The Award Categories & Criteria
The Investors' Choice Awards categories cover the range of sectors in the investment companies and REITs landscape, offering a range of awards across large to boutique firms.
Best Alternative Assets for Income
Which companies are providing attractive levels of income?
Do you feel that income is reliable?
Do you feel that the underlying assets are attractive?
Best Alternative Assets for Growth
Which companies have demonstrated that they can grow their NAVs?
Do you feel that the underlying assets are attractive?
Do you think that the investment manager is doing a good job?
Best for Small-Cap
Smaller companies can be nimbler, more dynamic, and make for more exciting investments - do you think this trust fits the description?
Has the small cap trust generated decent NAV growth for shareholders?
Is the share price keeping pace with the NAV?
Best Sector Specialist
It often pays to invest with an expert in a complicated sector, do you think the manager is doing a good job?
Is this trust beating peers and benchmark indices?
Best for Capital Growth
All these trusts are performing well, but is this trust's outperformance sustainable?
Has the trust done well because the sector it focuses on has done well or is the manager exhibiting real skill?
Best for Income
Is the income that this trust is generating attractive, growing, and sustainable?
Is the trust compromising on NAV returns to achieve its income objective?
Best Global
Is this manager of this trust making the most of its wide-ranging remit?
Is the portfolio offering something genuinely different to an index-tracker?
Best UK
UK markets have been out of favour, is this trust prospering regardless?
Is the manager adding value relative to an index fund?
Best Country/Regional
Country and regional funds go in and out of favour, is this trust doing a good job of navigating swings in markets?
Is this trust invested in an rea that you are excited about for the long term?
Best for Property
Is this trust's investment approach delivering value for shareholders?
If it is trading on a discount, is this narrowing?
Is the manager demonstrating some skill in adding value for investors?
Best Large Asset Manager
This manager's funds may be doing well, but are they doing a good job of looking after investors?
Has it been proactive in addressing problems?
Is the material that they publish easy to understand and easily accessible?
Best Boutique
This manager's funds may be doing well, but are they doing a good job of looking after investors?
Has it been proactive in addressing problems?
Is the material that they publish easy to understand and easily accessible?
Best Board (Non-Entry)
This selection reflects their role as the trendsetter in improving shareholder alignment within their Trust's sector.
Person of the Year (Non-Entry)
This is dedicated to he person who has been one of the loudest champions of the sectors.
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