Congratulations to our 2024 Shortlist!
The awards highlight outstanding managers in this important part of the market, who have delivered consistently strong performance for investors across a variety of sectors and the judges believe can continue to perform well in the future.
The shortlists for the awards are constructed using scores provided by the AIC, using Morningstar data.
UK All Companies
Aurora Investment Trust plc
Fidelity Special Values PLC
The Mercantile Investment Trust plc
UK Income
The City of London Investment Trust plc
CT UK Capital and Income Investment Trust plc
Edinburgh Investment Trust plc
Henderson High Income Trust plc
JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust plc
The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c.
Lowland Investment Company plc
Temple Bar Investment Trust PLC
UK Smaller Companies
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income plc
Odyssean Investment Trust plc
Rockwood Strategic Plc
Strategic Equity Capital plc
Asia Pacific
Pacific Assets Trust plc
Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company
Schroder Oriental Income Fund
Europe
Fidelity European Trust PLC
Henderson European Trust plc
JPMorgan European Growth & Income plc
Global
Alliance Trust PLC
AVI Global Trust plc
The Bankers Investment Trust PLC
The Brunner Investment Trust PLC
F&C Investment Trust PLC
Manchester & London Ord
Global Income
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income plc
Invesco Global Equity Income Trust
Murray International Trust PLC
Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C.
Overseas Smaller Companies
abrdn Asia Focus plc
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust plc
The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC
Fidelity Asian Values PLC
The Global Smaller Companies Trust PLC
Nippon Active Value Fund PLC
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc
Emerging Markets
BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc
Gulf Investment Fund Plc
JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income Trust
Mobius Investment Trust plc
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust plc
Flexible
Caledonia Investments plc
Global Opportunities Trust plc
Hansa Investment Company Limited
Personal Assets Trust plc
Tetragon Financial Group Limited
Single Country
Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust plc
CC Japan Income & Growth Trust plc
India Capital Growth Fund Limited
JPMorgan American Investment Trust plc
Pershing Square Holdings Ltd
Schroder Japan Trust plc
VietNam Holding Limited
Private Equity & Growth Capital
CT Private Equity Trust plc
HgCapital Trust plc
ICG Enterprise Trust PLC
Oakley Capital Investments Limited
Pantheon International Plc
Debt
BioPharma Credit PLC
Blackstone Loan Financing Limited
CVC Income & Growth Limited
Fair Oaks Income Limited
Marble Point Loan Financing Limited
Real Estate Credit Investments Limited
TwentyFour Income Fund Limited
Volta Finance Limited
Property
AEW UK REIT plc
Custodian Property Income REIT plc.
Impact Healthcare REIT plc
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited
Urban Logistics REIT plc
Infrastructure
3i Infrastructure plc
BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A.
GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited
International Public Partnerships Limited
Renewables and Energy Infrastructure
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited
Foresight Solar Fund Limited
Greencoat UK Wind PLC
JLEN Environmental Assets Group Limited
NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited
Specialist
Allianz Technology Trust PLC
Geiger Counter Limited
Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc
Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC
Riverstone Energy Limited
Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited
Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC
VCT
Albion Enterprise VCT PLC
British Smaller Companies VCT 2 plc
Foresight VCT plc
The Income & Growth VCT plc
Octopus Apollo VCT plc
ProVen Growth and Income VCT plc
Puma VCT 13 plc
Triple Point Venture VCT Plc
Group of the Year
Columbia Threadneedle
Fidelity Investments International
Foresight Group
J.P.Morgan Asset Management
Janus Henderson Investors
Schroders
Rising Star of the Year Award
Dominic Woodcock, St James's Place
Elliott Hardy, Winterflood Securities
Felix Bordet-Stead, Doceo
Kelly Stracey, J.P.Morgan Asset Management
Martin Li, ICG Enterprise Trust plc
Jackie Beard Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry
To be decided by the judges