On Wednesday 12th October 2011, Financial News was delighted to host the 10th annual Awards for Excellence in Institutional Asset Management, Europe 2011 at Freemasons’ Hall, London.

These awards aim to provide the definitive and authoritative industry view of the performance and strategy of the main players in European institutional asset management industry. The awards were presented in categories, ranging from best overall European Asset Management Firm of the Year and CEO of the Year to specialist awards such as best Fund of Funds/Multimanager of the Year, and local awards in countries across Europe. In addition, this year, we also presented two additional awards of the decade, to celebrate our 10th year of Awarding Excellence.

To decide the awards, a distinguished panel of 109 pension fund consultants, fund management executives and marketers from across Europe voted on the nominated fund management groups in each category. The awards therefore provide a rigorous view from the people in the industry whose views really matter. The winners were announced at the black tie dinner on Wednesday 12th October.