Investment Company of the Year Awards 2017 | IncisiveMedia | The Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly London, W1J 7BX

Investment Week's Investment Company of the Year Awards aim to recognise and reward excellence in close-ended fund management. These awards highlight investment companies that produce consistent performance and where there is, in the judges' opinion, a high likelihood that the investors will not be disappointed in the future. The 2017 awards will be held on Wednesday 22nd November at The Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, London.

The judging panel is 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 judges identified the most consistent performers and Investment Week reward the top managers across a range of sectors.

2017 Investment Company of the Year Awards

ASIA
• Fidelity Asian Values
• Invesco Asia
• JP Morgan Asian
• Schroder Asian Total Return
• Schroder AsiaPacific
• Schroder Oriental Income

BEST NEW ISSUE
• BB Healthcare
• Civitas Social Housing
• Downing Strategic Micro-Cap
• Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure
• Impact Healthcare REIT
• Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income
• LXI REIT
• ScotGems

BEST NEW ISSUE VCT
• Downing TWO VCT K Shares
• Downing FOUR VCT Generalist Shares
• Downing Three VCT J Shares
• Pembroke VCT B Shares
• Puma VCT 11
• Puma VCT 12

BEST SPECIALIST
• Allianz Technology
• Herald
• Impax Environmental Markets
• Polar Capital Technology
• Riverstone Energy

EMERGING MARKETS
• Aberdeen Emerging Markets
• Baring Emerging Europe
• BlackRock Frontiers
• BlackRock Emerging Europe
• Templeton Emerging Markets
• J.P Morgan Emerging Markets

EUROPE
• Fidelity Europrean Values
• JP Morgan European Income
• Henderson EuroTrust
• Henderson European Focus
• Jupiter European Opportunities

FLEXIBLE
• Establishment Investment Trust
• New Star
• Miton Global Opportunities
• RIT Capital Partners
• Seneca Global Income & Growth
• Tetragon Financial Group

GLOBAL
• Scottish Mortgage
• Monks
• Edinburgh Worldwide
• Independent Investment Trust
• Lazard World Trust Fund
• Lindsell Train
• Alliance Trust

OVERSEAS INCOME
• Scottish American
• F&C Managed Portfolio Income
• Invesco Perpetual Select Global Equity Income
• JP Morgan Global Growth & Income
• Henderson International Income

OVERSEAS SMALLER COMPANIES
• Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon
• European Assets
• JP Morgan Japan Smaller Companies
• JP Morgan US Smaller Companies
• JP Morgan European Smaller Companies
• TR European Growth
• Montanaro European Smaller Companies

PRIVATE EQUITY
• Electra Private Equity
• HarbourVest Global Private Equity
• Mithras
• NB Private Equity Partners
• Princess Private Equity Holdings
• Standard Life Private Equity

PROPERTY
• TR Property
• GCP Student Living
• Yatra Capital
• MedicX
• Picton Property Income
• TritaxBig Box REIT

SINGLE COUNTRY
• Aberdeen New India
• Baillie Gifford Japan
• Fidelity China Special Situations
• JP Morgan Chinese
• JP Morgan American
• JP Morgan Russian Securities
• VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity

SPECIALIST INCOME
• 3i Infrastructure
• Volta Finance
• Carador Income
• Blue Capital Alternative Income
• DP Aircraft I
• Fair Oaks Income 2017
• JPEL Private Equity
• UIL

UK ALL COMPANIES
• Fidelity Special Values
• Invesco Perpetual Select UK Equity
• JP Morgan Midcap
• Mercantile
• Manchester & London

UK EQUITY & BOND INCOME
• Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income
• F&C UK High Income
• City Merchants High Yield
• Henderson High Income
• CQS New City High Yield

UK INCOME
• Shires Income
• F&C Capital & Income
• Finsbury Growth & Income
• Edinburgh Invest
• Diverse Income trust

UK SMALLER COMPANIES
• Blackrock Throgmorton Trust
• Blackrock Smaller Companies
• Rights & issues
• Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies
• Henderson Smaller Companies
• SVM UK Emerging Fund

VCT (Existing)
• Albion VCT
• Artemis VCT
• Northern 3 VCT
• Northern 2 VCT
• Ventus 2 VCT

GROUP OF THE YEAR
• Baillie Gifford
• BMO Global Asset Management
• Fidelity Investments
• Janus Henderson
• JP Morgan Asset Management
• Schroders

OUTSTANDING INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTION
• No published shortlist