Winner: Polar Capital Technology IT
The shortlisted companies are:
Janus Henderson Global Financials IT
The Biotech Growth Trust
BlackRock Frontiers IT
3i Group
Polar Capital Technology IT
Janus Henderson Global Financials IT
Management group: Janus Henderson
Category: Specialist Sectors and Assets
Related benchmark used: Peer group (financials)
One-year total return: 25.56
Five-year total return: 62.13
Assets/Market capitalisation: £100mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): John Jordan
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): September 1, 2017
The Biotech Growth Trust
Management group: OrbiMed Capital
Category: Specialist Sectors and Assets
Related benchmark used: Peer group (healthcare/biotech)
One-year total return: 14.62
Five-year total return: 34.84
Assets/Market capitalisation: £309mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Geoffrey C Hsu
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): May 19, 2005
BlackRock Frontiers IT
Management group: BlackRock
Category: Specialist Sectors and Assets
Related benchmark used: Peer group (frontier markets)
One-year total return: 15.22
Five-year total return: 33.95
Assets/Market capitalisation: £278mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Samuel Vecht, Emily Fletcher & Sudaif Niaz
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): December 12, 2010
3i Group
Management group: 3i
Category: Specialist Sectors and Assets
Related benchmark used: Peer group (private equity)
One-year total return: 70.67
Five-year total return: 213.17
Assets/Market capitalisation: £27bn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Team
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): January 1, 1994
Polar Capital Technology IT
Management group: Polar Capital
Category: Specialist Sectors and Assets
Related benchmark used: Peer group (technology)
One-year total return: 42.78
Five-year total return: 110.96
Assets/Market capitalisation: £3.3bn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Fatima Lu, Ben Rogoff, Nick Evans, Xuesong Zhao & Alastair Unwin
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): April 1, 2006
