This award recognises strong risk-adjusted three-year performance relative to peers.

The fund is designed to act as a growth engine in equity allocations. Co-Managers Tobias Bucks and Simon Wood invest in a portfolio of 50-80 high-quality small caps selected from developed economies around the world.

Tobias shares his latest thinking in our new quarterly video update, in which he and our Investment Director, Kelly Prior, review a volatile first quarter. They discuss the challenges the period presented, how Tobias and Simon managed them and where the pair currently see the most attractive opportunities. You can watch the video here.

This is the latest in a series of awards for Marlborough. In March, Marlborough Adventurous was named Best Fund over Three Years in the Mixed Asset GBP Aggressive – Global category of the Lipper 2026 Fund Awards for Europe.

Marlborough Adventurous is one of the multi-asset portfolios in our Ireland-domiciled range for international advisers.

In 2025, these portfolios earned the title International DFM Fund/Product of the Year for the second consecutive year in the Investment International Awards.

We also earned the title International Fund Management Group of the Year (small/boutique) in the International Adviser Global Financial Services Awards 2025.

In addition, we were named Best Medium Firm in the Citywire Wealth Manager Investment Performance Awards 2025 – and we were finalists for Best Cautious Portfolio and Best Balanced Portfolio.

More recently, we were finalists for the Best MPS Provider and Best High Income Fund categories in the Professional Adviser Awards 2026.

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This article is provided for general information purposes only and should not be construed as personal financial advice to invest in any fund or product. These are the investment manager’s views at the time of writing and should not be construed as investment advice. The opinions expressed are correct at time of writing and may be subject to change. Capital is at risk. The value and income from investments can go down as well as up and are not guaranteed. An investor may get back significantly less than they invest. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current or future performance and should not be the sole factor considered when selecting funds.

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