2025 SHORTLIST 



Congratulations to everyone who has made the shortlist in 2025. All shortlisted funds / groups below should have received an email confirming the next steps but if you did not, please contact Amelia.Hrabe@incisivemedia.com

To submit your entry questionnaire please click here

(Only shortlisted companies can enter the categories listed below)


Equities 


UK All Companies:

 Artemis SmartGARP UK Equity Fund

Artemis UK Select Fund

Artemis UK Special Situations Fund

BlackRock UK Equity Fund

JPM UK Dynamic Fund

Man Undervalued Assets Fund

Ninety One UK Equity Income Fund

Ninety One UK Special Situations Fund

Sanlam Active UK Fund


UK Equity Income:

Artemis Income Fund

BlackRock UK Income Fund

CT Select UK Equity Income Fund

Man Income Fund

Premier Miton Monthly Income Fund

Royal London UK Equity Income Fund

Schroder Income Maximiser Fund

UBS UK Equity Income Fund


UK Smaller Companies:

Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund

Artemis UK Smaller Companies Fund

CT UK Smaller Companies Fund

Fidelity UK Smaller Companies Fund

Schroder UK Smaller Companies Fund

TM Tellworth UK Smaller Companies Fund

VT Teviot UK Smaller Companies Fund

WS Gresham House UK Smaller Companies Fund


North America:

Artemis US Select Fund

Capital Group Investment Company of America (LUX)

GQG Partners US Equity Fund

JPMorgan US Select Equity Plus Fund

New Capital US Growth Fund

T. Rowe Price US Large Cap Growth Equity Fund

TM Natixis Investment Funds - Loomis Sayles U.S. Equity Leaders Fund


Global Equity:

Allianz Best Styles Global AC Equity Fund

BlackRock Overseas Equity Fund

GMO Quality Investment Fund

GQG Partners Global Equity Fund

Invesco Global Equity Fund

Jupiter Merian Global Equity Fund

Schroder Global Equity Fund

Waverton Global Equity Fund


Global Income:

Artemis Global Income Fund

Fidelity Global Dividend Fund

Fidelity Sustainable Global Equity Income Fund

Guinness Global Equity Income Fund

Invesco Global Equity Income Fund

M&G Global Dividend Fund

Nuveen Global Dividend Growth Fund

Veritas Global Equity Income Fund


Global Emerging Markets:

AB Emerging Markets Low Volatility Equity Portfolio

Artemis SmartGARP Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Carmignac Portfolio Asia Discovery Fund

FSSA Global Emerging Markets Focus Fund

Invesco Global Emerging Markets Fund

J O Hambro Capital Management Global Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund

Lazard Emerging Markets Fund

M&G Global Emerging Markets Fund

PGIM Jennison Emerging Markets Equity Fund

RBC Emerging Markets Equity Focus Fund

T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Discovery Equity Fund


Asia Pacific ex Japan:

abrdn Asian Smaller Companies Fund

Federated Hermes Asia ex-Japan Equity Fund

Guinness Asian Equity Income Fund

Invesco Asian Fund Jupiter Asian Income Fund

Jupiter Merian Asia Pacific Fund

M&G Asian Fund

Man Asia (ex Japan) Equity Fund

Natixis Pacific Rim Equity Fund

Schroder Asian Income Fund


China:

AB China A Shares Equity Portfolio

Baillie Gifford China Fund

Barings Hong Kong China Fund

Fidelity China Focus Fund

Fidelity China Innovation Fund

HSBC GIF Chinese Equity Fund

Jupiter China Fund

Schroder ISF Greater China Fund

T. Rowe Price China Evolution Equity Fund


India:

Allianz India Equity Fund

Chikara Indian Subcontinent Fund

Franklin India Fund

FSSA Indian Subcontinent Fund

Goldman Sachs India Equity Portfolio

Invesco India Equity Fund

Jupiter India Select Fund

Morgan Stanley Indian Equity Fund


Japan:

CT Japan Fund

Liontrust Japan Equity Fund

M&G Japan Fund

Man Japan CoreAlpha Fund

Nomura Funds Japan Strategic Value Fund

Polar Capital Japan Value Fund

WS Morant Wright Japan Fund

WS Morant Wright Nippon Yield Fund


Europe ex UK:

Artemis SmartGARP European Equity Fund

BlackRock European Dynamic Fund

Comgest Growth Europe Compounders Fund

FP Carmignac European Leaders Fund

HSBC GIF Euroland Value Fund

Liontrust European Dynamic Fund

M&G European Sustain Paris Aligned Fund

Waverton European Dividend Growth Fund

WS Canlife European Fund


Specialist


Equities:

Algebris Financial Equity Fund

Fidelity Global Technology Fund

Goldman Sachs North America Energy & Energy Infrastructure Equity Portfolio

Janus Henderson Global Financials Fund

Janus Henderson Global Technology Leaders Fund

PIMCO GIS MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund

Polar Capital Global Insurance Fund


Bonds:

Allianz US Short Duration High Income Bond Fund

GAM Star Cat Bond Fund

Janus Henderson Multi Asset Credit Fund

Jupiter Financials Contingent Capital Fund

MI Twentyfour Investment Funds - Asset Backed Opportunities Fund

Muzinich LongShortCreditYield Fund

Neuberger Berman Corporate Hybrid Bond Fund

PIMCO GIS Capital Securities Fund


Bonds


£ Corporate Bond:

abrdn Short Dated Corporate Bond Fund

CT Sterling Short-Dated Corporate Bond Fund

IFSL Church House Investment Grade Fixed Interest Fund

M&G Short Dated Corporate Bond Fund

Man Sterling Corporate Bond Fund

Rathbone Ethical Bond Fund

Royal London Corporate Bond Fund

Royal London Investment Grade Short Dated Credit Fund

Schroder Sterling Corporate Bond Fund

WS Canlife Short Duration Corporate Bond Fund


High Yield Bond:

Aegon High Yield Bond Fund

Artemis Short-Dated Global High Yield Bond Fund

AXA US Dynamic High Yield Bonds Fund

BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond Fund

Capital Group US High Yield Fund

Lord Abbett High Yield Fund

Man High Yield Opportunities Fund

Pictet Global High Yield Fund

Schroder ISF Global High Yield Fund

T. Rowe Price Global High Yield Bond Fund


£ Strategic Bond:

Artemis High Income Fund

Artemis Short-Duration Strategic Bond Fund

BNY Mellon Responsible Horizons Strategic Bond Fund

Neuberger Berman Global Flexible Credit Income Fund

Royal London Short Duration Credit Fund

Royal London Sterling Extra Yield Bond Fund

Schroder Strategic Credit Fund

T. Rowe Price Diversified Income Bond Fund

Titan Hybrid Capital Bond Fund


Global Corporate Bond:

abrdn Euro Corporate Bond Fund

Aegon Global Short Dated Climate Transition Fund

Allspring USD Investment Grade Credit Fund

MFS Meridian Funds U.S. Corporate Bond Fund

Muzinich Global Short Duration Investment Grade Fund

Pictet Global Sustainable Credit Fund

Royal London Global Sustainable Credit Fund

Schroder ISF EURO Corporate Bond Fund

Vanguard Global Credit Bond Fund


Global Emerging Markets Bond:

abrdn Emerging Markets Bond Fund

BlueBay Emerging Market Bond Fund

BlueBay Emerging Market Unconstrained Bond Fund

Candriam Bonds Emerging Markets

GMO Emerging Country Debt UCITS Fund

M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund

M&G Emerging Markets Hard Currency Bond Fund

MS INVF Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities Fund

Neuberger Berman Emerging Market Debt Hard Currency Fund

T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond Fund

Vontobel Emerging Markets Blend Fund

Vontobel Emerging Markets Debt Fund


Global Bond:

Allianz Global Multi Sector Credit Fund

Goldman Sachs Global Dynamic Bond Plus Portfolio

Goldman Sachs Short Duration Opportunistic Corporate Bond Portfolio

Morgan Stanley Global Fixed Income Opportunities Fund

PGIM Absolute Return Bond Fund

PGIM Multi-Sector Credit Fund

Royal London Global Bond Opportunities Fund


Absolute Return and Managed Sectors


Absolute Return:

BlackRock UK Absolute Alpha Fund

Jupiter Merian Global Equity Absolute Return Fund

Liontrust GF European Strategic Equity Fund

Man Absolute Value Fund

MS INVF Global Macro Fund

Royal London Absolute Return Government Bond Fund

TM Fulcrum Income Fund

TM Tellworth UK Select Fund

Veritas Global Real Return Fund

VT Argonaut Absolute Return Fund


Managed Flexible Investment:

Barclays Global Markets Adventurous Fund

Coutts Managed Adventurous Fund

Credo Growth Fund

Fidelity Multi Asset Allocator Adventurous Fund

Guinness Multi-Asset Growth Fund

JSS Sustainable Equity - Global Multi-Factor Fund

MGTS Tempus Fund Enterprise Portfolio

VT AJ Bell Adventurous Fund

VT Tatton Blended Aggressive Fund


Managed 0-35% Shares:

BlackRock Market Advantage Fund

Fidelity Multi Asset Open Defensive Fund

Goldman Sachs Global Multi-Asset Conservative Portfolio

Jupiter Merlin Conservative Select Fund

Legal & General Mixed Investment 0-35% Fund

Premier Miton Defensive Multi-Asset Fund

Royal London Sustainable Managed Growth Trust

VT Astute Conservative Fund

VT Brompton Cautious Fund


Managed 20-60% Shares:

Artemis Monthly Distribution Fund

Barclays Global Markets Balanced Fund

Legal & General Future World Global Opportunities Fund

MI Brewin Dolphin Voyager Max 70% Equity Fund

Orbis OEIC Global Cautious Fund

Schroder Global Multi-Asset Balanced Portfolio

VT Freedom Long Term Balanced Fund


Managed 40-85% Shares:

Coutts Managed Ambitious Fund

Credo Dynamic Fund

M&G Episode Growth Fund

Orbis OEIC Global Balanced Fund

Royal London GMAP Adventurous Fund

Schroder Global Multi-Asset Adventurous Portfolio

VT Tatton Blended Active Fund

WS Waverton Portfolio Fund


Group of the Year

Artemis

Fidelity International

Jupiter

M&G Investments

Man Group

Royal London Asset Management

Schroders