2016 Finalists
Over 398 nominations were received
| 401(k) Retirement Plan Support Services: | ||
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| Envestnet Envestnet Retirement Services (ERS) |
Pershing Pershing’s Retirement Plan Network |
TD Ameritrade Institutional TD Ameritrade Retirement Plan |
| 401(k) Retirement Plan Support Services Technology: | ||
| Betterment for Business Betterment for Business |
CircleBlack Compliant & Fiduciary Advice on Clients’ 401(k)’s |
The Advisor Lab, a PCS company 401(k) Reporting and Benchmarking Center |
| Asset Managers – Alternatives: | ||
| 361 Capital The New Core Allocation: Long/Short Equity |
Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd. All-Terrain strategies |
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| Corporate Social Responsibility/Diversity: | ||
| Charles Schwab Investment Management CSIM’s Women’s Advancement Initiatives |
Sheridan Road Charitable Foundation |
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| Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)/Impact Investing: | ||
| Flexible Plan Investments Ltd For A Better World strategy |
Envestnet Envestnet’s Impact Investing Platform |
Athena Capital Advisors LLC Social Finance and the Postmodern Portfolio: Theory and Practice |
| Asset Manager – Social Media Leadership: | ||
| Atlantic Trust Social Media Leadership |
Eaton Vance The Advisory Blog |
361 Capital Balanced Social Media Approach |
| Aberdeen Asset Management 10 Golden Rules/7 Deadly Sins Campaign |
J.P. Morgan Funds Dare to Compare |
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| Asset Managers – ETF Strategists: | ||
| Capital Wealth Planning, LLC CWP ETF Hedged Covered Call Strategy |
CLS Investments Outcome Based Investment Approach |
ETF Model Solutions LLC Enhanced Benchmark for Today’s Portfolios |
| Asset Managers – ETFs: | ||
| John Hancock Investments ETF Research and Education Portal |
Charles Schwab Investment Management Fundamental Index ETFs |
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| Asset Managers – Equities: | ||
| RidgeWorth Investments New Fund Launch: RidgeWorth Capital Innovations Global Resources and Infrastructure Fund |
Blackrock Minimum Volatility Challenge Tool |
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| Asset Managers – Fixed Income: | ||
| Blackrock New Price Yield Calculator for Fixed Income ETFs |
Eaton Vance Laddered Investing Interest Rate Scenario Tool |
Neuberger Berman Dynamic Sector Allocation Chart for NB Strategic Income Fund |
| Asset Managers – Real Estate (including REITs): | ||
| Cole Capital Advisor Educational Resources: FINRA 15-02 |
Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation Financial Advisor Education |
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| Asset Managers – Separate Accounts: | ||
| Eaton Vance Custom Beta |
Pershing Lockwood – Managed360 |
Natixis Retirement Spending Account |
| Envestnet Quantitative Portfolios (QPs) |
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| Asset Manager – Thought Leadership – Product: | ||
| Fidelity Investments Portfolio Construction Thought Leadership Program |
T. Rowe Price MarketScene App for Financial Advisors |
BlackRock iRetire: Retirement Income Technology for Advisors |
| John Hancock Investments John Hancock Investments – Market Intelligence |
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| Asset Manager – Thought Leadership Education: | ||
| Goldman Sachs EMPOWER |
Guggenheim Investments Guggenheim Investments – Thought Leadership |
Cohen & Steers Investor Education |
| Transamerica Unlocking Social Security: The Keys to Making Your Benefits Work for You |
Aberdeen Asset Management Asset Manager – Thought Leadership |
State Street Global Advisors Addressing the Value Equation |
| Broker/Dealers (less than 1,000 Advisors) – Social Media Leadership: | ||
| NEXT Financial Group Helping Advisors Obtain Business Through Social Media |
Wedbush Securities Wedbush Social Media Engagement Campaign |
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| Broker/Dealers (less than 1,000 Advisors) – Transition Support: | ||
| The Investment Center Full Service Transition Program |
NEXT Financial Group Making the Transition Easier |
Summit Brokerage eLaunch |
| Broker/Dealers (less than 1,000 Advisors) – Service: | ||
| NEXT Financial Group Advisor Training and Coaching Program – ELITE (Essential Lessons for Investment Training Excellence) |
CUNA Brokerage Services Honors & Advisor Academy Training |
Summit Brokerage Summit Concierge Services (SCS) |
| Broker/Dealers (less than 1,000 Advisors) – Technology: | ||
| Summit Brokerage MyDashboard |
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Financial Aggregation |
Wealthforge Online Private Placements |
| Broker/Dealers (less than 1,000 Advisors) – Practice Management: | ||
| The Investment Center Advisor Marketing Coaching Program |
NEXT Financial Group NEXT Portfolio Services – A Solution to the DoL Rule |
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| Broker/Dealers (1,000+ Advisors) – Corporate Social Responsibility/Diversity: | ||
| Commonwealth Financial Network Birthday Wishes |
Voya Financial Advisors Voya Financial Awards Scholarship for Veterans and Their Spouses |
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| Broker/Dealers (1,000+ Advisors) – Practice Management: | ||
| Securities America Next Level with Revenue Diagnostic |
Voya Financial Advisors Hybrid Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) Platform |
Cetera Wealth Management Education Platform |
| Broker/Dealers (1,000+ Advisors) – Technology: | ||
| Commonwealth Financial Network 1-Click Review |
Ladenburg Thalmann $ymbil |
Securities America New Business Solutions |
| Raymond James Client Reporting |
Edward Jones Two-way Texting with Clients |
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| Broker/Dealers (1,000+ Advisors) – Service: | ||
| Kestra Financial Effortless Experience |
Cetera RightBRIDGE |
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| Broker/Dealers – Thought Leadership: | ||
| Charles Schwab The Schwab ETF OneSource 2016 ETF Industry Outlook |
Sigma Financial C-ID Program |
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| Compliance/Law Firms: | ||
| RIA in a Box Launch of New MyRIACompliance RIA Compliance Software |
MarketCounsel MarketCounsel Summit |
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| Custodians (Emerging – Less Than $25 Billion) – Technology: | ||
| Betterment Institutional Betterment Institutional |
Millennium Trust Company MAIN |
Shareholder Service Group SSG Technology and Advisors Advantage Program |
| Custodians ($25 Billion or More) Corporate Social Responsibility/Diversity: | ||
| Charles Schwab: Schwab Advisor Services RIA Talent Advantage Recruitment Playbook |
TDAmeritrade NextGen Initiative |
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| Custodians ($25 Billion Or More) – Practice Management: | ||
| Charles Schwab: Schwab Advisor Services Schwab Advisor Services Insight to Action Program – Creating a Referral Culture (CRC) |
TD Ameritrade Institutional Driving Business Performance Through Efficiency |
Fidelity Investments Fidelity Research and Insights Provide Advisors with Greater Transparency on M&A and Succession Planning |
| Custodians ($25 Billion Or More) – Transition Support: | ||
| Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon Company Strategic Banking and Liability Management Solutions to Manage Clients’ Wealth |
TD Ameritrade Institutional TD Ameritrade Transition Services |
Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC Bulk eSignature |
| Custodians ($25 Billion Or More) – Technology: | ||
| Pershing, a BNY Mellon company Pershing’s Retirement Plan Network |
TD Ameritrade Institutional Veo Open Access |
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| Custodians ($25 Billion or More) – Custodian Social Media Leadership: | ||
| TDAmeritrade Human Finance Project |
SEI Practically Speaking – SEI Social Media Program |
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| Custodians ($25 Billion or More) – Custodian Thought Leadership: | ||
| TD Ameritrade Institutional RIA Industry Advocacy |
Fidelity Investments Fidelity Helps Industry Build an Army of eAdvisors |
Pershing, a BNY Mellon company “Women: Investing with a Purpose” Thought Leadership Campaign |
| SEI SEI Thought Leadership Program |
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| Disruptors – Technology: | ||
| Hearsay Social Hearsay Social: Empowering Advisors in the Digital Age |
Artivest Artivest Platform Enables Financial Advisors to Better Serve HNW with Private Alts |
RAGE Frameworks, Inc. LiveWealth – Active Advising |
| Disruptors – Industry: | ||
| Eaton Vance NextShares |
XY Planning Network XY Planning Network |
United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC. FinLife Partners Platform |
| Envestnet Envestnet’s Unified Platform |
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| Family Offices – Thought Leadership: | ||
| Fidelity Investments Fidelity Provides Research and Insights on Family Office Executive Compensation |
Athena Capital Advisors LLC Social Finance and the Postmodern Portfolio: Theory and Practice |
Atlantic Trust Family Office Thought Leadership |
| Industry Associations: | ||
| RIIA The View Across the Silos |
Financial Services Institute FSI CoveredAdvisor Plan |
IMCA New IMCA Applied Behavioral Finance Certificate Program |
| Hedge Funds/Private Equity: | ||
| Artivest Artivest Private Equity Access Funds |
CAIS CAIS strengthens partnership with Fidelity to offer increased access to PE and hedge funds; adds Mercer institutional PE from Mercer to platform |
SmartVision by eVestment Leading Global Provider of Hedge Fund data. |
| iCapital FinTech platform enabling advisor access to private equity and hedge fund investments, Research about SFO investments in private equity |
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| Insurance Service: | ||
| Chubb New Class of Personal Insurance |
Transamerica Financial Planning in the Shadow of Dementia |
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| Insurance Technology: | ||
| MetLife Interactive Income Tool |
PURE Insurance PURE CyberSafe Solutions |
Sammons Retirement Solutions Inc. PracticeWellTM Adviser Success Strategies Program |
| Investment Banks/Lenders/Succession Planning Consultants: | ||
| ECHELON Partners Equity Glide Path Program, Buyer Preparation Program |
Live Oak Bank Advisor to Owner: Enabling internal succession |
PFI Advisors, LLC PFI Advisors’ M&A Support Services |
| TAMPs: | ||
| Dynasty Financial Partners Dynasty TAMP platform |
SEI ProcessWise – SEI’s Integrated Workflow Program |
AssetMark, Inc. Investing Evolved |
| Envestnet Envestnet’s Platform |
Buckingham Asset Management Planning Center |
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| Trusts: | ||
| TD Ameritrade Institutional Advisors Private Wealth Trust |
Atlantic Trust Trust |
Fiduciary Trust Company Creation of a boutique trust company that offers comprehensive wealth management services |
| Account Aggregation: | ||
| SS&C Advent Black Diamond True Client-Ready Data |
Quovo Integrations & Enhanced Client Portal |
Morningstar ByAllAccountsSM Personal Financial Management Portal for Advisors |
| Envestnet Envestnet | Yodlee |
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| Client Portals: | ||
| eMoney Advisor Innovation – New Application and Innovation – Platform |
SS&C Advent Black Diamond Investor Experience – Boundary-Bending Client Portal |
Citrix ShareFile Portfolio Accounting Integration |
| Oranj Oranj Interactive Client Portal |
Wealth Access, Inc. Aggregated Client Reporting |
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| Compliance: | ||
| BasisCode Compliance Software Platform for Compliance Consultants |
Patrina Corporation Patrina Compliance Suite |
First Rate, Inc. ExecView – Managing Oversight of Client Outcomes Firm-wide |
| Entreda Software Platform for Compliance Consultants |
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| Corporate Social Responsibility/Diversity: | ||
| First Rate, Inc. First Rate Living – Making an Impact with Corporate Values |
Morningstar Morningstar Research Report: Fund Managers by Gender |
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| Technology Providers – CRM: | ||
| Junxure Junxure Cloud CRM Enhancements |
Grendel Custom Object Creation |
Salesforce Transforming the Client-Advisor Relationship for the Digital Age with Salesforce Financial Services Cloud |
| Digital Advisors (Robo): | ||
| Betterment Betterment |
Advisor Software, Inc. Advisor Software Digital Advisor |
NextCapital New User Interface With Unreached Levels of Personalization |
| Riskalyze Autopilot |
FolioDynamix FolioDynamix/VisX Solutions: Integrating a ‘robo’ offering in a single platform with UMA, SMA, MF/ETF and Rep as Manager accounts |
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| Financial Planning: | ||
| PIEtech, Inc. myMoneyGuide Planning Experience |
FIS WealthStation Client Web Tools |
Advizr Advizr Platform |
| Advicent Solutions NaviPlan & Figlo: Financial Planning |
Envestnet Envestnet | Finance Logix |
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| Document Management: | ||
| Albridge Albridge PDF Capture |
Laserfiche ECM Laserfiche 10 |
Seismic Seismic Workspace: The Virtual Document Collaboration Platform for Advisors |
| Innovation – New Applications | ||
| Laserfiche ECM Laserfiche Business Process Library |
Retiree Income Income Solver Fills Retirement Income Gap in Advice |
Vestmark Vestmark Manager Marketplace |
| Advicent Solutions Narrator Connect |
Tradeweb Direct Portfolio Solutions from Tradeweb Direct |
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| Innovation – Platform: | ||
| eMoney Advisor eMoney Platform |
Hearsay Social Hearsay Social: Empowering Advisors in the Digital Age |
Advizr Advizr Platform |
| Enterprise Engineering, Inc. EEI’s FS-API – the first API tailored to the Financial Services Industry |
Entreda Unify for RIAs, B-Ds and B-D Reps – Automated Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Platform and service |
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| Portfolio Management, Accounting and Performance Reports: | ||
| Orion Advisor Services Orion Business Intelligence |
Albridge Performance Web Service Calls |
Fiserv, Inc Fiserv Develops New Technology Solutions to Support Rep-Driven Managed Account Programs on its Core Unified Wealth Platform |
| Envestnet | Tamarac Envestnet | Tamarac Advisor View |
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. New Offering: A Complete Investment Management Solution from the Global Leader in Financial Operations |
FolioDynamix FolioDynamix |
| Rebalancing: | ||
| TD Ameritrade Institutional iRebal |
Envestnet | Tamarac Envestnet | Tamarac Advisor Rebalancing |
Wealthminder Wealthminder Rebalancing Features |
| MyVest Advanced Tax-Aware Rebalancing |
Tradeweb Direct Portfolio Solutions from Tradeweb Direct |
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| Risk Tolerance/Client Profiling: | ||
| FinaMetrica Risk Tolerance Tool |
Riskalyze Riskalyze |
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| Technology Social Media Leadership: | ||
| Hearsay Social Hearsay Social: Predictive Social Media Technology for Advisors |
Smarsh Smarsh: The Archiving Platform: Support for More Social Media Content Types |
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| Technology Thought Leadership: | ||
| Orion Advisor Services Fuse Developer’s Conference |
First Rate, Inc. Client Engagement Thought Leadership |
Morningstar Financial Services Observer: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule for Advisors Could Reshape the Financial Sector |
| Junxure ‘Advisory Leadership’, by Greg Friedman, MS, CFP |
Pershing, a BNY Mellon company Advantages of the Emerging Digital Advisor |
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| Wealth Reporting/Personal Financial Managers: | ||
| Oranj Oranj Enhanced Analytics Notifications |
Wealth Access, Inc. PFM for Advisors |
CircleBlack Modern Technology for Tracking and Reporting on Client Holdings |
| Envestnet Envestnet | Yodlee |
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