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Friday, April 8, 2011

Gundlach, Suskind and Willis Win in Manhattan


Last night was a good night for DoubleLine Capital [see profile], OppenheimerFunds [see profile], Pimco [see profile], Putnam [see profile] and Vanguard [see profile]. All five firms took home hardware at Fund Action's 18th Annual Mutual Fund Industry Awards ceremony at the Mandarin Oriental in New York, New York.

  • DoubleLine CEO Jeff Gundlach beat out U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Schwab's Walt Bettinger and Vanguard's Bill McNabb for the "Fund Leader of the Year" award.

  • Pimco ETF product management chief Don Suskind won the "Sales Success of the Year" award, defeating Global X Funds' Bruno Del Ama, John Hancock Funds' Jeff Duckworth and DoubleLine's Ron Redell.

  • OppFunds chief marketing officer Marty Willis defeated Franklin Templeton's Wendy Harrington, Vanguard's Colin Kelton and State Street Global Advisors' Gary MacDonald for the "Marketer of the Year" award.

  • for the "Ad Campaign of the Year," Vanguard beat out Prudential and USAA.

  • and Putnam won "Retirement Leader of the Year," defeating Bank of America Merrill Lynch, MassMutual and Schwab.

    MFS chairman Bob Pozen also won the "Lifetime Achievement" award. (Fund Action revealed Pozen as the winner in January.)


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