Awards

Investor Education Award - Sponsored by Investment Funds Institute of Canada

The Jury
This award is open to any investment fund manager, dealer or integrated firm that has produced an exceptional educational initiative aimed at investors. This award is not open to industry suppliers/vendors. You must submit to win. Entry Period is now open. 2009 Submission Period is June 2009 to September 30, 2009. Firms may make any number of submissions. NOTE: ENTRY PERIOD HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED FOR THIS AWARD.

Awards Process/Criteria
Jury will consider the following:
  • Originality/Creative Impact
    • Initiative is original, or
    • Initiative found a unique way to present a familiar educational concept
    • Initiative demonstrated commitment by firm to educational leadership and excellence
  • Relevance
    • Initiative is relevant and suitable for the target audience(s)
    • Initiative is objective
  • Quality
    • Initiative leads investors to a better understanding of mutual funds, financial planning or investing in general
    • Initiative is delivered in appropriate language for target audience(s)
    • Initiative was successful in meeting the targeted objectives (using either qualitative or quantitative measurements)
  • Accessibility
    • Initiative is readily available (print, web, media, advisor, etc.) to the target audience(s)
  • Results
This award is voted upon by a senior jury and is chosen from your submissions. Jury will take organization size into account during review.

An administration fee of $200 (plus GST) will be applied to each submission. Firms may submit any number of total submissions.