A prestigious celebration of allocators’ success
We’re excited to announce that the third annual Allocator Prizes will be held on October 17, 2024 at the Rainbow Room in New York City.
The Prizes are the culmination of a decade of work and unparalleled industry access. You are invited to celebrate the best and brightest in institutional investing, with prizes presented by The Allocator newsletter.
The nomination process for this year's Allocator Prizes is now open.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Trotsky — Executive Director & CIO, Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board
Trotsky has built Massachusetts’ state retirement fund into one of the country’s best public investment operations over nearly 15 years of service.
2023 Winners
Team of the Year
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, led by CIO Ed Cass
Idea of the Year
Steven Wilson, Director of Public Markets, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Investment Operations of the Year
Shaun Ng, Managing Director of Risk, Performance & Investment Operations, and his team at Cleveland Clinic
Leader of the Year
Nancy Everett, CEO, Virginia Commonwealth University Investment Management Company
Best Bad Investment Idea
Canyon Chan, Senior Portfolio Strategist, CSAA Insurance Group
Advisor of the Year
Janet Becker-Wold, Senior Vice President, Callan
The Randy Kim Prize for Fiduciary of the Year
Jeanmarie Grisi, CIO, Nokia
Best Partner
BlackRock
Institutional RIA of the Year
Buckingham Strategic Wealth
Best Citizen
Justin Reed, Co-CIO, Brown Brothers Harriman
Lifetime Achievement Award
Robin Diamonte
Be in the room.
Put yourself in front of today’s biggest and most exciting institutions. Benefit from prominent branding and the opportunity to develop long-term, high-value relationships with the people who matter most to you.
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Awarding excellence, optics agnostic
A panel of institutional investment industry luminaries — leading figures from both the allocator and manager communities — will determine category finalists and winners, facilitated by The Allocator and informed by nominations.
Leading institutional investors may broadcast their work on livestream or be utterly under-the-radar: our prize committee system is built to find excellence, optics agnostic. As many of you know, Kip McDaniel and Leanna Orr have enjoyed refining the awards model year after year.
Popular vote too often rewards the finalist who is most eager to campaign. Likewise, event hosts have an inherent conflict of interest in picking winners, which can easily slide into pay-to-play.
The Allocator turns instead to trusted experts, debating in confidence. If it’s good enough for the Nobel Prize, it’s fit for The Allocator Prizes.
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