2026 Winners
The 2026 winners were revealed on October 19 in Boston, MA. Click the + in the group below to view the list of winners
Alternative Investment Access / Democratization (Semi-liquid alts, interval funds, Alt CITs)
Winner Retail: KKR
Winner Institutional: Franklin Templeton
Product Innovation/New Product Development (Alts)
Honorable Mention Retail: State Street Investment Management
Overall Winner Retail: KKR
Winner Retail Boutique Firm: Calamos Investments
Winner Institutional Boutique Firm: Easterly Clear Ocean
Winner Institutional Large Company: Churchill Asset Management
Product Innovation/New Product Development (Long-Only)
Winner Retail Boutique Firm: Tortoise Capital
Winner Retail Large Company: VanEck
Winner Institutional: Tema ETFs
Product Innovation/New Product Development (Other)
Winner Retail: ProShares
Winner Institutional: Vitera
Excellence in Specialized Strategy Education
Winner Retail: Four Springs Capital
DC Retirement Planning Content
Winner Retail: Manulife John Hancock Retirement
Excellence in 529 Education
Winner Retail: J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Investment / Product Education
Winner Retail Boutique Firm: Calamos Investments
Winner Retail Large Company: Capital Group
Thought Leadership: Retirement Planning
Winner Retail: Manulife John Hancock Retirement
Thought Leadership: Legacy & Estate Planning
Winner Retail: Natixis Investment Managers
Thought Leadership: Institutional Solutions (OCIO, LDI, Custom Portfolios)
Winner Institutional: M&T Bank / Wilmington Trust
Thought Leadership: ESG / Sustainable Investing
Asset Management Overall Category Winner: Domini Impact Investments LLC
Thought Leadership: Alternative Investments
Honorable Mention Retail: J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Winner Retail: Blackstone
Winner Institutional: New York Life Investment Management
Thought Leadership: Asset Allocation
Winner Retail: T. Rowe Price
Winner Institutional: Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Thought Leadership: Capital Markets
Honorable Mention Retail: AllianceBernstein
Winner Retail: J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Excellence in Institutional Reporting & Transparency
Winner Institutional: Athene
Institutional Client Service Excellence
Winner Institutional: Parametric
Institutional Research Excellence
Winner Institutional: Nuveen
Advisor Engagement Tools
Honorable Mention Retail
Franklin Templeton
T. Rowe Price
Winner Retail: AllianceBernstein
Investor Engagement Tools
Winner Retail: Hartford Funds
Distribution Intelligence Program: Salesforce Productivity Impact
Winner Retail: Principal Asset Management
Key Accounts Partnership Program
Winner Retail: American Century Investments
Value-Add Programs | Practice Management
Winner Retail Large Company: Capital Group
Winner Retail Boutique Firm: Touchstone Investments
Value-Add Programs | Portfolio Construction
Winner Retail: Schwab Asset Management
Value-Add Programs | Tax Optimization (Direct Indexing)
Winner Overall: Allspring Global Investments
Community Investment Program (Firm-Led CSR/Volunteerism)
Honorable Mention Overall:
Lord Abbett
Invesco
Winner Overall Boutique Firm: Thornburg Investment Management
Winner Overall Large Company: Schroders
Marketing Innovation
Winner Retail: MFS Investment Management
Winner Institutional Boutique Firm: Dunham & Associates Investment Counsel, Inc.
Winner Institutional Large Company: T. Rowe Price
Branding / Positioning Initiative
Honorable Mention Retail: Janus Henderson Investors
Winner Retail Large Company: Nuveen
Integrated Marketing Campaign of the Year (Multi-Channel)
Honorable Mention Retail
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Natixis Investment Managers
Winner Retail Boutique Firm: Calamos Investments
Winner Retail Large Company: Capital Group
AI Utilization
Honorable Mention Overall Category: Franklin Templeton
Winner Overall Category: Manulife John Hancock Investments
Partnership of the Year
Winner Retail: Lincoln Financial Group
Winner Institutional: Promote Giving
Winner Service Providers: Stradley Ronon
M&A Deal of the Year
Winner Overall Category: WisdomTree
Service Provider of the Year | Technology, Distribution & Marketing
Winner: Red Oak
Service Provider of the Year | Outsourced Investment Solutions (Asset Management Operations)
Winner: Canoe Intelligence
Service Provider of the Year | Outsourced Investment Solutions (Client-Facing)
Winner: Russell Investments
Marketing Team of the Year
Honorable Mention: Capital Group
Winner: Nuveen
Sales Enablement Team of the Year
Winner: Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Investment Manager CMO of the Year
Tara Giuliano - Nuveen
Investment Manager CIO of the Year
Kate El-Hillow - Russell Investments
Investment Manager CEO of the Year
Zach Buchwald - Russell Investments
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