Zurich / Frankfurt am Main, September 12, 2013 - John Hathaway, manager of the Falcon Gold Equity Strategies, wins for the third consecutive year three gold medals at the Sauren Golden Awards in the category Equity Gold Mines. The Sauren Golden Awards explicitly acknowledge outstanding fund management services.
Sauren Fonds Research AG has recently announced in Frankfurt its prestigious and renowned awards on the occasion of the Sauren Golden Awards 2013. The Award ceremony took place in early September 2013 and awarded fund managers from different investment categories based on their Sauren Fund Ratings. Besides winning three gold medals in the category Equity Gold Mines, John Hathaway has also been awarded for his excellent fund management.
"We congratulate John Hathaway and his team on this well-deserved renewed acknowledgement especially in the light of the difficult market for Gold and Gold Equities in the past months" says Eduardo Leemann, CEO of Falcon Private Bank. "We are very proud of John's outstanding achievements and we recognize and appreciate the expertise and tremendous efforts invested in the management of our Falcon Gold Equity Strategies" - he adds.
John Hathaway of Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. has over 40 years of professional investment experience and manages one of the most successful and award winning gold mutual funds in the US which has consistently delivered a top performance in its category. Since August 10, 2012 John Hathaway has been managing the Falcon Gold Equity UCITS Fund in Luxembourg available for public distribution in Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Singapore (restricted) and the Falcon Gold Equity Fund in Switzerland available for public distribution in Switzerland and Germany.
The Falcon Gold Equity UCITS Fund invests in securities of companies located throughout the world that are engaged in mining or processing gold. A part of the net assets of the Fund can be invested in companies that mine or process other precious metals, gems or colored metals.
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TOCQUEVILLE ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. is an entrepreneurial, employee-owned limited partnership that focuses exclusively on growing and preserving its clients' long-term capital. Tocqueville invests alongside its clients and therefore has more than a professional interest in producing results that meet and exceed expectations.
FALCON PRIVATE BANK LTD. is an experienced Swiss private bank specialized in wealth management for private clients, wealthy families and institutional investors. Its clients all over the world enjoy the benefits of over 40 years of experience in Swiss private banking and the financial strength and solidity of its owner aabar Investments PJS. Falcon Private Bank has branches and representative offices in Geneva, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
AABAR INVESTMENTS PJS is a global investment company investing across industry sectors in attractive opportunities with significant long-term growth potential. International Petroleum Investment Company, an Investment company wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, owns 95,3 % of the shares in aabar.
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