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

Mercantile Investment Trust plc (The)


UK Income

City of London Investment Trust plc (The)

CT UK Capital and Income Investment Trust plc

Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

Henderson European Trust plc

JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust plc

Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. (The)

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 Focus Trust plc

JPMorgan European Growth & Income plc


Global

Alliance Trust PLC

AVI Global Trust plc

Bankers Investment Trust PLC (The)

Brunner Investment Trust PLC (The)

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

European Smaller Companies Trust PLC (The)

Fidelity Asian Values PLC

Global Smaller Companies Trust PLC (The)

Nippon Active Value Fund PLC

Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust P.L.C


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

Income & Growth VCT plc (The)

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

To be announced 


Jackie Beard Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry

To be decided by the judges