Best of the Best
Country/Region Awards: Indonesia
Showcase your Leadership in Indonesia
The Best of the Best Country/Region Awards recognise exceptional organisations that have demonstrated outstanding performance and leadership within Indonesia. Showcase your firm’s regional expertise and be celebrated as a leader in Indonesia.
Categories
Submit entries for one or more of the following categories:
Best Asset Management Company
Celebrates the overall excellence of an Indonesian asset management firm.
Submission Guidelines
- Demonstrate a significant market share based on net assets raised from both retail and institutional investors.
- Detail your firm’s management stability, new initiatives, if any, over the past year.
- Provide supporting data on your firm’s growth of assets over the past two years for the period to 30 November 2025.
CEO of the Year
Recognises the outstanding CEO of an Indonesian asset management firm.
Submission Guidelines
- Explain how your firm has navigated the challenging market conditions of the past year.
- Demonstrate your leadership in guiding the firm through these challenges, and discuss your firm’s performance, assets under management, and any new initiatives, if any, implemented.
CIO of the Year
Honours the top chief investment officer in Indonesia.
Submission Guidelines
- Demonstrate your outstanding achievements as a chief investment officer at the country level for a pension fund or fund management company.
- Explain how you have successfully navigated market conditions, mitigated risks, and positioned your portfolios for future market cycles.
- Provide supporting data on the portfolios you manage, the size of your investment team, your investment performance, and new initiatives implemented, if any.
Pensions Leader of the Year - NEW
Recognises the individual demonstrating the most outstanding leadership and impact within Indonesia’s pensions industry.
Submission Guidelines
- Outline your significant achievements and contributions to the pensions market within Indonesia over the past 1-3 years.
- Highlight your strategic vision and successful implementation of key initiatives for your firm within the pensions sector.
- Describe your leadership approach, including team management and engagement with clients or stakeholders.
- Detail any innovative solutions, new initiatives, or significant contributions you have made to advance the country’s pensions landscape.
- Provide evidence of your influence and positive impact on the industry (e.g. policy contributions, thought leadership, successful business growth).
Best Bond Manager
Recognises the top-performing bond manager in Indonesia.
Submission Guidelines
- Describe your firm’s investment and research process, including how you have navigated challenges and country-specific issues over the past year.
- Provide performance data for the past year and indicate the size of your bond assets.
- Support your submission with relevant data up to November 30, 2025.
Best Equity Manager
Honours the most successful equity manager in Indonesia.
Submission Guidelines
- Given the ongoing global macro challenges, such as rising interest rates and inflation, explain how your domestic equity strategies have performed over the past year.
- Highlight your successes and achievements up to November 30, 2025.
- Provide the size of your equity assets under management for the last two years.
Best ESG Manager
Recognises the top ESG-focused asset manager in Indonesia.
Submission Guidelines
- Explain your firm’s approach to ESG investing.
- Detail your firm’s ESG setup at the country level where you are applying and provide specific examples of your ESG investment strategies.
- Indicate the size of your local ESG team, resources, products, and assets under management.
Fintech Innovation in Asset Management and Wealth Management
Recognises the leading fintech innovation enhancing asset management or wealth management services/client experience within Indonesia.
Submission Guidelines
- Describe the specific fintech innovation (e.g., platform, tool, process), the technology used, and the asset/wealth management challenge or opportunity it addresses in the Indian market.
- Provide evidence of the innovation’s impact in India (e.g., improved client outcomes, enhanced advisor efficiency, user adoption rates, AUM growth).
- Highlight what makes this innovation unique or pioneering within India’s asset and wealth management sector.
- Specify the timeframe of the innovation’s development and implementation/launch.
Fund Launch of the Year
Celebrates the most successful new fund launch in Indonesia.
Submission Guidelines
- Explain how your firm successfully launched a new fund and its impact over the past year up to November 30, 2025.
- Highlight any innovative strategies employed during the launch period and provide supporting data on the amount of monies raised.
Best Investor Education
Awards excellence in investor education programs.
Submission Guidelines
- Describe your firm, industry body or association, or government agency’s initiatives to raise awareness of financial planning to enhance retirement savings.
- Detail the target audience, channels used, and the impact of your efforts.
- Highlight any innovative approaches or technologies employed.
Best Islamic Asset Management Company
Recognises the top-performing Islamic asset management firm in Indonesia.
Submission Guidelines
- Demonstrate a significant market share based on net assets raised from both retail and institutional investors.
- Detail your progress in expanding distribution channels, maintaining a stable management team, and implementing investor education programs, if any.
- Provide supporting data on the growth of your assets over the past three years.
Best Islamic Product
Honours the most innovative and successful Islamic financial product.
Submission Guidelines
- Demonstrate your firm’s excellence in long-term performance within the local market.
- Provide relevant data and benchmarks for the fund’s performance over the three, five, and ten-year periods, as applicable.
Best Sukuk Asset Manager
Celebrates excellence in Sukuk issuance and management.
Submission Guidelines
- Demonstrate growth in assets, profitability, strategic relationships, customer service, competitive pricing, and innovation.
- Provide information on the firm’s online presence and investments in new technology or support infrastructure.
Best Climate Change Strategy
Honours the most effective climate change strategy implemented by an Indonesian firm.
Submission Guidelines
- This award will recognise an institution (stock exchange, bank, asset manager, insurer, sovereign wealth fund, corporate) for its efforts in decarbonisation and contributing to the energy transition towards a net-zero emissions world.
- Explain your institution’s response to this challenge at the country level, including steps implemented to date and future plans.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility Period
30 November 2024 – 30 November 2025
Eligible Funds
Must be available to Asian investors.
Minimum Track Record
1+ years (refer to individual award details for specific eligibility criteria).
Judging Criteria
Please see individual award details for specific judging criteria.
Submission Requirements
Deadline
December 17th, 2025 at close of business 6pm HKT. Late submissions will not be considered.
Payment
Ensure payment accompanies the submission.
How to Submit
1. Gather required documentation.
2. Complete the online form.
3. Submit application before the deadline.
Country/Region Awards: Indonesia
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