Investment Week reveals winners of the Fund Manager of the Year Awards 2020: Watch the show again here

A flagship event for the investment industry for a quarter of a century, the Fund Manager of the Year Awards honour fund managers and groups at the top of their game who have demonstrated consistently strong performance for investors and whom the judging panel believe have the potential to continue to outperform in the future. 

The shortlists were constructed using our unique methodology and data from Morningstar. Winners were then chosen by our highly experienced panel of fund selectors from across the industry.

This year's event was a key part of Investment Week's 25th anniversary celebrations in 2020 and we presented awards for Outstanding Fund Manager over 25 Years to Artemis' Adrian Frost (pictured, top right) and Outstanding Industry Contribution over 25 Years to Marlborough's Giles Hargreave.

When deciding on the winners, the judges said Frost stands head and shoulders above most other managers and has not failed them through the years.

The judges also wanted to honour Giles Hargreave (pictured, bottom right) as a manager with an outstanding record over 25 years, who has built one of the best small- and mid-cap teams in the City. 

Meanwhile, this year's Global Group of the Year Award was won by Fidelity International, as the judges highlighted it was unprecedented for an asset manager to have so many funds on the shortlist. Highly commended went to Royal London Asset Management, which recorded a high number of wins at category level.

Specialist Group of the Year was Troy Asset Management, with the judges wanting to honour a group with a very strong team that has delivered for clients at a time when many haven't, while recognising its philanthropic endeavours.

Highly commended in the new Outstanding Achievement in Sustainable and ESG Investing category went to Pictet Asset Management, with the judges commenting it is impressive they have made this the heart of their business and they loved the Mega online knowledge hub.

But the judges awarded the winner's accolade to WHEB Asset Management, describing this small firm as a leader in engagement with clients, companies and policymakers.

In the new Fund Management Initiative of the Year category, the judges gave a highly commended to P1 Investment Management's Net Zero Carbon 10 target initiative.

But the judges put their weight behind Door Ventures to win because of the lengths it has gone to when developing its proposition to save valuable time for manager research teams and asset managers on investment due diligence across Europe.

For more information on the awards and judging panel, go to www.fmya.com

The winners in full

Multi-Asset

Managed Cautious

• Winner: Royal London Sustainable Managed Growth
• Highly commended: Liontrust Sustainable Future Defensive Managed
• ASI MyFolio Market II
• Aviva Investors Distribution 2
• AXA Framlington Managed Income
• BNY Mellon Multi-Asset Diversified Return
• Fidelity Multi Asset Income
• Jupiter Merlin Conservative Portfolio

 Managed Balanced

• Winner: Liontrust Sustainable Future Cautious Managed
• Highly commended: Royal London Sustainable Diversified 
• Barclays Wealth Global Markets 3
• Jupiter Monthly Alternative Income
• Kames Diversified Monthly Income
• M&G Episode Income
• Rathbone Strategic Growth
• Embark Horizon Multi-Asset II

Managed Growth

• Winner: Liontrust Sustainable Future Managed
• Highly commended: Royal London Sustainable World
• ASI Multi-Asset I Fund
• Baillie Gifford Managed
• Close Growth Portfolio
• Premier Diversified Growth
• Sarasin Global Equity Real Return
• Thesis Lion Growth

Managed Income

• Winner: Kames Diversified Monthly Income
• Highly commended: M&G Episode Income
• Aviva Investors Distribution 2
• AXA Framlington Managed Income
• BNY Mellon Multi-Asset Income
• Fidelity Multi Asset Income
• Jupiter Merlin Income Portfolio
• Jupiter Monthly Alternative Income
• Premier Multi-Asset Distribution

Absolute Return

• Winner: Man GLG Alpha Select Alternative
• BlackRock European Absolute Alpha
• LF Odey Absolute Return
• M&G Absolute Return Bond
• Merian UK Specialist Equity
• Sanlam Multi Strategy
• Schroder UK Dynamic Absolute Return
• Vontobel Fund - TwentyFour Absolute Return Credit

Equities

Asia Pacific ex Japan

• Winner: Fidelity Asia Pacific Opportunities
• Fidelity Asian Dividend
• JPM Asia Growth
• Jupiter Asian Income
• Mirae Asset Asia Great Consumer Equity
• Morgan Stanley Investment Funds - Asia Opportunity
• Pinebridge Asia ex Japan Small Cap Equity
• T. Rowe Price Asian Opportunities Equity
• UBS (Lux) ES Asian Smaller Companies

China

• Winner: First State China Growth
• Highly commended: Matthews China
• Baillie Gifford China
• BNP Paribas Funds China Equity
• JPMorgan Funds China
• Matthews China Small Companies
• Neuberger Berman China Equity
• UBS (Lux) Equity Fund - China Opportunity

India

• Winner: Mirae Asset India Sector Leader Equity
• Aberdeen Standard SICAV I - Indian Equity
• Amundi Funds - SBI FM India Equity
• BGF India
• Fidelity Funds - India Focus
• Nomura Funds India Equity
• Schroder ISF Indian Equity
• Schroder ISF Indian Opportunities
• UTI India Dynamic Equity Fund

Japan

• Winner: Comgest Growth Japan
• Highly commended: First State Japan Equity
• Atlantis Japan Opportunities
• JPM Japan
• Jupiter Japan Income
• Legg Mason IF Japan Equity
• LF Ruffer Japanese
• RWC Nissay Japan Focus
• T. Rowe Price Japanese Equity

Europe

• Winner: LF Miton European Opportunities
• Comgest Growth Europe ex UK
• Comgest Growth Europe Smaller Companies
• Fidelity European
• Fidelity Funds - European Dynamic Growth
• Jupiter European
• Standard Life Investments European Smaller Companies
• Threadneedle Pan European Focus

North America

• Winner: Brown Advisory US Equity Growth
• Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies
• Franklin US Opportunities
• JPMorgan Funds US Growth
• JPM US Small Cap Growth
• Marlborough US Multi-Cap Income
• UBS (Lux) EF Mid Caps
• Wells Fargo (Lux) Worldwide  - U.S. All Cap Growth 

Global Emerging Markets

• Winner: Hermes Global Emerging Markets
• Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets Leading Companies
• Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets Growth
• BGF Emerging Markets
• BlackRock Emerging Markets
• Fidelity Funds - Emerging Markets Focus
• JPM Emerging Markets
• JPMorgan Funds Emerging Markets Small Cap
• Quilter Investors Emerging Markets Equity Growth

Global Growth

• Winner: Baillie Gifford Global Discovery
• MFS Meridian Funds - Global Research Focused
• Morgan Stanley Investment Funds - Global Opportunity
• Nordea 1 - Global Portfolio
• Rathbone Global Opportunities
• Robeco Global Consumer Trends Equities
• Threadneedle (Lux) Global Focus

Global Income

• Winner: Trojan Global Income 
• Aviva Investors Global Equity Income
• Baillie Gifford Global Income Growth
• BNY Mellon Global Income
• Guinness Global Equity Income
• Ninety One Global Quality Equity Income
• Kames Global Equity Income
• Mirabaud Global Equity High Income

UK Equity Income

• Winner: TB Evenlode Income
• Highly commended: Man GLG Income
• Allianz UK Equity Income
• ASI UK Income Equity
• Franklin UK Equity Income
• Montanaro UK Income
• Royal London UK Equity Income
• Trojan Ethical Income

UK Smaller Companies

• Winner: ASI UK Smaller Companies
• Highly commended: MI Chelverton UK Equity Growth
• BlackRock UK Smaller Companies
• TM Cavendish AIM
• Invesco UK Smaller Companies Equity
• JPM UK Smaller Companies
• Slater Recovery
• TB Amati UK Smaller Companies

UK Growth

• Winner: Royal London Sustainable Leaders
• Baillie Gifford UK Equity Alpha
• BlackRock UK Special Situations
• Fidelity UK Select
• Franklin UK Mid Cap
• Liontrust UK Ethical
• NFU Mutual UK Growth
• Royal London UK Dividend Growth

Bonds

£ Corporate Bond

• Winner: Schroder Sterling Corporate Bond
• Highly commended: Royal London Sterling Credit
• Legal & General Managed Monthly Income
• Merian Corporate Bond
• Rathbone Ethical Bond Fund
• Royal London Corporate Bond
• Schroder Institutional Long Dated Corporate Bond
• UBS Corporate Bond UK Plus

Strategic Bond

• Winners: Allianz Strategic Bond and Nomura Funds Ireland - Global Dynamic Bond
• Baillie Gifford Sterling Aggregate Bond
• Baillie Gifford Strategic Bond
• Capital Group Global High Income Opportunities
• Fidelity Extra Income
• Janus Henderson Fixed Interest Monthly Income
• Janus Henderson Preference & Bond
• Royal London Sterling Extra Yield Bond
• Schroder ISF Global Multi Credit

Emerging Market Debt

• Winner: Eaton Vance Emerging Markets Local Income
• Highly commended: M&G Emerging Markets Bond
• Aberdeen Standard SICAV I Frontier Markets Bond
• Ashmore SICAV Emerging Markets Sovereign Investment Grade Debt
• Capital Group Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt
• Fidelity Funds - Emerging Market Corporate Debt
• Ninety One Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt
• PGIM Emerging Market Local Currency Debt

Global Bonds

• Winner: BNY Mellon International Bond
• Highly commended: Robeco Global Credits
• Amundi Funds Global Bond
• Fidelity Funds - Global Bond
• Fidelity Funds - Global Corporate Bond
• Goldman Sachs Global Fixed Income
• JPM Global (ex-UK) Bond
• Marlborough Global Bond
• Merian Global Strategic Bond

Global High Yield

• Winner: Janus Henderson Horizon Global High Yield Bond
• Amundi Funds Global High Yield Bond.
• BGF Global High Yield Bond
• BlueBay Global High Yield Bond
• BNY Mellon Global High Yield Bond
• Hermes Global High Yield Credit
• M&G Global High Yield Bond
• T. Rowe Price Global High Yield Bond and Global High Income Bond 
• UBAM Global High Yield Solution

Global Group of the Year

• Winner: Fidelity International
• Highly commended: Royal London Asset Management
• Aberdeen Standard Investments
• Baillie Gifford
• BlackRock
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Jupiter Asset Management
• Schroders

Specialist Group of the Year

• Winner: Troy Asset Management
• Brown Advisory
• First State Investments
• Marlborough Fund Managers
• Matthews Asia
• Mirae Asset Global Investments

Fund Management Initiative of the Year

• Winner: Door Ventures
• Highly commended: P1 Investment Management
• Independent Strategic Group
• Square Mile Investment Consulting and Research
• The Big Exchange
• Voulez Capital

Outstanding Achievement in Sustainable & ESG Investing

• Winner: WHEB Asset Management
• Highly commended: Pictet Asset Management
• Brown Advisory
• Edentree Investment Management
• Federated Hermes
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Janus Henderson Investors
• Jupiter Asset Management
• Liontrust Asset Management
• Neuberger Berman
• Rathbones
• Seven Investment Management

Outstanding Fund Manager over 25 Years

• Winner: Adrian Frost, Artemis

Outstanding Industry Contribution over 25 Years

• Winner: Giles Hargreave, Marlborough

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