The award categories are listed below. You do not have to submit a nomination for each award, please simply fill out the information for the category you would like to nominate someone for. The deadline to submit your nominations is Friday, October 23.

The Robert L. Gould Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who has helped the fund industry better serve its investors by improving the quality of customer service. This Award honors senior-level Operations Executives (or recent retirees) who have made a significant personal contribution to their organization and to the wider industry knowledge base of financial services operations. Candidates will have demonstrated exceptional thought leadership and influence within the fund operations community over a significant period of time.

The Strategic Leadership Award recognizes individuals or organizations that have demonstrated excellence through cutting-edge thought leadership and business solutions with a wide scope of influence across the global asset management industry. Award winners are change agents that have set an inspirational example for, and made a long-lasting contribution to, the asset management industry by improving overall capabilities to serve investors.

This award recognizes notable achievements to improve and enhance the strategy, distribution and servicing of asset management products as a result of transformational changes in organizational dynamics and/or the utilization of technology solutions, business intelligence and data analytics.  This award recognizes firms or individuals that have made ground breaking changes which have resulted in transformation to distribution strategies for asset management products and the optimization of their distribution partnerships.

This Award recognizes trendsetting product development and marketing teams within the asset management industry’s leading organizations.  Winners of this Award represent outstanding leadership in concept development and delivery resulting in "game changing" investment products and/or services that deliver enhanced value to shareholders.  The Award may also honor ground-breaking marketing campaigns across a multitude of categories, including content marketing, customer experience, analytics, and/or creative use of mobile or social tools to enhance client engagement.

This Award recognizes visionaries in the asset management industry that have developed or implemented ground-breaking technology which has delivered financial, performance, and/or risk-reduction benefits to investors.

This Award recognizes asset management teams or organizations that have implemented operational excellence programs to deliver outstanding business results and/or transformations.  Candidates will have made meaningful and lasting contributions to the industry by optimizing back office performance in pursuit of world class operations standards. 

This Award recognizes investment professionals under the age of 40 demonstrating excellence in performance innovation with outstanding contribution to the development of asset management.  Candidates must demonstrate great potential in the field of asset management by exemplifying the enthusiasm and skills to become a transformational leader in the industry as well as the creativity and passion to deliver meaningful results to clients.

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