Revealed: Winners Of The Investment Company Of The Year Awards 2017

Civitas Social Housing, the first real estate investment trust dedicated to investing in social homes in England and Wales, walked away with the Best New Issue award, while Allianz Technology won Best Specialist vehicle and a number of Henderson trusts were among the winners.

Meanwhile, BMO Global Asset Management won Group of the Year, and Baillie Gifford's Sarah Whitley received the Outstanding Industry Contribution accolade.

The awards aim to recognise and reward excellence in closed-ended fund management.

This year's judging panel for the awards was made up of some of the UK's leading researchers and investors in investment trusts and closed-ended companies, as well as several senior board members with many years' experience in the industry.

The 2017 awards were held on 22 November at The Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, London. Click here for more information.

The winners in full

Asia

Winner: Schroder Asian Total Return

Best New Issue

Winner: Civitas Social Housing

Highly Commended: Downing Strategic Micro-Cap

Best New Issue VCT

Winner: Downing FOUR VCT Generalist Shares

Best Specialist

Winner: Allianz Technology

Highly Commended: Impax Environmental Markets

Emerging Markets

Winner: Templeton Emerging Markets

Europe

Winner: Henderson European Focus

Flexible

Winner: Miton Global Opportunities

Global

Winner: Monks 

Overseas Income

Winner: Henderson International Income

Overseas Smaller Companies

Winner: TR European Growth

Private Equity

Winner: Standard Life Private Equity

Property

Winner: Picton Property Income 

Single Country

Winner: Fidelity China Special Situations

Specialist Income 

Winner: Fair Oaks Income 2017

UK All Companies

Winner: Mercantile

UK Equity & Bond Income

Winner: Henderson High Income 

UK Income

Winner: Diverse Income trust

UK Smaller Companies

Winner: BlackRock Smaller Companies

Highly Commended: Henderson Smaller Companies

Group of the Year

Winner: BMO Global Asset Management

Outstanding Industry Contribution

Winner: Sarah Whitley, manager of Baillie Gifford Japan trust