PP Investment Awards 2024: Shortlists revealed!

The Professional Pensions Investment Awards celebrate excellence among the asset managers who serve UK occupational pension schemes.

The awards, now in their 11th year, 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, one of the leading investment consultants in the market, highlighting those asset managers who have demonstrated excellent performance.

The shortlist is broadly based on performance over the 12 months to 30 June 2024 but also recognises the need for consistent performance. Entrants were therefore only shortlisted if they demonstrated both excellent performance over the 12 months to 30 June 2024 AND strong performance over a three-year time period.

Shortlisted entrants are now being asked to complete a questionnaire to demonstrate how they differentiate themselves from their peers in terms of innovation, client service, sustainability, diversity and inclusion.

To access the questionnaire, please visit: www.investmentawards.co.uk

Once you register on this site, you will be sent a guidance pack to help you complete your entry.

The winners in each category will be decided by a distinguished panel of industry judges, which will be finalised over the coming weeks.

The awards will be announced at a presentation in London on 19 November.

For queries about the questionnaire and the next stage of the judging process, please contact awards co-ordinator Joshua Wrazen.

For queries about the awards process, please contact PP editor Jonathan Stapleton.

To find out more about the awards, criteria and categories, visit the PP Investment Awards website.

The nominees are as follows:

Where specific strategies have been named as part of the shortlisting process, they are in brackets following the company name.

ARBS (Absolute Return Bond Strategy) Manager of the Year

• PGIM
• Insight Investment
• Legal & General Investment Management
• RBC BlueBay Asset Management
• Royal London Asset Management
• Wellington Management

Buy and Maintain Credit Manager of the Year

• Axa Investment Managers
• BlackRock
• Insight Investment
• Royal London Asset Management

Emerging Markets Equity Manager of the Year

• Acadian Asset Management (Emerging Markets Equity)
• Arrowstreet Capital (Emerging Markets Equity)
• Artemis Investment Management (Artemis SmartGARP Global Emerging Markets Equity)
• Lazard Asset Management (Emerging Markets Equity)
• Maj Invest (Maj Invest Emerging Markets Value Equities)

Equity Multi-Factor Solution Provider of the Year

• Amundi Asset Management (Amundi Global Dynamic Multi-Factor)
• AQR Capital Management (Global Style Premia Long Only Equity)
• Invesco Asset Management (Global Multi-Factor ESG)
• Lazard Asset Management (Global Equity Factor Advantage)

European Non-Core Property Manager of the Year

• Ares Management
• Blackstone
• Hines
• PGIM

Global Core Property Manager

• CBRE Investment Management
• The Townsend Group
• UBS Asset Management

Global Equity Manager of the Year

• Acadian Asset Management (Global All-Country Equity)
• Axiom Investors (Axiom Concentrated Global Growth Equity Strategy)
• GQG Partners (GQG Partners Global Equity)
• Janus Henderson Investors (Global Alpha Equity)
• Man Group (Man Numeric Global Core)
• Putnam Investments (Putnam Focused Equity)

Global Fixed Income Manager of the Year

• BlackRock
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Legal & General Investment Management
• Neuberger Berman
• Payden & Rygel
• PIMCO

Hedge Fund Manager of the Year

• Alyeska Investment Group
• Blue Diamond Asset Management
• CFM (Capital Fund Management)
• Graham Capital Management
• Marshall Wace
• One William Street Capital Management

ILS (Insurance Linked Securities) Manager of the Year

• Leadenhall Capital Partners
• RenaissanceRe Capital Partners
• Securis Investment Partners
• Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors

Liquid Securitised Manager of the Year

• Aegon Asset Management
• Amundi Asset Management
• BNP Paribas Asset Management
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management [formerly NN Investment Partners]
• HSBC Asset Management
• Janus Henderson Investors
• M&G Investments
• Schroders

Long Income Property Manager

• Aviva Investors
• Knight Frank Investment Management
• Legal & General Investment Management
• M&G Investments

Multi Asset/Sector Credit Manager of the Year

• Bain Capital
• Lord Abbett
• M&G Investments
• Manulife CQS Investment Management
• Oak Hill Advisors
• Oaktree Capital Management

Pan-European Core Property Manager of the Year

• AXA IM Alts 
• Barings
• CBRE Investment Management
• PGIM

Quant Manager of the Year

• Arrowstreet Capital
• CFM [Capital Fund Management]
• Man Group
• Systematica Investments

Risk Parity Manager of the Year

• AQR Capital Management
• Blackrock
• Man Group

Short-Dated Credit Manager of the Year

• Axa Investment Managers
• BlackRock
• Columbia Threadneedle Investments
• Fidelity International
• Royal London Asset Management

Sustainable Active Equity Manager of the Year

• Federated Hermes (Global Equity Low Carbon)
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management (Global Sustainable Equity)
• Mirova (Global Sustainable Equity)

Sustainable Corporate Bond Manager of the Year

• Insight Investment
• Legal & General Investment Management
• Liontrust Asset Management
• Robeco
• Royal London Asset Management

Sustainable Passive Equity Manager of the Year

• BlackRock (ACS World ESG Insights Equity Fund)
• Legal & General Investment Management (Global Future World)
• Legal & General Investment Management (Low Carbon Transition)
• UBS Asset Management (Global Climate Transition Equity Fund)

UK and European Commercial Real Estate Debt Manager

• BGO [BentallGreenOak]
• Cheyne Capital
• ICG
• PGIM
• Pluto Finance

UK Core Property Manager

• AEW
• Columbia Threadneedle Investments
• Legal & General Investment Management
• UBS Asset Management

UK Equity Manager of the Year

• Artemis Investment Management (UK Select)
• BlackRock (BlackRock Fundamental Equities UK Equity Focus)
• J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM UK Equity Income)
• Ninety One (Ninety One UK Value)
• RWC Partners [Redwheel] (Redwheel UK Equity Value & Income Strategy)

UK Fixed Income Manager of the Year

• Fidelity International
• Insight Investment
• M&G Investments
• Morgan Stanley Investment Management
• Royal London Asset Management

UK LDI Manager of the Year

• BlackRock
• Columbia Threadneedle
• Insight Investment
• Legal & General Investment Management
• Schroders
• State Street Global Advisors

DC Categories

DC Investment Innovation of the Year

• Arcmont Asset Management (Direct Lending LTAF)
• HSBC Asset Management (Shariah Multi-Asset Fund)
• HSBC Asset Management (Sukuk Fund)
• State Street Global Advisors (Global Alternative Beta)
• UBS Asset Management (EM Equity Climate Transition Fund)

Target Date Fund Manager of the Year

• Aon
• BlackRock
• Fidelity International (FutureWise)
• Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)
• State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)