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The insiders' edge for 40 Act industry executives!
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 Direxion, BlackRock, and Innovator Lead an Awards Race The folks at Rafferty's Direxion, BlackRock, Innovator, and 24 other fund firms have reason to celebrate (at least remotely) this week. Yesterday, the ETF.com team revealed the finalists for the seventh annual ETF.com Awards. The shortlist includes five individual contenders the lifetime achievement award as well as a host of nominees across a variety of firm and fund awards. Winners will be revealed next month at an online awards ceremony that is free and open to the public. Direxion leads the pack so with with seven nominations, while BlackRock (including iShares) has six, and Innovator has five (including a lifetime achievement nomination for chief Bruce Bond). Other lifetime achievement nominees include: Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas, Bitwise's Matt Hougan, Wealhfront's Burton Malkiel, and VanEck's Jan Van Eck. Ark, DFA, Invesco, and Vanguard have four nominations each. Mirae's Global X and Roundhill each landed three. Recipients of two nominations each included: American Century (and its Avantis arm), Amplify, BNY Mellon, Defiance, Janus Henderson, SoFi, TrueShares, and Van Eck. Fund firms with one nomination each included: 6 Meridian, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, Hartford, J.P. Morgan, KraneShares, Pacer, Syntax, and Victory. Printed from: MFWire.com/story.asp?s=62631 Copyright 2021, InvestmentWires, Inc. All Rights Reserved |