Smaller houses challenge big hitters for IT award

winner of it award revealed on 16 november

JPMorgan, Fidelity and Jupiter are competing against smaller houses BFS, Close Finsbury and Baillie Gifford for the investment trust group of the year accolade at this year's Investment Week Awards. To be held later this month, the group of the year shortlist is formed by combining the average quants score given to each of the eligible trusts across the providers of these vehicles. A number of groups were stripped out despite their overall high quant score as, in order to qualify for this award, providers also had to demonstrate ability across a broad range of mandates. As in previous...