2025 Shortlist


Consultant/Actuary of the Year

  • Barnett Waddingham
  • Hymans Robertson
  • Mercer
  • Redington, a Gallagher company

ESG Innovation

  • East Sussex Pension Fund
  • Hackney LBC
  • LGPS Central
  • North East Scotland Pension Fund

Fund Manager of the Year

  • CBRE Investment Management
  • Gresham House
  • HarbourVest
  • I Squared Capital
  • Mondrian Investment Partners
  • Montanaro Asset Management
  • Newcore Capital
  • Quoniam Asset Management

Fund of the Year (large)

  • Lothian Pension Fund
  • North East Scotland Pension Fund
  • South Yorkshire Pensions Authority
  • Strathclyde Pension Fund
  • Surrey Pension Fund
  • West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Fund of the Year (small)

  • Cumbria Pension Fund, administered by  Westmorland and Furness Council
  • Gloucestershire Pension Fund
  • Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund
  • Wiltshire Pension Fund

Impact Manager

  • AlphaReal
  • CBRE Investment Management
  • Franklin Templeton
  • Gresham House
  • Octopus Capital
  • Pluto Finance

Innovation in Administration

  • Essex Pension Fund
  • Greater Manchester Pension Fund
  • Haringey Pension Fund
  • LPPA
  • North East Scotland Pension Fund
  • Peninsula Pensions
  • West Northamptonshire Council Pensions Team
  • West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Innovation in Investment

  • Hackney LBC
  • LGPS Central
  • London CIV
  • National LGPS Frameworks
  • Wales Pension Partnership
  • West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Lawyer of the Year

  • Burges Salmon
  • CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
  • Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd
  • Squire Patton Boggs

Outstanding Individual Contribution - LGPS

  • Allison McGuinness - Cumbria Pension Fund administered by Westmorland and Furness Council
  • Max Townshend - LPPI
  • Jenna Watt - North East Scotland Pension Fund

Outstanding Individual Contribution - Service Provider

  • Con Hargrave - Hymans Robertson
  • Bill Manahan - Downing
  • Mark Solomon - Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd

Pool of the Year

  • Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
  • LGPS Central
  • London CIV
  • LPPI

Private Markets Manager

  • Adams Street Partners
  • AlphaReal
  • Blue Owl Capital
  • GLIL Infrastructure
  • Gresham House
  • HarbourVest
  • IFM Investors
  • Pluto Finance
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

Rising Star - LGPS

  • Noah Cuthbert - North East Scotland Pension Fund
  • Christopher Gautret - LGPS Central
  • Euan Hill - South Yorkshire Pensions Authority
  • Sean Hunt - North East Scotland Pension Fund
  • Amanda Luk - City of London Corporation
  • William Moffat - Gloucestershire Pension Fund
  • Oliver Pick - LGPS Central
  • Sallie Wilson - ACCESS

Rising Star - Service Provider

  • Pippa Rudling - Jupiter Asset Management
  • Charlie Sheridan - Redington, a Gallagher company
  • Maria Vaggione - AlphaReal

Sustainability Manager

  • AlphaReal
  • AXA Investment Managers
  • Fiera Capital
  • Gresham House
  • Impax Asset Management
  • Jupiter Asset Management
  • Storebrand Asset Management
  • T. Rowe Price

Service Provider categories

Fund manager of the year

Winner - Gresham House

  • Allspring Global Investments
  • Gresham House
  • HarbourVest Partners
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
  • RBC BlueBay Asset Management
  • T. Rowe Price
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Lawyer of the year

Winner - Eversheds Sutherland

  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Squire Patton Boggs
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Consultant/actuary of the year

Winner - Barnett Waddingham

  • Aon
  • Barnett Waddingham
  • Hymans Robertson
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Private markets manager

Winner - Gresham House

Highly Commended - HarbourVest Partners

  • Adams Street Partners
  • GLIL Infrastructure
  • Gresham House
  • HarbourVest Partners
  • Hines
  • IFM Investors
  • Invesco
  • Pluto Finance
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
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Sustainability manager

Winner - Gresham House

Highly Commended - Jupiter Asset Management

  • AXA Investment Managers
  • Gresham House
  • Guinness Global Investors
  • Jupiter Asset Management 
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
  • T. Rowe Price
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Impact manager

Winner - Gresham House

Highly Commended - Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

  • CBRE Investment Management
  • Cheyne Capital
  • Edmond de Rothschild REIM
  • Gresham House
  • Octopus Investments
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
  • WHEB Asset Management
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Rising star - service provider

Winner - Iain Campbell, Hymans Robertson

  • Jack Burnham - Octopus Investments
  • Iain Campbell - Hymans Robertson
  • Charlie Sheridan - Redington
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Outstanding individual contribution - service provider

Winner - Sam Gervaise-Jones, bfinance

  • Sam Gervaise-Jones - bfinance
  • Abbie Llewellyn-Waters - Jupiter Asset Management
  • Guinevere Taylor - Cardano
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