T. Rowe Price Earns Two 2020 U.S. Morningstar Awards for Investing Excellence
Firm Honored for Exemplary Stewardship
and Jerome Clark named as Outstanding
Portfolio Manager
T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ-GS: TROW) announced June 22nd, 2020 that it has been selected to receive two 2020 U.S. Morningstar Awards for Investing Excellence. T. Rowe Price was honored with the 2020 U.S. Morningstar Exemplary Stewardship Award for the firm and the 2020 U.S. Morningstar Outstanding Portfolio Manager Award for Jerome Clark. Mr. Clark, a portfolio manager in T. Rowe Price’s Multi-Asset Division, co-manages the T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds and Target Funds.
The Exemplary Stewardship award recognizes the firm that best demonstrates an investor-focused corporate culture and an alignment of interests between investors and the people who control the destiny of the investment strategies, according to Morningstar.
T. Rowe Price was founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr., who set out with four colleagues to establish an investment counseling firm “with a reputation for the highest character and the soundest investment philosophy.” The company’s reason for being and its actions continue to be guided by these words today, and its associates strive to prioritize client interests above all else.
T. Rowe Price’s culture is anchored in the importance of strategic investing, which is driven by rigorous research; critical thinking; prudent risk management; and active, independent decision-making. More than 7,000 T. Rowe Price associates in 16 countries around the world work to provide the highest-quality service to clients.
The Outstanding Portfolio Manager award honors managers who, in addition to delivering strong returns for investors over their careers, have demonstrated excellent investment skill, the courage to differ from the consensus to benefit investors, and an alignment of interests with the strategies’ investors.
Mr. Clark has spent his entire investment career at T. Rowe Price and was the first portfolio manager of T. Rowe Price’s target date funds when the firm’s Retirement Funds launched in 2002. He joined T. Rowe Price in 1992 as a quantitative analyst in the Fixed Income Division and later served as portfolio manager of the US Treasury Long-Term Bond Strategy from 1998 through 2003.
This award is a testament to Mr. Clark’s outstanding record of service and his pioneering efforts in building one of the industry’s most successful and innovative target date franchises.
In addition to these two awards, Wyatt Lee, head of Target Date Strategies and co-portfolio manager of the T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds and Target Funds with Mr. Clark, was nominated in the Rising Talent category.
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MORNINGSTAR EXEMPLARY STEWARDSHIP AWARD METHODOLOGY
Nominees are asset managers with investment strategies under coverage by Morningstar manager research analysts. To qualify for the award, the firm must have received a Parent pillar rating of “positive,” or, if one or more of its strategies have been rated under the enhanced ratings methodology launched in November 2019, “High.” The Parent pillar rating measures the quality of a firm’s care of investors’ capital. Nominations are made by Morningstar manager research analysts, then narrowed to a list of finalists. The entire analyst team meets to debate the merits of the finalists. Voting commences immediately thereafter and nominees receiving the most votes are the winners.
MORNINGSTAR OUTSTANDING PORTFOLIO MANAGER AWARD METHODOLOGY
To be eligible for the Outstanding Portfolio Manager award, managers must run one or more investment strategies that are under Morningstar manager research analyst coverage and the manager’s strategy must currently earn a Morningstar Analyst Rating™ of Gold or Silver for at least one vehicle and/or share class.
Morningstar Awards 2020©. Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Awarded to T. Rowe Price for 2020 U.S. Morningstar Exemplary Stewardship and to Jerome Clark for 2020 U.S. Morningstar Outstanding Portfolio Manager, U.S.A.
ABOUT T. ROWE PRICE
Founded in 1937, Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price (troweprice.com) is a global investment management organization that provides a broad array of mutual funds, subadvisory services, and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans, and financial intermediaries. Assets under management as of May 31, 2020, were $1.19 trillion. The organization also offers a variety of sophisticated investment planning and guidance tools. T. Rowe Price’s disciplined, risk-aware investment approach focuses on diversification, style consistency, and fundamental research.
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