WealthManagement.com, the main useful resource for wealth advisors and planners, introduced the winners for the 2024 WealthManagement.com Trade Awards (the “Wealthies”) Thursday night time throughout a black-tie awards gala on the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York Metropolis.
Now in its tenth yr, the WealthManagement.com Trade Awards is the one awards program to honor excellent achievements by corporations, organizations and people that assist monetary advisor success. This yr, 92 awards have been introduced to 84 corporations from a pool of 287 finalists.
“A record-breaking variety of nominations have been submitted in 2024, with over 1,000 entries acquired this yr from greater than 400 corporations—132 of which participated within the award course of for the primary time,” mentioned David Armstrong, director of editorial technique and operations, Wealth Administration Group—Informa Join. “The Trade Awards program has considerably expanded in scope within the 10 years because it started, however the mission stays the identical: To acknowledge and rejoice the excellent initiatives undertaken by corporations and people that contribute to the success of monetary advisors of their companies and foster improved outcomes for his or her purchasers. This yr’s winners hail from varied kinds of companies, but all of them share a typical trait—they’re the architects behind the applications, instruments and platforms that empower monetary advisors to develop their companies, improve consumer service, and elevate the monetary prospects and high quality of life for tens of millions of traders.”
The winners have been decided by a panel of unbiased judges, which included prime {industry} names and was led by Armstrong.
The 2024 awards occasion program began with senior executives from finalist corporations taking part in daytime CEO and CTO panel periods, adopted by know-how roundtable discussions and networking. The night purple carpet, cocktail reception and black-tie awards ceremony on the Ziegfeld Ballroom was attended by greater than 500 {industry} executives and group members from main asset administration companies, RIAs, B/Ds, custodians, know-how suppliers and different industry-related corporations.
A number of standout corporations have been acknowledged in a number of classes, together with Apex Fintech Options, Cambridge Funding Analysis, Envestnet, Soar, MyVest, Nitrogen, Orion and Summit Wealth Techniques. Within the Expertise Suppliers – Synthetic Intelligence class, first launched in 2022, 21 nominations have been submitted, showcasing how AI is increasing its affect on serving to advisors’ companies succeed, with CogniCor Applied sciences taking residence the trophy. Particular person CEOs, CMOs, CTOs, Innovators, M&A Leaders and Thought Leaders have been additionally acknowledged.
A whole itemizing of the 2024 Trade Awards finalists, winners and their initiatives could be present in a particular WealthManagement.com ‘Finest-of-the-Finest’ digital version. Winners have been chosen based mostly on quantitative measures of their initiatives—together with scope, scale, adoption and have set—together with qualitative measures comparable to innovation, creativity and new supply strategies.
The awards program was expanded in 2024 to acknowledge organizations pioneering innovation in platforms for Philanthropy and RIA Consumer Initiatives. As soon as once more, particular person awards have been paid tribute to up-and-comers at RIA companies.
Through the night gala, Mark Tibergien, a long-time govt, guide, prolific columnist, thought chief and creator, acquired a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his knowledge, rules and steerage which have helped outline the contours of the {industry}.
“We couldn’t be extra thrilled than to honor Mark at our tenth anniversary celebration,” Armstrong mentioned. “Mark has executed greater than nearly anybody to outline this {industry} and plot the place it’s going. His affect on how registered funding advisors take into consideration what they do, and the way they do it, extends all the way down to the very foundations of the enterprise. Nobody is as articulate on the small print and nuances of this nook of monetary companies.”
