MutualFundWire.com: Dalbar Names 12 Best Service Providers

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Wednesday, January 22, 2003

Dalbar Names 12 Best Service Providers

Boston-based Dalbar today unveiled the list of winners of its 2002 Service Award. The award covers institutions provided top service to mutual fund investors. Twelve fund firms won the award, but none has to make as much room in its trophy case as Putnam Investments. That Boston-based fund firm is the only one on the list to win the award all twelve years of its existence.

Dalbar also said Prudential Financial and Seligman Funds were Key Honor Winners for their servicing of mutual fund investors in 2002.

The winners of the 2002 Mutual Fund Service Award and the number of years they have won were:

Alger Funds (2)

Evergreen Funds (5)

Guardian Investor Services, LLC (1)

INVESCO (8)

JPMorgan Funds (3)

Lord, Abbett & Co. (2)

Nations Funds (4)

New York Life Investment Management (2)

One Group Mutual Funds (2)

Putnam Investments (12)

State Street Research (3)