Are you a scheme trustee? Do you manage a pension fund? If so, would you be willing to help judge the UK Pensions Awards 2015?
As a judge, you would become one of a panel of distinguished experts deciding the winners of the industry's most prestigious awards.
Judges will be asked to judge three or four categories each and will receive submissions at the end of January next year.
They will each score these submissions to come up with a shortlist for each of the categories below.
A judges meeting will be then held on 26 February 2015 to decide the final winners.
The winners will be announced at the 18th annual UK Pensions Awards, which will take place at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday, 7 May 2015.
All judges will be invited to attend the awards as guests of Professional Pensions.
If you are a senior manager within a scheme or a pension trustee and wish to put your name forward as a judge, please contact Professional Pensions editor Jonathan Stapleton at [email protected] or 020 7316 9547 as soon as possible.
To view further details about the awards, visit: www.ukpensionsawards.com
Awards Process
This year there are two stages in the awards process - the deadlines of which are as follows:
1. Registration/Nomination:
To register for the awards please follow the below steps:
i) Visit the entry page of our website at www.ukpensionsawards.com/static/start-entry
ii) Enter your email address to start the registration process then enter your details
iii) Click the ‘Enter This Category' button next to any categories you wish to enter - this will take you through to the entry form page.
iv) You do not need to fill out any details on the form at this stage. Simply click ‘Save and go to awards summary' to register for this category. A pop-up box will appear letting you know you need to fill in further information before submitting the award - this is normal, please click ‘OK' to proceed back to the category list.
v) Should you wish to enter more than one category, please repeat the above process for each category you wish to enter.
To nominate a firm for the awards, please email: [email protected]
2. Entry submission:
Firms that register or are nominated will then need to complete their entry form. The judges will use this form to draw up the finalists list and decide on the final winners. The deadline for receipt of the entries is Monday, 12 January 2015.
The entry forms and submissions will be considered by a panel of judges made up of professionals from across the occupational pensions industry. These judges will be announced in Professional Pensions over the coming weeks.
The finalists list will be published on Friday, 27 February 2015 and the winners will be announced at a ceremony at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday, 7 May 2015.
Categories
We have made a small number of changes to the category list for the 2015 awards in response to feedback from the 2014 awards.
The changes include a significant expansion of our DC award categories - and we have added a DC Investment Innovation of the Year award, a DC Multi-Asset Fund Manager of the Year award and an At-Retirement Innovation of the Year award to this year's line up.
With the introduction of the DC Investment Innovation of the Year category, we have also renamed the Investment Innovation of the Year award as the DB Investment Innovation of the Year award.
And, in light of the volume of new products being launched in the fixed income space, we have launched a Fixed Income Innovation of the Year category for these awards.
We have added a Consultancy Innovation of the Year category to recognise some of the new thinking that is coming out of many of the consultancies operating in this market.
We have also changed the name of two categories. The DC Provider of the Year (Bundled/ Full Service Providers) category now becomes DC Pension Provider of the Year and the Fiduciary / Delegated Investment Provider of the Year category is renamed Fiduciary Manager of the Year.
In addition to this, we have removed the Corporate Platform / Wrap Provider of the Year award due to the low number of registrants last year. We have also removed the Auto-Enrolment Innovation of the Year award category. Respondents feel that innovations in this area are covered by other categories.
The full list of categories for the 2015 awards is:
Advisory Categories:
- Actuarial / Employee Benefits Consultancy of the Year
- DC Consultancy of the Year
- Investment Consultancy of the Year
- Pension Lawyers of the Year
- Risk Reduction Adviser of the Year
- Fiduciary Evaluator of the Year *
DC Categories:
- DC Pension Provider of the Year **
- DC Investment Manager of the Year
- DC Multi-Asset Fund Manager of the Year *
Investment Categories:
- Investment Manager of the Year
- Fiduciary Manager of the Year **
- Equity Manager of the Year
- Fixed Income Manager of the Year
- DB Multi-Asset Manager of the Year
- Emerging Markets Manager of the Year
- Alternative Investment Manager of the Year
- Property Manager of the Year
- SRI / ESG Provider of the Year
- LDI Manager of the Year
- Risk Reduction Provider of the Year
Other Categories:
- Sponsor Covenant Provider of the Year
- Independent Trustee of the Year
- Third-Party Administrator of the Year
Innovation Categories:
- DC Innovation of the Year
- DC Investment Innovation of the Year
- DB Investment Innovation of the Year
- Consulting Innovation of the Year **
- At-Retirement Innovation of the Year **
- Fixed Income Innovation of the Year **
- Technology Innovation of the Year
- Communication Innovation of the Year
* New for 2015
** Renamed 2015
