Mutual Fund Industry and ETF Awards 2021 | Pageant Media Ltd | 16 July 2021 | 583 Park Avenue, 583 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065, US

2021 marks the 28th anniversary of Fund Intelligence’s prestigious Mutual Fund Industry and ETF Awards.

For over a quarter of a century, the Awards have served as the highest honor fund management professionals and firms can achieve for their leadership, marketing, governance and performance contributions to the industry.

Categories
Asset Manager Sales, Marketing And Leadership Awards
• PR Campaign of the Year *NEW FOR 2021*
• Sales and Marketing Excellence through the Covid-19 Pandemic *NEW FOR 2021*
• Best DEI Initiative of the Year *NEW FOR 2021*
• Best Philanthropic Initiative
• Asset Manager Digital Tool of the Year
• Retirement Leader of the Year
• Content Marketing Strategy of the Year
• Social Media Leader of the Year
• Fund Innovation of the Year
• Asset Manager Podcast of the Year
• Overall Ad Campaign of the Year
• Deal of the Year
• Asset Manager Website of the Year
• Fund Marketer of the Year
• Fund Leader of the Year

ETF Awards
• Newcomer ETF Firm of the Year *NEW FOR 2021*
• Index Provider of the Year *NEW FOR 2021*
• Fixed Income ETF of the Year *NEW FOR 2021*
• Smart-beta ETF of the Year
• Thematic ETF of the Year
• ETF of the Year
• Newcomer Smart-beta ETF of the Year
• Newcomer Thematic ETF of the Year
• Newcomer ETF of the Year
• Active ETF of the Year
• Sales Success of the Year - ETFs
• ETF Suite of the Year
• Newcomer Active ETF of the Year
• Newcomer Sales Success of the Year - ETFs
• ETF Provider of the Year
• ESG/Impact ETF of the Year
• Alternative ETF of the Year
• ETF Innovation of the Year
• Newcomer ESG/Impact ETF of the Year
• Newcomer Alternative ETF of the Year

Fund Director Awards
• Trustee of the Year
• Independent Counsel of the Year
• Small Board Trustee of the Year
• Newcomer Director

• Rising Star Of Mutual Funds Awards
• Lifetime Achievement Awards
• Fund Action Lifetime Achievement
• Fund Directions Lifetime
• Hall Of Fame

2020 Winners

Asset Manager Sales, Marketing And Leadership Awards
Best Philanthropic Initiative
• American Century Investments

Social Media Leader of the Year
• ARK Invest

Retirement Leader of the Year
• Empower Retirement

Content Marketing Strategy of the Year
• Alger

Overall Ad Campaign of the Year
• BNY Mellon

Fund Innovation of the Year
• Cboe Vest

Asset Manager Podcast of the Year
• Neuberger Berman

Fund Marketer of the Year
• Sebastian Benkert, ARK Invest

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

Asset Manager Website of the Year
• Polen Capital

Sales Success of the Year - Mutual Funds
• DoubleLine

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

Asset Manager Digital Tool of the Year
• Charles Schwab

ETF Awards
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)

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)

Sales Success of the Year - ETFs
• JPMorgan Asset Management: JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF (JPST)

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

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

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

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

ETF Suite of the Year
• DWS Asset Management: DWS Xtrackers ESG Suite

ETF Provider of the Year
• VanEck

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

Rising Stars Of Mutual Funds

• Abby Bertumen, General Counsel, Exchange Traded Concepts

• Adam Henkel, Senior Counsel, Invesco Capital Management

• Andrew Fleming, Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Value Plus Fund, Heartland Advisors

• Christopher Healey, Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

• Elizabeth Lance, Vice President & Legal Counsel, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, T. Rowe Price

• Eric Simanek, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester

• Jamie Gershkow, Associate, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

• Jordan Farris, Head of ETF Product Development, Nuveen (a subsidiary of TIAA)

• Luis Ochoa, Vice President, Strategic Planning, BNY Mellon Wealth Management

• Matt Hanna, Portfolio Manager, Managing Director of ESG Investing, Summit Global Investments

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

• Steven Levine, Senior Associate, K&L Gates

• Tom Staudt, COO, ARK Invest

• Vadim Avdeychik, Counsel, Paul Hastings

• Wu-Kwan Kit, Senior Vice President, Senior Counsel, Pimco

Fund Director Awards
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
• Proskauer

Lifetime Achievement Awards
Fund Action Lifetime Achievement
• Jim Ross, State Street Global Advisors

Fund Directions Lifetime Achievement
• Edward Boudreau, Columbia Funds

Hall Of Fame
• Invesco

• Nuveen