prize rewards the performance of the diversified range of funds managed by Swiss Life Asset Management (France) and referenced in the unit-linked life insurance contracts offered by the Group.

The range mainly comprises the following funds:

SLF (Lux) Portfolio Global Growth Vitality
SLF (Lux) Portfolio Global Balanced Harmony
SLF (Lux) Portfolio Global Income Prudent

Swiss Life Asset Managers’ diversified asset management once again awarded at the Le Revenu Trophies 2013

On 23 May 2013, Swiss Life Asset Managers was awarded three trophies:

Gold for the best range of SICAVs and diversified funds*
Gold for the best diversified fund, SLF (F) Défensive*
Silver for the best overall performance

*for its weighted performance over three years as calculated on 31 March 2013 by EuroPerformance – a SIX Company

These awards recognise the achievements of the Swiss Life Asset Managers teams in setting up products focused on customers' needs. The funds are available through contracts offered by Swiss Life Assurance et Patrimoine and by other distribution partners such as Sélection 1818 and Skandia.

These trophies recognise the success of our asset management philosophy, which is geared to risk optimisation and implemented through various strategies.

The range comprises in particular:

SLF (Lux) Portfolio Global Growth Vitality
SLF (Lux) Portfolio Global Balanced Harmony
SLF (Lux) Portfolio Global Income Prudent

SLF (Lux) Portfolio Global Growth awarded during the “Victoires des SICAV” (La Tribune / Europerformance) in the category best balanced funds / dominant equity.

SLF (Lux) Bond Global High Yield laureate of the Innovation Award attributed by La Tribune / Europerformance.

This fund is not authorised for distribution in Switzerland.

On 12 November 2013, Swiss Life Asset Managers was awarded a “Globe de la Gestion” by the “Gestion de Fortune” magazine: this time for second place in the “flexible/conservative” category for its SLF (F) Defensive P Cap EUR fund.

The awards presented by Gestion de Fortune and Quantalys honour UCITS which have overperformed on a long-term basis, holding up well against the substantial market downturns during the period summer 2008 to summer 2011.

This award recognises our risk management approach through which we can offer our investors robust portfolios over the whole economic cycle.

Austrian Fund of Funds Award 2013 of the GELD-Magazin: Three Swiss Life index funds awarded best-of-class.

With two first places over a one-year period and one first place over a five-year period, no less than three funds from the Swiss Life index fund family came top in the "Mixed Fund of Funds" category.

Swiss Life Index Fund (LUX) – Income (EUR): 1st place for 1-year performance
Swiss Life Index Fund (LUX) – Dynamic (EUR): 1st place for 1-year performance
Swiss Life Index Fund (LUX) – Balance (EUR): 1st place for 5-year performance

In 2013, Swiss Life Asset Managers received two asset management awards from AGEFI: the prizes were for the SLF (F) Harmony P cap EUR and SLF (Lux) Portfolio Global Income Prudent (EUR) R Cap, which placed 1st and 3rd respectively in the "diversifiés internationaux" (international diversified) category. This classification was from Edhec vand Europerformance based on an alpha measurement over 3 years.

These two prizes show the ability of our asset management teams to generate alpha no matter what the risk profile, prudent or balanced, chosen by the investor.

The fund analysis company Lipper gave the coveted Lipper Fund Awards to Swiss Life Asset Managers no less than three times: in Germany and Austria as the winner of the best mixed-asset small fund category, and in Switzerland, SL Funds (F) Global Inflation was the winner in the category “bond global inflation linked”.

The Lipper Fund Awards for fund managers are given in two different categories: for large and small fund management companies. A fund manager can only win a group award if it manages at least five equity funds, five bond funds or three mixed-asset funds. All the funds managed by the fund manager that have been licensed for distribution in Switzerland, Germany and Austria are rated. The fund manager who achieved the best equal-weighted average of percentile for consistent return over three years is the winner.

The awards at a glance:

Germany:
Group winner as the best "mixed-asset" small fund manager over a period of three years

Austria:
Group winner as the best "mixed-asset" small fund manager over a period of three years

Switzerland:
Best fund in the "bond global inflation linked" category over a period of three years

Swiss Life Asset Managers was awarded three trophies by Le Revenu magazine on 22 May 2014 for its fund offering under unit-linked life insurance at the Swiss Life Group in France:

Bronze for best overall performance over three years, category "insurers",
Bronze for best diversified fund SLF (F) Defensive, all categories (insurers, banks, specialist providers),
Silver for best range of international equities over three years, category "insurers".

Le Revenu makes its awards on the basis of weighted performance over three years as calculated on 31 March 2013 by EuroPerformance – a SIX Company.

Having already given three awards to Swiss Life Asset Managers since the beginning of the year, in Germany and Austria, the fund analysis company Lipper has now distinguished Swiss Life Asset Managers with four more Lipper funds awards for its balanced fund range in France.

Pierre Guillemin, Head Portfolio Management Asset Allocation & Equity, comments: "These awards demonstrate our capacity to offer our clients funds that deliver over time and match their risk profile. Our diversified fund range at the core of the unit-linked investment offering advocated by the Swiss Life Group and our other partners (distribution platforms, family offices, …), has this year again shown the relevance of our investment process and testified to the expertise of our teams."

Awards given by Lipper to Swiss Life Asset Managers in France

Best fund over 3 years

Swiss Life Funds (F) Vitality P
Mixed Asset EUR Aggressive - GlobalSwiss Life Funds (F) Harmony P
Mixed Asset EUR Balanced – GlobalSwiss Life Funds (F) Defensive P
Absolute Return EUR Medium

Best fund over 5 years

Swiss Life Funds (F) Defensive P
Absolute Return EUR Medium

On 4 November 2014, Swiss Life Asset Managers was awarded a Globe d’or de la Gestion by the magazine Gestion de Fortune: this prize is in recognition of the performance of the SLF (F) Defensive P Cap EUR (FR0010308825) Fund which came first in the "patrimonial funds" category.

The methodology applied by Gestion de Fortune and Quantalys aims to identify UCITS which have outperformed over the long term while avoiding the major market reversals in 2011. Performances are counted up to 30 September 2014.

This award acknowledges our risk-management-based approach, which provides our investors with portfolios equipped to perform throughout the economic cycle.

On 13 November 2014, Swiss Life Asset Managers was awarded the distinction of being the most dynamic foreign asset management company in France. This award is in recognition of the professionalism and dynamism of the foreign management companies present in France, in particular their investment offering, market positioning, growth and development.

Swiss Life Asset Managers saw off the challenge of M&G and Fidelity to win the Trophée 2014.

This award is a vote for our approach in France, which is based on Swiss Life values and customer orientation, the quality of the teams and our financial and commercial performances, despite a difficult environment in France.

In 2014, Swiss Life Asset Managers received an asset management award from AGEFI for the SLF (F) Harmony P cap EUR fund, which placed 3rd in the "diversifiés internationaux" (international diversified) category. This classification was from Edhec and Europerformance based on an alpha measurement over 3 years.

This award shows the ability of our asset management teams to generate alpha no matter what the risk profile, prudent or balanced, chosen by the investor.

At the amLeague 2014 awards held on 21 January 2014, Swiss Life Asset Managers received the "Action Europe" prize for the best performance in European equities from Henri Chaffiotte of CARMF and Antoine Briant of amLeague.

Launched four years ago, the amLeague ratings aim to provide investors with an objective and fully comparable means of measuring management companies' performance. The amLeague framework defines the management rules, providing common constraints and a strictly identical operating environment for all the participants. The ratings and prizes thus form a level playing field for showing the best management performances for a given period and universe.

This award for European management and the third place for euro zone management testify to the quality of equity management at Swiss life Asset Managers.It's risk-management-based approach ensured the company enjoyed an excellent 2014. Its main successes were in the UCITS:

SLF(F) Equity Europe Minimum Volatility,
SLF(F) Equity Euro zone Minimum Volatility,
SLF(F) Equity France and
SLF(L) Equity Global High Dividend.

At the EUROPEAN FUNDS TROPHY ceremony organised by FundsClass on 3rd March 2015, Swiss Life Asset Managers was designated for the second time Best Multi-country Asset Management Company for its entire fund range.

The prizes awarded for risk-adjusted performances over the last 4 years are for those management companies with a range of funds offering the best global quality of all asset categories combined. For this competition the funds of almost 1000 European asset management companies were studied across seven categories of company defined according to the number of rated funds under management. Swiss Life Asset Managers received its award in the category of companies with between 41 and 70 rated funds in Europe.

On 12 March, Swiss Life Asset Managers was awarded the prize for the best diversified asset management at the pyramides de la gestion de patrimoine. The pyramides de la gestion de patrimoine is organised by the magazine "Investissement Conseils" to distinguish the best performers in different sectors including life insurance, retirement, real estate and asset management.

Among the eight UCITS categories in asset management (equities and bonds from different geographical zones and sectors, diversified and flexible) the fund SLF (F) Défensive P Cap Eur (isin FR0010308825) was nominated best diversified, flexible asset manager.

The fund analysis company Lipper has honoured Swiss Life Asset Managers with four awards in the categories "Bond Swiss Franc", "Index Funds Income" and "Mixed Assets" in Germany and Europe.
Swiss Life Funds (CH) Bond Swiss Francs is a top performer in its class over 10 years in Germany. The fund has shown the highest score for consistent return against 16 funds in the peer group Bond Swiss Franc.

In addition, Swiss Life Asset Managers receives an award for best funds within its peer groups for the Swiss Life Index Funds (LUX) Income. In Germany as well as in Europe, Swiss Life Asset Managers has been awarded for best small asset manager in the category “Mixed Assets”.

Consensus Economics, the world's leading economic survey organisation, has announced the recipients of its 2015 Forecast Accuracy Award (FAA). The FAA program recognises the achievements of a select group of expert country economic forecasters who have most accurately predicted the performance of GDP growth and Consumer Price Inflation for their targeted economies over a 24 months forecasting cycle.