Winner: Liontrust European Dynamic
The shortlisted companies are:
BlackRock Greater Europe IT
Artemis SmartGarp European Equity
Janus Henderson European Focus
Liontrust European Dynamic
Gam Star Continental European Equity
BlackRock Greater Europe IT
Management group: BlackRock
Category: European Equity
Related benchmark used: MSCI Europe/MSCI Europe Small Cap
One-year total return: 15.72
Five-year total return: 86.9
Assets/Market capitalisation: £618mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Stefan Gries & Alexandra Dangoor
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): June 20, 2017
Artemis SmartGarp European Equity
Management group: Artemis
Category: European Equity
Related benchmark used: MSCI Europe/MSCI Europe Small Cap
One-year total return: 22.13
Five-year total return: 62.28
Assets/Market capitalisation: £182mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Philip Wolstencroft & Peter Saacke
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): March 7, 2001
Janus Henderson European Focus
Management group: Janus Henderson
Category: European Equity
Related benchmark used: MSCI Europe/MSCI Europe Small Cap
One-year total return: 18.77
Five-year total return: 77.03
Assets/Market capitalisation: £231.2mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): John Bennett, Marc Schartz & Robert Schramm-Fuchs
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): February 1, 2010
Liontrust European Dynamic
Management group: Liontrust
Category: European Equity
Related benchmark used: MSCI Europe/MSCI Europe Small Cap
One-year total return: 15.37
Five-year total return: 102.61
Assets/Market capitalisation: £1.41bn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): James Inglis-Jones & Samantha Gleave
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): November 15, 2006
Gam Star Continental European Equity
Management group: Gam
Category: European Equity
Related benchmark used: MSCI Europe/MSCI Europe Small Cap
One-year total return: 14.09
Five-year total return: 70.02
Assets/Market capitalisation: £732.2mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Niall Gallagher, Christopher Sellers & Chris Legg
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): December 1, 2009