Quilter has won three out of five performance awards in Defaqto’s MPS Comparator Awards for 2025.
The wealth manager won in the Cautious, Balanced and Growth categories. The Defensive category was won by Ascencia, while Tatton picked up the win in the Adventurous category.
Defaqto said the awards reward ‘consistently strong performing MPS ’ based on five years of discrete risk-adjusted performance measures across the five risk levels.
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Each category also had five ‘highly commended’ MPS named. The full winners lists are below:
Defensive
| Winner | Ascencia Portfolio of Sharia Compliant Solutions 4 |
| Highly Commended | Quilter WealthSelect Managed Blend 4, Parmenion PIM Tactical Active- Risk Grade 1, Parmenion Strategic Passive – Risk Grade 1, Ascencia Safety First 3, Parmenion PIM Tactical Passive – Risk Grade 1 |
Cautious
| Winner | Quilter WealthSelect Managed Blend 6 |
| Highly Commended | Ascencia Portfolio of Sharia Compliant Solutions 5, Quilter WealthSelect Managed Blend 7, Quilter WealthSelect Managed Active 6, Quilter WealthSelect Managed Active 7, Credo MAP Core 60/40 |
Balanced
| Winner | Quilter WealthSelect Managed Blend 8 |
| Highly Commended | Ascencia Portfolio of Sharia Compliant Solutions 6, Waverton Balanced Portfolio, PAM Adventurous Global Portfolio, Tatton Core Active, Credo MAP Core 70/30 |
Growth
| Winner | Quilter WealthSelect Managed Blend 9 |
| Highly Commended | Waverton Growth Portfolio, abrdn Index MPS 5, HSBC Global MPS Dynamic, PAM Aggressive Global Portfolio, Tatton Tracker Active |
Adventurous
| Winner | Tatton Core Global Equity |
| Highly Commended | Tatton Tracker Global Equity, Tatton Managed Global Equity, Quilter Cheviot Global Growth, PAM Aggressive Passive Portfolio, Quilter WealthSelect Managed Blend 10 |
Andy Parsons, head of investment and protection at Defaqto, said: “First and foremost, a huge congratulations to all the winners and highly commended. As the quote by Mohnish Pabrai succinctly summarises, ‘minimising downside risk while maximising the upside is a powerful concept’.
“With over 1,100 portfolios being appraised, the winners and highly commended are spread across a total of 10 different DFM providers and are a testament to the rigorous investment processes and philosophies they each adopt.
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“The most prominent performance comes from the Quilter WealthSelect range,” Parsons continued. “Having achieved three highly commended positions last year, this year they have taken the awards by storm, winning three of the Comparator categories, and also having highly commended portfolios in the Defensive, Cautious and Adventurous Comparator categories. Testimony to the consistency and spread of the WealthSelect range.”
