Also recognised at Thomson Reuters Lipper Awards

HONG KONG, 4 March 2009 — BNY Mellon Asset Management received top industry recognition at the 2008 Morningstar Fund Awards 2008 (Hong Kong) yesterday, winning the "Non Dollar Bond" category for its BNY Mellon Euroland Bond Fund.

This year's Morningstar Fund Awards (Hong Kong) applauded the top performing funds and investment management groups in Asia that achieved success in a challenging economic environment and highlighted funds that excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers.

The BNY Mellon Euroland Bond Fund (A EUR) also won the Best Bon Euro Fund over five years in the Thomson Reuters Lipper Fund Awards 2009.

David Jiang, CEO of BNY Mellon Asset Management Asia, said: "We are delighted to win such highly respected industry awards. This is an important achievement as it clearly recognises the consistent performance we have delivered throughout the difficult markets conditions that have prevailed, particularly over the last year."

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