Here they are. The shortlists for the inaugural Professional Pensions Investment Awards (PPIA).
The Professional Pensions Investment Awards celebrate excellence among the asset managers who serve UK occupational pension schemes.
PPIA has been launched to recognise asset managers over a broad range of specialisms - and shine the spotlight on those whose achievements may not always be recognised by the more general UK Pensions Awards.
The awards process is unique within the industry - with the shortlist being drawn up in association with Aon Hewitt, one of the leading investment consultants in the market, highlighting those asset managers who have demonstrated both excellent performance and growth in assets under management.
Shortlisted entrants will now be asked to complete a questionnaire detailing how they differentiate themselves from their peers - detailing the product and client service innovations they have made over the 12 months to 30 June 2014. To find out more about the questionnaire or for queries about the awards process, please contact Professional Pensions editor Jonathan Stapleton at: [email protected].
The winners in each category will be decided by a distinguished panel of industry judges, the names of whom will be published over the coming weeks.
The awards will be presented at a lunchtime reception on the afternoon of Friday 28 November at Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London.
For more information about the awards, visit: www.investmentawards.co.uk
Shortlists
Rising Star of Asset Management Award
- Babson Capital Management
- Coronation Fund Managers
- ICG Longbow
- Kiltearn Partners
- Pemberton Capital Advisors
- Sands Capital Management
Innovation of the Year Award
- AQR Capital Management (shortlisted for releasing products quickly in keeping with market trends)
- F&C Asset Management (shortlisted for its work on pooled LDI)
- GMO (shortlisted for its domestic opportunities products)
- Investec Asset Management (shortlisted for its Horizons strategies and its investment concepts)
- M&G Investments (shortlisted for alternative credit)
- TOBAM (shortlisted for its max diversification product)
ARBS (Absolute Return Bond Strategy) Manager of the Year
- GAM
- Henderson Global Investors
- Ignis Asset Management
- Insight Investment
- Kames Capital
- PIMCO
- Schroders
- Wellington Management
Commodities Manager of the Year
- Blackstone
- CoreCommodity Management (formerly Jefferies Asset Management)
- Gresham Investment Management
DGF (Diversified Growth Fund) Manager of the Year
- BlackRock
- GMO
- Insight Investment
- Investec Asset Management
- J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- Schroders
Economic Infrastructure Manager of the Year
- Antin Infrastructure Partners
- Brookfield Asset Management
- First Reserve
- IFM Investors
- Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets
Emerging Market Equity Manager of the Year
- Coronation Fund Managers
- First State Investments
- Genesis Investment Management
- J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- Neuberger Berman
- Oaktree Capital Management
Emerging Market Debt Manager of the Year
- GMO
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Investec Asset Management
- Lazard Asset Management
- PIMCO
- Pramerica Investment Management
European Fixed Income Manager of the Year
- BlueBay Asset Management
- ING Investment Management
- Insight Investment
- Legal & General Investment Management
- Pioneer Investments
- Schroders
Fund of Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
- BlackRock
- Blackstone
- Grosvenor Capital Management
- J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- KKR Prisma
- Mesirow Financial Investment Management
Global Equity Manager of the Year
- Baillie Gifford
- Harris Associates
- Lansdowne Partners
- Longview Partners
- MFS Investment Management
- Morgan Stanley Investment Management
- Sands Capital Management
Global Fixed Income Manager of the Year
- Brandywine Global Investment Management
- Franklin Templeton Investments
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- MFS Investment Management
- PIMCO
- Wellington Management Company
Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
- Brevan Howard
- Davidson Kempner Capital Management
- Lansdowne Partners
- Och-Ziff Capital Management
- York Capital Management
Multi Asset / Sector Credit Manager of the Year
- Babson Capital Management
- BlueBay Asset Management
- Guggenheim Partners
- M&G Investments
- PIMCO
Pan-European Property Manager of the Year
- Blackstone
- Europa Capital Partners
- Real Estate Venture Capital Management
Passive Manager of the Year
- BlackRock
- EDHEC
- Legal & General Investment Management
- State Street Global Advisors
PPP (Public Private Partnership) Manager of the Year
- Aberdeen Asset Management (team who runs Bank of Scotland Infrastructure Partners)
- DIF
- Infrared Capital Partners
Quant Manager of the Year
- AQR Capital Management
- Arrowstreet Capital
- BlackRock
- Dimensional Fund Advisors
Real Estate Debt Manager of the Year
- DRC Capital
- Europa Capital Mezzanine
- GreenOak Real Estate
- ICG Longbow
Sub-Investment Grade Manager of the Year
- Babson Capital Management
- BlueBay Asset Management
- Franklin Templeton Investments
- Guggenheim Partners
- Kames Capital
- PIMCO
- Sankaty Advisors
UK Equity Manager of the Year
- Jupiter Asset Management
- Lindsell Train
- Majedie Asset Management
- Standard Life Investments
- Threadneedle Investments
UK Fixed Income Manager of the Year
- Insight Investment
- M&G Investments
- PIMCO
- Royal London Asset Management
- Standard Life Investments
- Threadneedle Investments
UK Property Manager of the Year
- Hermes Investment Management
- Kames Capital
- LaSalle Investment Management
- Lothbury Investment Management
- Orchard Street Investment Management
