Shortlist 2026

DC Pension Scheme of the Year
Aviva Master Trust
First Bus
LifeSight
People's Pension
Tesco Retirement Savings Plan
TPT Retirement Solutions

DB Pension Scheme of the Year
BTPS
Clara Pensions
Essex Pension Fund
Greater Manchester Pension Fund
North East Scotland Pension Fund
Pension Protection Fund
Surrey Pension Team
West Yorkshire Pension Fund 

Pension Scheme Communication Award
Centrica & Standard Life
DS Smith Group Pension Scheme
Essex Pension Fund
ICI Pension Fund
North East Scotland Pension Fund
Smart Pension
TPT Retirement Solutions
West Midlands Pension Fund
West Yorkshire Pension Fund 

Pensions Administration Award
Aviva Master Trust
Brightwell
Essex Pension Fund
Greater Manchester Pension Fund
ICI Pension Fund
North East Scotland Pension Fund
Pension Protection Fund
Surrey Pension Team
Thales & EQ Retirement Solutions
West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Best Investment Strategy Award
Aviva
Greater Manchester Pension Fund
LifeSight
North East Scotland Pension Fund
Pension Protection Fund
People's Pension
Provident Financial Staff Pension Scheme
TPT Retirement Solutions
Wiltshire Pension Fund

Pension Scheme Innovation Award
Aon One Plan
AstraZeneca Pension Fund
Clara Pensions
Haseltine Lake Staff Pension Scheme
NatWest Cushon
North East Scotland Pension Fund
Pension Protection Fund
Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund
West Midlands Pension Fund & EQ Retirement Solutions

Pensions Consultancy of the Year
Barker Tatham Investment Consultants
Broadstone Corporate Benefits
Capita Pension Solutions
EY-Parthenon
Gallagher
Hymans Robertson
LCP
Lumera
Mercer
Momentum Global Investment Management
Pinsent Masons
WTW

Pensions Provider of the Year
AEGON
Aviva
Clara Pensions
Fidelity International
Hargreaves Lansdown
L&G
Mobius
NatWest Cushon
PensionBee
Scottish Widows
Standard Life

Fiduciary Management Firm of the Year
Aon
BlackRock
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
L&G
Local Pensions Partnership Investment (LPPI)
Mercer
Momentum Global Investment Management
Russell Investments
SEI Investments
Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management

Pensions Technology Firm of the Year
Capita Pension Solutions
Festina Finance
Heywood
Hymans Robertson
L&G
LCP
Life & Pension Systems
Lumera
Ortec Finance
PensionPal

At retirement Solutions Provider of the Year
Aviva
L&G
Standard Life
TPT Retirement Solutions

Independent Trustee Firm of the Year
Aretas Trustees
BESTrustees
Dalriada Trustees
gcTrustees
HS Trustees
Independent Governance Group
Law Debenture
ndapt
PAN Trustees
Pi Partnership
Vidett
Zedra

Pensions Law Firm of the Year
Arc Pensions Law
Burges Salmon
CMS
Dentons
Eversheds Sutherland
Gowling WLG
Linklaters
Pinsent Masons
Sackers
Slaughter and May
Squire Patton Boggs
Stephenson Harwood
Travers Smith

Pensions Law Firm of the Year (Securities Litigation)
Labaton Keller Sucharow
Pomerantz

Pensions Accountancy Firm of the Year
Assure UK
Deloitte
Ensors, part of Azets
Grant Thornton UK

Active Manager of the Year
Aon
Artisan Partners
Coronation Fund Managers
Fisher Investments
GoldenTree Asset Management

Equities Manager of the Year
Artisan Partners
Coronation Fund Managers
Fisher Investments
Mondrian Investment Partners
Osmosis Investment Management

Fixed Income Manager of the Year
Allspring Global Investments
Artisan Partners
Fiera Capital
GoldenTree Asset Management
Insight Investment
L&G
Leadenhall Capital Partners
Mercer
Robeco
Royal London Asset Management
TwentyFour Asset Management
William Blair Investment Management

Alternatives Manager of the Year
Aegon Asset Management
Aon
AXA IM Alts
Fiera Capital
Future Growth Capital
GLIL Infrastructure
GoldenTree Asset Management
Gresham House
IFM Investors
Leadenhall Capital Partners
Mercer
Nuveen
Partners Group

Emerging Markets Manager of the Year
Artisan Partners
Coronation Fund Managers
Fiera Capital
Fisher Investments
GoldenTree Asset Management
Robeco

Property Manager of the Year
AXA IM Alts
CBRE Investment Management
Delancey Real Estate
Fiera Real Estate
Nuveen
Patron Capital

LDI Manager of the Year
BlackRock
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Insight Investment
L&G
State Street Investment Management

DB Investment Manager of the Year
Allspring Global Investments
BlackRock
Brightwell
Mercer

Risk Management Provider of the Year
Broadstone
Clara Pensions
Gallagher
Isio
Just Group
L&G
M&G
Momentum Global Investment Management
PensionPal
PIC (Pension Insurance Corporation)
Rothesay
Standard life

Pensions Communications Award
Clara Pensions
Gallagher
L&G
LPPA
Money Alive/Video Canvas
Mylo from Aegon
PensionBee
RWE Group with like minds
Scottish Widows
Smart Pension
Target Professional Services
Teachers' Pension (Capita Pension Solution)

Innovation Award
Aon
Barnett Waddingham
Burges Salmon
Clara Pensions
Dalriada Trustees
M&G
Mobius
Purple Daffodil Consulting
Timeline
Vidett
Zedra

Innovation Award (Technology)
Aptia
Capita Pension Solutions
EQ Retirement Solutions & SevenShed
Festina Finance
Heywood
Independent Governance Group
L&G
LPPA
MeltX
Mercer Master Trust
Mylo from Aegon
Pension Protection Fund
PensionPal

Innovation Award (Investment)
Aegon UK
Berenberg
Broadstone Corporate Benefits
Cartwright Pension Trusts
HS Trustees
Momentum Global Investment Management
Osmosis Investment Management
Phoenix CIS

Administration Provider of the Year
Aptia
Broadstone
Capita Pension Solutions
Hughes Price Walker
Hymans Robertson
L&G
LCP
LPPA
Trafalgar House
WTW

Master Trust Offering of the Year
Aegon
Aon
Aviva
Fidelity International
L&G
LifeSight
Mercer Master Trust
NatWest Cushon
People's Pension
Scottish Widows
SEI Investments
Standard Life
TPT Retirement Solutions

Sponsor Covenant Provider of the Year
Aon
EY-Parthenon
Grant Thornton Tax & Advisory UK
LCP
Mercer
PwC

DC Investment Manager of the Year
AllianceBernstein
Aon
BlackRock
Fidelity International
Fulcrum Asset Management
Legal & General
LifeSight
Partners Group
SEI Investments
State Street Investment Management

Sustainability Provider of the Year
Aviva
Burges Salmon
Fidelity International
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Gresham House
L&G
NatWest Cushon
Pension Protection Fund
Robeco
Royal London Asset Management
Storebrand Asset Management

Diversity Award
Aviva
Burges Salmon
Capita Pension Solutions
Coronation Fund Managers
Deloitte
Gallagher
Hymans Robertson
LCP
Pinsent Masons
Sackers
Society of Pension Professionals (SPP)
Travers Smith
WTW

Cash-flow Driven Investment Manager of the Year
Allspring Global Investments
Brightwell
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
L&G
Mercer

Pensions Marketing Campaign of the Year
ABI & Pensions UK
Aegon UK
EQ Retirement Solutions
Gallagher & Vodafone Group Pension Scheme
Hymans Robertson
L&G
LPPA
NatWest Cushon
Scottish Widows
Timeline
Wiltshire Pension Fund

Pensions Age Thought Leadership Award
Aberdeen Technical Consulting
Aviva
Brightwell
Cartwright Pension Trusts
CMS
Communications and Content
HS Trustees
LCP
now:pensions
Rothesay
Scottish Widows
Travers Smith

Pensions Association/Organisation of the Year Award
Everyone Matters
Pensions Archive Trust
Society of Pensions Professionals (SPP)
Trustee Sustainability Working Group

Personality of the Year (VOTE HERE)
Rochelle Baker, Head of Trustee Governance, People’s Partnership
Manjinder Basi, Managing Director, Zedra
Calum Cooper, Head of Pension Policy Innovation, Hymans Robertson
Rachel Croft, Trustee Director IGG, Chair of APPT  
Sue Doughty, Chief Client Officer, Aptia
Alessandro Gregori, Portfolio Manager, Pension Protection Fund
Charles Goddard, Managing Partner, Pan Trustees
Darren Laverty, Principal Partner, Secondsight
Bobby Riddaway, Independent Trustee, HS Trustees & Founder and Chair of the Trustee Sustainability Working Group
Natalie Winterfrost, Trustee Director, Law Debenture