Best of the Best
Country/Region Awards: The Philippines
Showcase your Leadership in The Philippines
The Best of the Best Country/Region Awards recognise exceptional organisations that have demonstrated outstanding performance and leadership within The Philippines. Showcase your firm’s regional expertise and be celebrated as a leader in The Philippines.
Categories
Submit entries for one or more of the following categories:
Best Asset Management Company
Celebrates the overall excellence of a Philippine 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
Honours the outstanding CEO of a Philippine 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
Recognises the top chief investment officer in the Philippines.
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.
Best Alternatives Asset Manager
Honours the top-performing alternative investment manager in the Philippines.
Submission Guidelines
- Highlight your firm’s area of expertise within the alternative investment space and explain the particular strategy that your firm has excelled in.
- Explain your firm’s investment and research processes, performance record, size of client base, and relevant client endorsements, if any.
Best Bond Manager
Recognises the top-performing bond manager in the Philippines.
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 the Philippines.
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 Investor Education
Recognises 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.
Fintech Innovation in Asset Management and Wealth Management
Recognises the leading fintech innovation enhancing asset management or wealth management services/client experience within The Philippines.
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 Philippines.
- Provide evidence of the innovation’s impact (e.g. improved client outcomes, enhanced advisor efficiency, user adoption rates, AUM growth).
- Highlight what makes this innovation unique or pioneering within the Philippines’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 the Philippines.
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 Pension Fund Manager
Awards the top-performing pension fund manager in the Philippines.
Submission Guidelines
- Your firm will be evaluated on its performance in managing domestic pension mandates over the past three and five years.
- Provide supporting data, including the size of these mandates and your returns relative to relevant benchmarks.
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: The Philippines
Contact Us
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