Mutual Fund Industry and ETF Awards 2020 | Pageant Media Ltd | Virtual Awards

The Mutual Fund Industry and ETF Awards, now in their 26th year, took place at Cipriani 42nd Street April 11, and saw over 450 guests gather to recognise and reward the top achieving firms and individuals across the sector.

Winners 2020

Fund Action Lifetime Achievement: Jim Ross, State Street Global Advisors

Rising Star: Abby Bertumen, General Counsel, Exchange Traded Concepts

Rising Star: Adam Henkel, Senior Counsel, Invesco Capital Management

Rising Star: Andrew Fleming, Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Value Plus Fund, Heartland Advisors

Rising Star: Christopher Healey, Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Rising Star: Elizabeth Lance, Vice President & Legal Counsel, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, T. Rowe Price

Rising Star: Eric Simanek, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester

Rising Star: Jamie Gershkow, Associate, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

Rising Star: Jordan Farris, Head of ETF Product Development, Nuveen (a subsidiary of TIAA)

Rising Star: Luis Ochoa, Vice President, Strategic Planning, BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Rising Star: Matt Hanna, Portfolio Manager, Managing Director of ESG Investing, Summit Global Investments

Rising Star: Michal Levy, Chief Operating Officer Equitable Funds Management Group and President of the 1290 Funds Trust, Equitable

Rising Star: Steven Levine, Senior Associate, K&L Gates

Rising Star: 13 Tom Staudt, COO, ARK Invest

Rising Star: Vadim Avdeychik, Counsel, Paul Hastings

Rising Star: Wu-Kwan Kit, Senior Vice President, Senior Counsel, Pimco

Hall of Fame: Invesco

Hall of Fame: Nuveen

Best philanthropic initiative: American Century Investments

Content Marketing Strategy of the Year: Alger, ARK Invest

Asset Manager Podcast of the Year; Neuberger Berman: ARK Invest

Asset Manager Website of the Year: Polen Capital

Asset Manager Digital Tool of the Year: Charles Schwab Investment Management - SAGE Putnam Investments- FundVisualizer

Social Media Leader of the Year: ARK Invest

Overall Ad Campaign of the Year: BNY Mellon Investment Management: Transamerica

Fund Marketer of the Year: Sebastian Benkert, ARK Invest

Sales Success of the Year: Mutual Funds DoubleLine MFS Investment Management

Retirement Leader of the Year: Empower Retirement

Fund Innovation of the Year: Cboe Vest Westwood Holdings Group

Deal of the Year: Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Acquisition of Standard & Poor’s Investment Advisory Services from S&P Global Market Intelligence

Fund Leader of the Year: Vijay Advani - Executive Chairman, Nuveen

Fund Directions Lifetime Achievement: Edward Boudreau, Columbia Funds

Newcomer Director: Raudline Etienne, Janus Funds

Trustee of the Year: Ann Torre Bates, Franklin Templeton

Small Board Trustee of the Year: Gale Caruso, Pacific Select Funds

Independent Counsel of the Year: Stuart Coleman, Proskauer

Smart-beta ETF of the Year: Franklin Templeton

Newcomer Smart-beta ETF of the Year: Virtus Investment Partners: Virtus Real Assets Income (VRAI)

Active ETF of the Year: Pimco: Pimco Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF (MINT)

Newcomer Active ETF of the Year: ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF)

ESG/Impact ETF of the Year: VanEck- The VanEck Vectors Green Bond ETF (GRNB) DWS Asset Management: Xtrackers S&P 500 ESG ETF (SNPE)

Newcomer ESG/Impact ETF of the Year: DWS Asset Management: The Xtrackers MSCI USA ESG Leaders ETF (USSG)

Thematic ETF of the Year: VanEck- The VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO)

Newcomer Thematic ETF of the Year: First Trust: First Trust Indxx NextG ETF (NXTG) Virtus Private Credit (VPC)

Newcomer Sales Success of the Year: ETFs PMorgan Asset Management: JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF (BBUS)

Sales Success of the Year: ETFs JPMorgan Asset Management: JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF (JPST) DWS Asset Management: Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYLB)

Alternative ETF of the Year: Cambria Investment Management: Cambria Tail Risk ETF (TAIL)

Newcomer Alternative ETF of the Year: Innovator ETFs: Defined Outcome Series of Buffer ETFs Nationwide: Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF (NUSI)

ETF of the Year: Goldman Sachs Asset Management: Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GSLC)

Newcomer ETF of the Year: Global X: Global X Cloud Computing ETF (CLOU)

ETF Suite of the Year: DWS Asset Management: DWS Xtrackers ESG Suite Innovator ETFs Defined Outcome Series of Buffer ETFs

ETF Provider of the Year: VanEck

ETF Innovation of the Year:Procure AM: Procure Space ETF (UFO)

2019 Winners

FUND ACTION LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT:
• Marie Chandoha, Charles Schwab Investment Management

FUND DIRECTIONS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT:
• Richard A. Redeker, PGIM Investments Fund Family

HALL OF FAME:
• Charles Schwab

RISING STARS:
• Abigail Hemnes, associate, K&L Gates
• Alexis Rosenblum, director global policy, BlackRock
• Colin McWey, vice-president, director of research and portfolio manager, Heartland Advisors
• John O’Brien, partner, Morgan Lewis
• Joshua Weinberg, managing counsel, State Street Global Advisors
• Laura Flores, partner, Morgan Lewis
• Linda French, associate general chief counsel, ICI Global
• Margaret Farquharson, director, investment management group, Nationwide Insurance
• Mena Larmour, partner, Stradley Ronon
• Michael Weiner, executive director, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
• Nathan Briggs, partner, Ropes & Gray
• Ryan Brizek, counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

CONTENT MARKETER OF THE YEAR:
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management

FUND GROUP PODCAST OF THE YEAR:
• Gerstein Fisher: The Q Factor

OUT OF HOME AD CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR:
• Fidelity Investments: Fidelity Rewrites the Rules of Investing

VIDEO/DIGITAL AD CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR:
• Nuveen

SOCIAL MEDIA LEADER OF THE YEAR:
• Aberdeen Standard Investments

OVERALL AD CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR:
• Fidelity Investments: Fidelity Rewrites the Rules of Investing

FUND MARKETER OF THE YEAR:
• Marty Willis, Nuveen

SALES SUCCESS OF THE YEAR - MUTUAL FUNDS:
• American Funds’ Equity Fund Lineup

RETIREMENT LEADER OF THE YEAR:
• Ascensus

FUND INNOVATION OF THE YEAR:
• Pax World Funds (The Pax Ellevate Global Women's Leadership Fund)

DEAL OF THE YEAR:
• Invesco’s acquisition of OppenheimerFunds

FUND LEADER OF THE YEAR:
• Gene Needles, American Beacon and parent company Resolute Investment Managers

NEWCOMER DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR:
• Robert Troccoli, Invesco Funds

TRUSTEE OF THE YEAR:
• Joel Motley, The New York Board of Trustees of the Oppenheimer Funds

SMALL BOARD TRUSTEE OF THE YEAR:
• John Palancia, Northern Lights

INDEPENDENT COUNSEL OF THE YEAR:
• John Baumgardner, Sullivan & Cromwell

SMART-BETA ETF OF THE YEAR:
• Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF (SPLV)

NEW SMART-BETA ETF OF THE YEAR:
• DWS X-trackers High Beta High Yield ETF (HYUP)

ACTIVE ETF OF THE YEAR:
• Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK)

NEW ACTIVE ETF OF THE YEAR:
• PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF (PULS)

ESG/IMPACT ETF OF THE YEAR:
• WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund (XSOE)

NEW ESG/IMPACT ETF OF THE YEAR:
• ImpactShares ETFs

THEMATIC ETF OF THE YEAR:
• Flexshares Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources ETF (GUNR)

NEW THEMATIC ETF OF THE YEAR:
• Vesper U.S. Large Cap Short-Term Reversal Strategy ETF (UTRN)

SALES SUCCESS OF THE YEAR - ETFS:
• DWS Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYLB)

SALES SUCCESS OF THE YEAR - ETF NEWCOMERS:
• Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC)

ALTERNATIVE ETF OF THE YEAR:
• IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF (MNA)

NEW ALTERNATIVE ETF OF THE YEAR:
• Innovator S&P 500 Ultra Buffer ETF (UOCT) and Innovator S&P 500 Ultra Buffer ETF (UJUL)

ETF OF THE YEAR:
• WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR)

NEW ETF OF THE YEAR:
• Global X Adaptive U.S. Factor ETF (AUSF)

ETF SUITE OF THE YEAR:
• Ark Invest ETFs

ETF NEWCOMER:
• Salt Financial

ETF PROVIDER:
• Charles Schwab

ETF INNOVATION:
• ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (ARKG)