Revealed: Winners Of The Investment Company Of The Year Awards 2017
The Awards took place at London's Sheraton Park Lane
Investment Week is delighted to announce the winners for this year's Investment Company of the Year Awards.
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
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