Fund manager of the Year
Sponsored by Malcolm Hollis
Reigning fund manager of the year M&G Investments proved that firms of a certain age need not employ the same old tricks. Its 150-year-old real estate business completed or committed to £3.5bn of transactions globally in the 2014 awards year.
The fund manager upped its game through innovation, asset management and well-timed transactions, including the acquisition of Manchester’s Spinningfields for a cool £320m.
AXA Real Estate, CBRE Global Investors, LaSalle Investment Management, Legal & General Property and Mayfair Capital Investment Management came close. But the weight of M&G’s investments and money was unrivalled. Who will win the trophy this year?
Residential Adviser of the Year
Sponsored by Regis Group
In one of our most talked-about markets, Savills, with its 27,000-strong worldwide workforce, was a clear frontrunner.
The firm may be able to count its age in centuries, yet its winning 2014 entry demonstrated to judges a brand unrivalled in this sector.
In the awards period, Savills’ new homes team saw an 8% rise in UK sales volume, a 20% rise in non-London sales, and in London it advised on projects with a gross development value of more than £40bn.
Also shortlisted for this award last year were CBRE, Deloitte Real Estate and JLL, but Savills, with its 83 residential offices, proved impossible for the judges to overlook.
Deadline watch: 10 July 2015
Tips for writing your entry
• Promote the most outstanding aspects of your firm’s performance. Entries are limited to 1,000 words, so don’t waste it on the average.
• Entrants must begin their submission with a Twitter pitch, so use your 140 characters to make a killer point. The judges, who will be leafing through hundreds of pages, will thank you for it.
• Don’t make empty claims. Back everything up with hard, irrefutable evidence of strong performance.
• Provide persuasive and compelling testimonials from key people. They could set your entry apart.
