Shortlist

Global Pensions and our sponsors would like to congratulate all those below who made it to the Global Pensions Awards 2009 shortlist.

Custodian of the year
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
Citigroup
J.P.Morgan
Northern Trust
State Street

ETF provider of the year
DB X-Trackers Deutsche Bank Exchange Traded Funds
BetaPro Management Inc. ETF Provider of Horizons BetaPro
Invesco
iShares
Lyxor Asset Management
State Street Global Advisors
Vanguard

Infrastructure provider of the year
First State
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
ING Real Estate
Macquarie Group

Equities manager of the year
Artemis Investment Management
AXA Rosenberg Investment Management
BlackRock
INTECH
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Lazard Asset Management
Pioneer Investments

Private equity manager of the year
Apax Partners
Harbourvest
LGT Capital
Partners Group

Software provider of the year
aquilaheywood
Inalytics Limited
Princeton Financial Systems
Simcorp
Xafinity Claybrook

Manager of Managers of the year
Close TEAMS
FundQuest
Mercer
Natixis Global Associates
Northern Trust Global Investors
West LB

Fixed Income provider of the year
AllianceBernstein
Insight Investment
PIMCO
Pioneer Investments
State Street Global Advisors

Transition Manager of the year
Barclays Global Investors
Citigroup
Credit Suisse
Mellon Transition Management
The Royal Bank of Scotland
State Street

Market Cap Weighted Index provider of the year
Dow Jones
FTSE
MSCI Barra
Russell Investments
Standard & Poor's

Investment Strategy Index provider of the year
Deutsche Börse / Market Data & Analytics
Global Wealth Allocation (GWA)
MarketGrader
Research Affiliates

International Benefits Consultant of the year
Aon Consulting Worldwide
Hewitt
Mercer
Swiss Life
Towers Perrin
Watson Wyatt

Currency manager of the year
A.G. Bisset & Co.
FX Concepts
Mesirow Financial Currency Management
Millennium Global Investments Limited
Pareto Investment Management
State Street Global Advisors
State Street Associates

Hedge Fund of Funds priovider of the year
Crédit Agricole Asset Management Alternative Investments
EIM
GAM
LGT Capital Partners
RMF Investment Management
UBS Global Asset Management

Law firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Mayer Brown International
Morrison & Foerster (UK)
Sacker & Partners

Class action law firm of the year
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Cohen Milsten Sellers & Toll
Grant and Eisenhofer
Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check
Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis

Investment Consultant of the year
KPMG
Frontier Investment Consulting (Australia)
Inalytics Limited
MangustaRisk Limited
Mercer
Watson Wyatt
Wilshire Associates Incorporated

Emerging markets manager of the year
Aberdeen Asset Management
Nomura Asset Management U.K.
Principal Global Investors
Raiffeisen Capital Management
T. Rowe Price
Wellington Management Company

Property manager of the year
BlackRock
Cushman & Wakefield Investors
Ignis Asset Management
ING Real Estate
La Salle Investment Management
RREEF Alternative Investments
Wilky Fund Management

SRI provider of the year
F&C Asset Management
Insight Investment
KBC Asset Management
Natixis Asset Management
Pictet Asset Management
Sarasin & Partners

LDI manager of the year
AllianceBernstein
Barclays Global Investors
BlackRock
Ignis Asset Management
JP Morgan Asset Management
Northern Trust Global Investors

Commodities manager of the year
Deutsche Bank
ETF Securities
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Sarasin & Co.

Quant manager of the year
Acadian Asset Management
AXA Rosenberg
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
INTECH
State Street Global Advisors

Derivatives manager of the year
Barclays Global Investors
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking
Credit Agricole Structured Asset Management
Deutsche Bank
RBS
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking

Securities Lending manager of the year
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
Citigroup
eSecLending
J.P. Morgan
Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Specialist Equities manager of the year
AllianceBernstein
Artemis Investment Management
AXA Rosenberg Investment Management Limited
Lupus alpha Asset Management
Nomura Asset Management U.K.

Short Extension fund provider of the year
AXA Rosenberg Investment Management
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Numeric Investors
State Street Global Advisors

Investment Bank of the year
Banco Santander
Barclays Capital
Commerzbank
Credit Suisse
Goldman Sachs International - Pension Advisory Group
Nomura
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking

Investment Manager of the year
Aviva Investors
Barclays Global Investors
Crédit Agricole Asset Management Group
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
KBC Asset Management
Northern Trust Global Investors
State Street Global Advisors

Investment Consultant - 10 years of excellence
Aon Consulting Worldwide Limited
Hewitt
Hymans Robertson
Lane Clark & Peacock
Mercer
Watson Wyatt
Wilshire Associates Incorporated

Investment Manager - 10 years of excellence
AXA Rosenberg Investment Management Limited
Barclays Global Investors
Blackrock
Gartmore Investment Management
Investec Asset Management
Northern Trust Global Investments
Pictet Asset Management
PIMCO
State Street Global Advisors

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