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13th ANNUAL GRAMERCY INSTITUTE FINANCIAL MARKETING STRATEGY AWARDS

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CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Gramercy Institute is pleased to announce the

12th Annual 2026 Financial Content Marketing Awards,

honoring excellence in financial content marketing.

Content-as-marketing has proven to be a highly-effective and

extremely-efficient means for financial marketers to connect

in meaningful ways with core target audiences. 

The result: content marketing has become a significant plank in nearly every

financial marketing platform. This award was established to recognize

excellence & achievement in FINANCIAL CONTENT MARKETING.

Entry Deadline

Friday, August 7, 2026 ($395)

Judging will be carried out by a panel of financial services marketing leaders from the world's top financial, media and marketing brands.

Who Can Enter?

 

Any company (agency, publisher, financial firm, marketing services provider) that has conceived and/or executed a content marketing execution within the past 18 months for the benefit of a financial services firm (corporate entries are also accepted). This includes:

  • Financial firms marketing their products or services

  • Insurance firms marketing their products or services

  • Agencies/consultancies

  • Media companies/publishers

  • Service providers to financial/insurance firms

  • Corporate (those marketing a corporation’s financial performance to key audiences)

 

To enter, financial firms (and their partners) that have conceived and/or executed financial content marketing work in the past 18 months are encouraged to complete this

online entry form.

Honoring Winning Teams

  • A congratulatory roster of categories and winners will be published and distributed to Gramercy Institute’s global financial marketing community in early-September.​​

  • Trophies will be presented LIVE (and in-person) at a special award ceremony in New York City on September 24, 2026. Those winners who are unable to attend the award presentation event in NYC may purchase their trophies and receive them by mail. All category-winning teams attending will receive team trophies at this important event! 

  • Also at this LIVE event, Gramercy’s "Best of" awards will be presented for "Best-of-Show" and "Best-of-Show-Runner-Up".​​

  • A congratulatory communication will be distributed to Gramercy Institute's global financial marketing network immediately following the LIVE September award presentation that highlights winners of the "Best of Show" and "Best-of-Show-Runner-Up" awards.

  • In addition, a digital photo album of winning teams will be shared with Gramercy Institute’s global network of financial services marketing professionals after this event. 

2026 JUDGES

Matthew Bryan, SVP, Digital & Integrated Marketing, Antares Capital

S. Leith Chahed, Vice President, Digital Marketing & Analytics, MissionSquare Retirement

Andrew Ceccon, Chief Marketing Officer, Tradr ETFs

Vicki Chan, Senior Director, Content Strategy, VanEck

António Costa, Head, Demand Generation Marketing, Aon Affinity, Aon

Jeff DeMarco, Vice President, Marketing-Commercial Banking, Citizens

Jon Ellenberg, SVP, Head, Marketing, Bank of America Private Bank & UHNW, Bank of America

Shelagh Foster, Director, Content Marketing Nicola Wealth

Lucille Harasti, Head, Digital Marketing, Hines 

Greg Heath, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Natixis Investment Managers
Grace Hussein, Vice President, Global Head, Web Strategy & Publishing, TIAA

Nicolette Konkol, SVP Corporate, Morningstar

Sue lanieri, Vice President, Marketing, Ready Capital

John Luiz, Head of Content-Americas, Schroders

Grace Mistry, Head, Capital Markets Advertising, BMO Financial Group 

Trina Neale, Head, Global Content Marketing at Allspring Global Investments

Brock Pernice, Co-Founder & Managing Partner TrueVoice Growth Marketing

Chris Rohan, Head, U.S. Channel Marketing, Allspring Global Investments

Jennifer Scherz, Vice President, Content Marketing, Wilmington Trust

Jen Simonds, Vice President, Brand Strategy & Content Ameriprise Financial Services

Jon Standring, SVP, Digital & Marketing Enablement EMEA, T. Rowe Price 

Jaclyn Green Waterman, Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Initiatives, Axcelus Financial

Dylan Waugh, Senior Manager, Content Analytics & Insights, T. Rowe Price

Entry Deadline

Entry Deadline: Friday, August 7, 2026 ($395)

Questions

Samantha Wreaks

The Gramercy Institute

samantha.wreaks@gramercyinstitute.com

212-752-0151

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