UK Pensions Awards 2022 Shortlist


The wait is over, the UK Pensions Awards shortlist is here!

Join us on 13 September at Hilton Park Lane as we celebrate and announce the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2022.

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25th Anniversary Awards:

25 Years of Excellence in Consultancy

Aon

Barnett Waddingham

Cardano

Hymans Robertson

Lane Clark & Peacock

Punter Southall 

PwC

Quietroom

Squire Patton Boggs (UK)


25 Years of Excellence in Investment Management

Cardano

Columbia Threadneedle Investments

M&G Investment Management

Newton Investment Management

Robeco

Unigestion

Wellington Management


25 Years of Excellence in Defined Contribution

Aegon UK

Barnett Waddingham

Cheviot Trust

LCP

Legal & General Investment Management

Standard Life

TPT Retirement Solutions


Advisory Categories:

Actuarial/Pensions Consultancy of the Year

Barnett Waddingham

Broadstone

Buck

Capita Pension Solutions

Hymans Robertson

Isio

Lane Clark & Peacock

PwC

XPS Pensions Group


DC Consultancy of the Year

Barnett Waddingham

Buck

Hymans Robertson

Lane Clark & Peacock

XPS Pensions Group


Investment Consultancy of the Year

Barker Tatham Investment Consultants

Barnett Waddingham

Bfinance

Buck

Hymans Robertson

Lane Clark & Peacock

Mercer

MJ Hudson

Redington

XPS Pensions Group


Pension Lawyers of the Year

Allen & Overy

Arc Pensions Law

Baker McKenzie

Burges Salmon

CMS UK

Eversheds Sutherland

Gowling WLG

Linklaters

Pinsent Masons

Sacker & Partners

Squire Patton Boggs (UK)

Travers Smith


Pensions Litigation Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy

Eversheds Sutherland

Gowling WLG (UK)

Pinsent Masons

Sackers


Risk Reduction Adviser of the Year

Allen & Overy

Aon

Buck

Cardano

Hymans Robertson

Lane Clark & Peacock

Mercer

SECOR Asset Management


Fiduciary Evaluator of the Year

Barnett Waddingham

Buck

EY

Isio

Lane Clark & Peacock

PwC

Redington

XPS Pensions Group


Sponsor Covenant / IRM Adviser of the Year

Cardano

EY-Parthenon

Grant Thornton UK

Lane Clark & Peacock

PCS (Purbeck Covenant Services)

PwC

RSM


DC Categories:

DC Pension Provider of the Year

Aviva

Legal & General Investment Management

PensionBee

Scottish Widows

Standard Life


DC Investment Manager of the Year

AllianceBernstein

Aon

BlackRock

Legal & General Investment Management

DC Multi-Asset Fund Manager of the Year

BlackRock

Columbia Threadneedle Investments

William Blair and Company


DC Master Trust of the Year

Aon

Aviva

Cushon

Legal & General

Mercer

Nest

Now Pensions

Scottish Widows

Smart Pension

Standard Life

TPT Retirement Solutions


DC Innovation of the Year 

Cushon

HSBC

Hymans Robertson

Isio

Legal & General

Mercer

Nest

PensionBee

Scottish Widows

Standard Life

TPT Retirement Solutions

Tumelo


Investment Categories:

Investment Manager of the Year

Artisan Partners UK

Dodge & Cox Worldwide Investments

Fidelity International

Impax Asset Management

Insight Investment

RBC Global Asset Management

Robeco

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM)

Unigestion


Fiduciary Manager of the Year

Aon

BlackRock

Cardano Risk Management

Charles Stanley & Co

Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Kempen Capital Management

Legal and General Investment Management

Mercer

Russell Investments

Schroders Solutions (formerly River and Mercantile Solutions)

SECOR Asset Management

SEI


Institutional Investment Platform Provider of the Year

Mobius Life

Phoenix Corporate Investment Services (part of Phoenix Group)


Equity Manager of the Year

Artisan Partners UK

Dodge & Cox Worldwide Investments

Fidelity International

Fisher Investments Europe

Local Pensions Partnership Investments

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)

Polen Capital

T. Rowe Price

William Blair Investment Management


Fixed Income Manager of the Year

Dodge & Cox Worldwide Investments

Federated Hermes

Fidelity International

Fixed Income Manager of the Year

Dodge & Cox Worldwide Investments

Federated Hermes

Fidelity International

Insight Investment

Janus Henderson Investors

Legal and General Investment Management

M&G Investment Management

Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Neuberger Berman

PGIM Fixed Income

T. Rowe Price

TOBAM


Factor Investing Manager of the Year

Aon

AQR Capital Management

BNP Paribas Asset Management

Invesco

Research Affiliates Global Advisors (RAFI)

Unigestion


DB Multi-Asset Manager of the Year

Beach Point Capital Management

Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Mercer

Newton Investment Management

Pictet Asset Management

TOBAM


Emerging Markets Manager of the Year

Artisan Partners UK

Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Muzinich & Co

Neuberger Berman

Riscura

William Blair Investment Management


Real Estate Manager of the Year

AXA IM Alts

Cheyne Capital

Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Federated Hermes

Invesco

M&G Investment Management

Patron Capital


Alternative and Private Markets Investment Manager of the Year *** RENAMED FOR 2022 ***

Alpha Real Capital

AMP Capital

Beach Point Capital Management

BlackRock

BNP Paribas Asset Management

Cheyne Capital

Darwin Alternative Investment Management

GLIL

Greencoat Capital

J.P. Morgan Asset Management

LGT Capital Partners

M&G Investment Management

Unigestion


ESG Manager of the Year

abrdn

Alpha Real Capital

Aon

AXA Investment Managers

Candriam

Federated Hermes

Legal & General Investment Management

LGT Capital Partners

Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Natixis Investment Managers

Railpen

RBC Global Asset Management


Impact Manager of the Year *** NEW FOR 2022 ***

Aon

AXA IM Alts

Candriam

Cheyne Capital

Federated Hermes

Fisher Investments Europe

M&G Investment Management

Patron Capital

Robeco

Tikehau Capital

Vontobel Asset Management


Liability-Driven Investment (LDI) Manager of the Year

abrdn

BlackRock

BTPS

Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Insight Investment

Legal and General Investment Management


Cashflow-driven Investment (CDI) Manager of the Year

abrdn

Alpha Real Capital

AXA Investment Managers

Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Legal and General Investment Management

Mercer

Risk Reduction Provider of the Year

Just Group

Legal & General Assurance Society

Pension Insurance Corporation

Rothesay

Scottish Widows

Standard Life


DB Investment Innovation of the Year

abrdn

Border to Coast

Mercer

Mobius Life

SEI


Other Categories:

Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Award

Aon

Border to Coast

Capita Pension Solutions

Dalriada Trustees

Gowling WLG (UK)

Hymans Robertson

Lane Clark & Peacock

PwC

Sacker & Partners

Standard Life

Travers Smith

XPS Pensions Group


Independent Trustee of the Year

20-20 Trustees

Dalriada Trustees

ndapt

PAN Trustees

Punter Southall Governance Services

Ross Trustees

ZEDRA (formerly PTL)


Third-Party Administrator of the Year

Barnett Waddingham

Buck

Equiniti

HS Pensions

Hymans Robertson

Isio

Quantum Advisory

Spence & Partners

Trafalgar House

XPS Pensions Group


Technology Innovation of the Year

ABAKA

Capita Pension Solutions

Cardano

Cushon

Equiniti

Knowa

Lane Clark & Peacock

Legal & General

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

Legal & General Investment Management

Mantle Service

Smart Pension

XPS Pensions Group


Pensions Communication Initiative of the Year

Aon

Capita Pension Solutions

Railpen

LPPA

MyCSP

Punter Southall Aspire

SAGA Group

Smart Pension

Standard Life

TPT Retirement Solutions

West Midlands Pension Fund

XPS Pensions Group


DB Master Trust / Consolidator of the Year

Citrus

Deloitte Pensions Master Plan

Isio

TPT Retirement Solutions


Educational and Thought Leadership Initiative of the Year

CACEIS

Mercer

MorganAsh

Nest Insight

Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA)

Pension Playpen

Punter Southall Aspire

Quietroom

Rothesay

XPS Pensions Group

Retirement Innovation of the Year

ABAKA

BlackRock

Capita Pension Solutions

Punter Southall Aspire

SEI