Specialist Investment Awards 2018 | Incisive Media | Plaisterers' Hall, One London Wall, 1 London Wall, London EC2Y 5JU, UK

These awards are designed to recognise two increasingly important but to date under-recognised elements of the asset management industry; boutique & specialist fund managers and passive investing.

Active Categories:
• Emerging Markets Single Country (Equity)
• Emerging Markets Regional (Equity)
• Property & Real Estate
• Thematic
• Natural Resources & Sustainability
• Absolute Return Bond
• Emerging Market Debt
• European High Yield
• Short Duration Bond
• Multi-Asset Fixed Income Strategy
• Specialist Fixed Income
• RiskTargeted Funds
• Boutique Management Group of the Year (Multiple Strategies)
• Boutique Management Group of the Year (Single Strategies)
• Specialist Management Group of the Year
• Specialist Fixed Income Group of the Year
• Discretionary Fund Management Group of the Year
• Multi-Asset Group of the Year

Passive Categories:
• Best real assets ETP (real estate/property & commodities
• Best fixed income (ETF, Index & Currencies)
• Best equity fund (ETF & Index)
• Best specialist ETF
• Factor-based & Smart beta fund
• Passive Management Group of the Year

2017 Winners:

ACTIVE CATEGORIES
EMERGING MARKETS SINGLE COUNTRY (EQUITY):
• GAM Star China Equity
• GAM Star India Equity
• Ashburton India Equity Opportunities
• Matthews China Dividend
• Matthews China Small Companies - WINNER
• Mirae Asset India Sector Leader Equity
• TCM Vietnam High Dividend Equity

EMERGING MARKETS REGIONAL (EQUITY):
• Alquity Indian Subcontinent
• Ashburton Chindia Equity
• JB EF China Evolution
• Mirae Asset Asia Sector Leader Equity - WINNER
• Schroder International Selection Fund (ISF) QEP Global Emerging Markets
• Schroder Small Cap Discovery - WINNER
• Vontobel Fund - mtx China Leaders

PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE:
• Aberdeen UK Property
• F&C Property Growth & Income - highly commended
• Kames Property Income
• Neuberger Berman Global Real Estate Securities
• Premier Pan European Property Share
• Sarasin IE Global Real Estate Equity
• Schroder Global Cities Real Estate - WINNER
• TIME:Commercial Freehold

THEMATIC:
• Architas Diversified Real Assets
• GAM Star Technology
• Heptagon Future Trends
• JB EF Luxury Brands
• Pictet-Robotics - highly commended
• Polar Capital Biotechnology
• Polar Capital Global Insurance
• Polar Capital Global Technology - WINNER
• Sarasin Food & Agriculture Opportunities

NATURAL RESOURCES & SUSTAINABILITY:
• Ashburton Global Energy
• FP WHEB Sustainability - WINNER
• RL Sustainable World Trust
• Vontobel Fund - Clean Technology

ABSOLUTE RETURN BOND:
• BlueBay Global Sovereign Opportunities
• BNY Mellon Absolute Return Bond
• JB BF Absolute Return
• Kames Absolute Return Bond
• TwentyFour Absolute Return Credit - WINNER

EMERGING MARKET DEBT:
• Aberdeen Global - Emerging Markets Corporate Bond
• Aberdeen Global - Indian Bond
• Ashburton India Fixed Income Opportunities
• BlueBay Emerging Market Absolute Return Bond
• BNY Mellon Emerging Market Corporate Debt
• GAM Local Emerging Bond - WINNER
• Muzinich EmergingMarketsShortDuration
• New Capital Wealthy Nations Bond - highly commended

EUROPEAN HIGH YIELD:
• Fair Oaks Dynamic Credit
• Henderson Horizon Euro High Yield Bond
• Muzinich EuropeYield - WINNER

SHORT DURATION BOND:
• BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond
• Loomis Sayles Short Term Emerging Markets Bond
• Muzinich ShortDurationHighYield
• Neuberger Berman Short Duration Emerging Market Debt
• RL Short Duration Global High Yield Bond - WINNER
• TwentyFour Absolute Return Credit

MULTI-ASSET FIXED INCOME STRATEGY:
• BlueBay Total Return Credit
• Fair Oaks Dynamic Credit
• Mirae Asset Global Emerging Opportunities Bond
• Muzinich Global Tactical Credit - highly commended
• Rathbone Strategic Bond
• TwentyFour Dynamic Bond - WINNER

SPECIALIST FIXED INCOME:
• Algebris Financial Credit
• BlueBay Financial Capital Bond
• Fair Oaks Income - WINNER
• GAM Star Credit Opportunities
• GAM Star MBS Total Return
• Mirabaud Global Strategic Bond
• New Capital Global Value Credit
• TwentyFour Income
• UK Mortgages

RISK TARGETED FUNDS:
• Architas Multi-Asset Active Intermediate Income
• F&C Global Equity Market Neutral (Vol 10) - WINNER
• GAM's Model Portfolio Service
• IFSL Sinfonia Risk Targeted Fund Range
• Legal & General Multi-Index Funds and Multi-Index Income
• Premier Liberation Fund Range - highly commended
• Rathbone Strategic Growth Portfolio
• VT iFunds Absolute Orange/ VT iFunds Absolute Return Green - highly commended

BOUTIQUE MANAGEMENT GROUP OF THE YEAR (MULTIPLE STRATEGIES):
• ClariVest Asset Management
• H2O Asset Management
• Hawksmoor Fund Managers - WINNER
• Mirabaud Asset Management
• Mirae Asset Global Investments - highly commended
• New Capital - EFG Asset Management
• Seilern Investment Management
• Seneca Investment Managers

BOUTIQUE MANAGEMENT GROUP OF THE YEAR (SINGLE STRATEGIES):
• Algebris Investments
• Amati Global Investors
• Fair Oaks Capital
• GVQ Investment Management Limited
• Impax Asset Management
• Slater Investments Limited
• TCM Investment Funds - WINNER
• TwentyFour Asset Management

SPECIALIST MANAGEMENT GROUP OF THE YEAR:
• Architas
• GAM
• Gravis Capital Management
• Gresham House
• Liontrust - WINNER
• Matthews Asia
• Polar Capital
• Premier Asset Management

SPECIALIST FIXED INCOME GROUP OF THE YEAR:
• BlueBay Asset Management
• Insight Investment
• Legal & General Investment Management
• Mirabaud Asset Management
• Royal London Asset Management - highly commended
• TwentyFour Asset Management - WINNER

DISCRETIONARY FUND MANAGEMENT GROUP OF THE YEAR:
• Ashburton Investments
• Bordier UK
• Brooks Macdonald Group - highly commended
• James Hambro & Partners
• Morningstar Investment Management
• Seven Investment Management - WINNER
• Tacit Investment Management
• Whitechurch Securities

MULTI-ASSET GROUP OF THE YEAR:
• Aberdeen Asset Management Diversified Multi-Asset Group
• GAM
• Legal & General Investment Management
• Premier Asset Management - WINNER
• Seneca Investment Managers - highly commended

PASSIVE CATEGORIES
BEST REAL ASSETS ETP (REAL ESTATE/PROPERTY & COMMODITIES:
• Boost WTI Oil 3x Leverage Daily ETP (3OIL)
• ETFS Longer Dated All Commodities GO UCITS ETF
• ETFS Physical Gold
• ETFS Physical Silver
• Lyxor Commodities CRB Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity UCITS ETF - WINNER

BEST FIXED INCOME (ETF, INDEX & CURRENCIES):
• BMO Barclays Global High Yield Bond (GBP Hedged) UCITS ETF
• ETFS Lombard Odier IM Emerging Market Local Government Bond Fundamental GO UCITS ETF
• ETFS Short GBP Long EUR
• Lyxor US TIPS UCITS ETF - WINNER

BEST EQUITY FUND (ETF & INDEX):
• ETFS DAXglobal Gold Mining GO UCITS ETF
• Gold Bullion Securities
• Lyxor S&P 500 UCITS ETF - WINNER
• WisdomTree Europe Equity UCITS ETF - USD Hedged (HEDJ)
• WisdomTree Japan Equity UCITS ETF - USD Hedged (DXJ)

BEST SPECIALIST ETF:
• ETFS ISE Cyber Security GO UCITS ETF
• Lyxor US$ 10Y Inflation Expectations - WINNER
• ROBO Global® Robotics and Automation GO UCITS ETF
• WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity UCITS ETF - USD Acc (WCOA)

FACTOR-BASED & SMART BETA FUND:
• ETFS Lombard Odier IM Emerging Market Local Government Bond Fundamental GO UCITS ETF
• F&C Global Equity Market Neutral Fund - WINNER
• Lyxor US$ 10Y Inflation Expectations
• WisdomTree Eurozone Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF - EUR Acc (EGRA) - highly commended
• WisdomTree Global Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF - USD Acc (GGRA)

PASSIVE MANAGEMENT GROUP OF THE YEAR:
• ETF Securities
• Legal & General Investment Management
• Lyxor ETF
• Seven Investment Management
• Vanguard Asset Management
• WisdomTree - WINNER