Global Pensions Awards 2010 Shortlist

In the wake of the testing economic environment, some providers stood out from the rest. Pension fund managers from around the globe nominated the managers, consultants and other providers they felt deserved to be rewarded for their hard work. To read more about our awards, click here.

The nominees are:

Custodian of the year:

-State Street
-Northern Trust
-BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
-FINCORP

ETF Provider of the year:

-iShares
-ETF Securities
-State Street Global Advisors
-Lyxor Asset Management
-db x-trackers

Infrastructure provider of the year:

-HSBC
-Macquarie Group
-First State

Equities manager of the year:

-MFS Investment Management
-Schroders
-Marathon Asset Management
-LSV Asset Management
-AXA Rosenberg Investment Management

Private equity manager of the year:

-LGT Capital Partners
-HarbourVest
-Adams Street Partners
-Pantheon Ventures
-Partners Group
-WP Global Partners

Software provider of the year:

-eShare
-aquilaheywood
-Mcube Investment Technologies
-Inalytics
-Procentia

Manager of managers of the year:
-Russell
-Corestone Investment Managers
-Northern Trust Global Investors

Hedge fund of funds manager of the year:

-Culross Global Management
-Aurum
-K2 Advisors
-GAM

Fixed income manager of the year:

-Legal & General
-BlackRock
-M&G Investments
-Henderson Global Investors
-PIMCO
-Mondrian Investment Partners
-Invesco

Transition manager of the year:

-Legal & General
-Mellon Transition Management
-State Street
-Northern Trust
-Russell
-BlackRock
-Morgan Stanley

Market-cap weighted index provider of the year:

-Barclays Capital
-MSCI Barra
-FTSE
-Dow Jones
-Standard & Poor's

Investment strategy index provider of the year:

-State Street
-Research Affiliates

International benefits consultant of the year:

-Towers Watson
-Hymans Robertson
-Mercer
-Hewitt
-Lane Clark & Peacock

Currency manager of the year:

-Record Currency Management
-Lee Overlay Partners
-Goldman Sachs Asset Management
-Millennium Asset Management
-FX Concepts
-P/E Investments
-A.G. Bisset
-The Cambridge Strategy

Law firm of the year:

-Lovells
-Sackers & Partners
-Eversheds
-Allen & Overy
-Houthoff Buruma

Class action law firm of the year:

-Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins
-Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
-Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
- Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check

Investment consultant of the year:

-Towers Watson
-Redington
-Mercer
-Hewitt
-Inalytics
-Lane Clark & Peacock
-Magnusta Risk
-Wilshire

Emerging markets manager of the year:

-Aberdeen Asset Management
-Arrowstreet Capital
-Capital International
-BlackRock
-Baillie Gifford
-Nomura Asset Management

Property manager of the year:

-Cluttons
-BlackRock
-ING Real Estate
-Aviva Investors
-CB Richard Ellis Investors
-Hermes
-Standard Life

SRI provider of the year:

-Aviva Investors
-Double Dividend
-Pioneer Investments
-F&C Asset Management
-Hermes
-Pictet Asset Management

Liability driven investments manager of the year:

-RBS Asset Management
-Insight Investment Management
-PIMCO
-Legal & General
-BlackRock

Commodities manager of the year:

-Morgan Stanley
-Credit Suisse Asset Management
-Schroders
-Doctors Pension Fund Service
-Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Quant provider of the year:

-BlackRock
-Numeric Investors
-D.E. Shaw
-Informed Portfolio Management
-AXA Rosenberg

Derivatives manager of the year:

-Nomura
-Cardano
-Morgan Stanley
-RBS
-BlackRock

Securities lending provider of the year:

-eSecLending
-State Street
-BlackRock
-J.P. Morgan
-Aviva Investors
-Northern Trust
-BNY Mellon
-RBC Dexia

Specialist equities manager:

-Informed Portfolio Management
-J.P. Morgan
-Longview Partners
-Unigestion
-Nomura Asset Management UK

Investment bank of the year:

-Goldman Sachs
-Nomura
-Credit Suisse
-Barclays
-Royal Bank of Scotland

Product launch of the year:

-BNY Mellon Derivatives360
-Tromp Fiduciary Evaluation
-M&G UK Companies
-Neuberger Berman's Enhanced Commodities Qualifying Investor

Best actuary of the year:

-Hewitt
-Barnett Waddingham
-Mercer
-Hymans Robertson
-Alexander Forbes
-Towers Watson

Best boutique asset manager of the year:

-Auriel Capital Management
-Lupus Alpha
-Longview Partners
-BlueBay Asset Management

Investment manager of the year:

-Schroders
-Legal & General
-Goldman Sachs Asset Management
-Baillie Gifford
-Insight Investment Management
-PIMCO
-Standard Life
-M&G Investments
-BlackRock