GRAMERCY INSTITUTE'S 2026
ASSET MANAGEMENT MARKETING AWARDS
CALL FOR ENTRIES
About Me.
Gramercy Institute has always held that asset management is a distinct area of focus within financial services. Therefore the marketing of asset management is unique.
With this in mind, Gramercy Institute, once again, invites the world’s leading asset management firms and their partners to enter their very best marketing work in this important marketing award program.
This program evaluates asset management marketing work according to these categories: branding, collateral, content marketing, creative, direct response, experiential marketing, media planning, marketing strategy, public relations, website and other benchmarks of asset management marketing success.
If you believe your asset management marketing work is among the best in the world, we invite you to enter the 2026 Gramercy Institute Asset Management Marketing Awards.
WHO CAN ENTER?
Any company (agency, publisher, financial firm, marketing services provider) that has conceived and/or executed asset management marketing within the past 18 months that is either targeted at or executed for the benefit of an asset management firm (corporate entries are also accepted). This includes:
An asset management firm marketing its own services
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An ad agency or marketing consultancy servicing an asset management firm
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A media company servicing an asset management firm
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A marketing services provider marketing to an asset management firm
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A fintech services provider marketing to an asset management firm
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A corporation marketing its financial performance to key audiences (corporate)
Early Entry Deadline
November 2, 2026 ($325 entry fee)
Regular Entry Deadline
November 11, 2026 ($395 entry fee)
Judging will be carried out by a panel of financial services marketing leaders from the world’s top financial, media and marketing brands. Individual judges’ scores will be averaged together to determine category winners. Entrants will be notified on the status of their entry (winning or not winning) by November 20, 2026, via email.
HONORING WINNING TEAMS
A congratulatory roster of categories and winners will be published and distributed to Gramercy Institute’s global financial marketing community in mid-November. Awards will be presented in an in-person ceremony on December 10, 2026 in Boston. Trophies will be presented in-person to all winning teams attending the award presentation event. Winners not attending may purchase their trophies to be shipped.
For questions please email Gramercy Institute
JUDGES
Vanessa Bowen, Head, UK Marketing, Orbis Investments
Patrick Canney, Managing Director, Marketing, RBC Global Asset Management
Leslie Checkman, SVP, Senior Director - Head of Global Marketing,
MFS Investment Management
Maggie Dietrich, Vice President, Head, Newport Marketing, Newport, an Ascensus Company
Kim Dellarocca, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Voya
Nambia Ferguson, Chief Marketing Officer, EMEA, Nomura Asset Management
Sheri Gilchrist, Head, Communications, Marketing & Customer Analytics,
Fidelity Investments
Greg Heath, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Natixis Investment Managers
Julie Jarrett, Director of Marketing, Eventide Asset Management
Anjali Kaul, Head, Strategic Marketing, Manulife Financial/John Hancock
Lauren Mack, Vice President, ETF Marketing, Morgan Stanley
Karen McCafferty, Head, Marketing: North America, T. Rowe Price
David R. Nguyen, AVP, Digital Product Management & Head, Digital Engagement,
Voya Financial
Michele Puopolo, Director, Private Investing Marketing, Wellington Management
Dominica Ribeiro, Chief Marketing & Distribution Officer, Breckinridge Capital Advisors
David Rowe, Head of Marketing, Communications & Investor Services, COMGEST
Elizabeth Sansone, Managing Director, Global Head, Alternatives Marketing, Nuveen
Stephen Tisdalle, Chief Marketing Officer, Future Standard
Catherine Villiger, Senior Director, Global Institutional & EMEA Marketing,
Principal Asset Management
Elaine Villas-Obusan, Head, Client Marketing, Americas, UBS Asset Management