In 2017, internationally renowned AsianInvestor magazine recognized the Bureau of Labor Funds’ excellence among institutional investors in the Asia-Pacific region and presented it with Institutional Excellence Awards for Pension Fund and Investment Organization in Taiwan.

　　This year, the Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) earned its thrice honor to attend the programme of AsianInvestor designated to recognize excellence and the best practice among institutional investors across Asia Pacific regions. The BLF has already won two outstanding awards in the past two years. Worthily to notice, the BLF has won the institutional excellence awards for pension fund in Asia-Pacific region for three years, indicating the efforts and proficiency of the BLF in the field of pension fund management, and consistently notching up international endorsement.

　　During the selection process, the magazine examined Asian investment institutions by institutional type, market, proficiencies, and asset class categories. Award criteria include institutional management, investment processes, information transparency, professional talent pools, operational innovation, contribution to the capital market, and corporate social responsibility. The BLF has won the Institutional Excellence awards for pension fund in Asia-Pacific region in 2015 and 2016. This year, the BLF continues breaking new ground in terms of investment diversity, adding new external mandates, exploring new areas of opportunity, spending ongoing efforts to maintain and improve its governance and desire to engage with environmental, social and governance considerations. Hence, the BLF has once again been selected and won the award for Best Pension Fund in Asia-Pacific region and gained Award for Excellence Investments Organizations in Taiwan.

　　AsianInvestor magazine will hold the award ceremony in Singapore on December 6^th, attended by representatives from the public pension funds of several countries in the Asia-Pacific region and CEOs of international asset management and investment advisory companies. At the ceremony, the BLF will take the opportunity to establish a professional network of contacts from international pension funds and asset management institutions, while communicating and sharing insights on international financial markets and global investment positioning.

　　The BLF would like to point out that in an environment of low interest rates and high asset prices, managing funds is becoming a more difficult task than before. Applying global diversification and active management, coupled with development of innovative investment schemes, shall serve as an applicable strategy.

　　Besides being recognized, the members of the BLF expect ourselves to advance our investment skills, and raise the performance of labor funds for labors in the low rate economic environment.