Canadian Investment Review’s Pension Leadership Awards

Chief Investment Officer of the Year

This award will be presented to a Chief Investment Officer who has demonstrated leadership when it comes to pension investing and made demonstrable improvements to his or her organization’s investment process. This award will take a holistic view of ‘success’ and consider environmental, social and governance factors when determining which CIO deserves recognition.

Sustainable Investing Award

This award will be presented to a pension plan that has shown leadership and/or significant progress when it comes to incorporating sustainability into the investment process. This will consider sound practices related to environmental, social and governance matters across asset classes and can include considerations related to people management within a pension plan itself.

Innovation in DC Investment Award

This award will go to a pension plan that takes an innovative approach to its investment offerings either in the accumulation phase, decumulation phase or both or that has recently made changes to its investment lineup to improve plan member outcomes. This award will consider plan member experience across the lifecycle.

Money manager of the year

This award will go to the money manager with the most assets under management. It will automatically be distributed based on Benefits Canada’s most recent Top Money Managers report, which is developed using data from firms participating in the Canadian Institutional Investment Network’s top 40 money managers’ survey.

Please note no nomination is required for this award.

Fastest climbing money manager – assets growth

This award will go to the money manager saw the biggest growth in assets under management by dollar figure. This will be automatically be distributed based on Benefits Canada’s most recent Top Money Managers report, which is developed using data from firms participating in the Canadian Institutional Investment Network’s top 40 money managers’ survey.

Please note no nomination is required for this award.

Fastest money manager climber – percentage growth

This award will go to the money manager that saw the biggest percentage increase in assets under management. It will automatically be distributed based on Benefits Canada’s most recent Top Money Managers report, which is developed using data from firms participating in the Canadian Institutional Investment Network’s top 40 money managers’ survey.

Please note no nomination is required for this award.