14th March, 2016
Online submission process now open for annual Global Investor/ISF awards
Global Investor/ISF is inviting asset managers,securities services firms and financial infrastructure entities to submitnominations for its 30th Anniversary Awards.
The awards, now in its sixteenth year, recognise the mostimportant contributions to the industry over the previous 12 months.
The nominations process is very simple. Eligible firms (ortheir representatives or clients) can nominate themselves in a simple onlineprocess. Firms need to set out their achievements over the past year and whythey deserve to be recognised by their peers (600 words maximum).
Nominations can be cast until Friday 22 April.
Each category will then be judged by a panel of leadingindustry figures. This year’s judging panel will be confirmed in the comingweeks – but previous panels have included luminaries such as John Redwood MP,London Evening Standard city editor Anthony Hilton and Pension Protection FundCIO Barry Kenneth.
The winners honoured at a gala dinner in London hosted bythe editor, Alastair O’Dell, on 30 June 2016 at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel.
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