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EDITOR’S NOTE
By Janet Levaux
Introducing the LUMINARIES
Awards Program
The program’s his is an exciting time for our magazine and our sister website,
ThinkAdvisor — which recently relaunched with a new innovative design
emphasis isn’t on Tand associated features. In tandem with that development, we are introduc-
rankings or the latest ing a new recognition program to celebrate top advisors, industry executives, teams,
industry buzz. Rather, RIAs, broker-dealers, asset managers and other firms by telling the stories behind
their success in four key areas.
our awards and Specifically, our year-round LUMINARIES program will focus on the extraordi-
coverage of the winners nary and meaningful efforts the winners are making in diversity & inclusion, thought
leadership, executive leadership and dealmaking.
will reveal how top- The program and its related coverage will show the quantitative and qualitative
performing industry impacts that ThinkAdvisor LUMINARIES are making on the industry — for both
today’s and tomorrow’s advisors. It will highlight the bold steps the winners are
participants are taking taking to drive the wealth, investment and retirement industry forward in more
action to drive success dynamic and inclusive ways.
The program’s emphasis isn’t on rankings or the latest industry buzz. Rather, our
in the areas that matter awards and coverage of the winners will reveal how top-performing industry partici-
most to advisors and pants are taking action to drive success in the areas that matter most to advisors and
investors. We’ll tell the full story of their compelling achievements via case studies
investors. that detail how winners creatively meet their targets, along with profiles, podcasts,
social-media campaigns and conversations, as well as slideshows.
Winners will be selected by a distinguished and diverse panel of judges from
across the advice industry, as well by our editorial team. Our coverage will begin
in September, and then we’ll host the inaugural ThinkAdvisor Luminaries Awards
Dinner held in New York in November.
We invite you to participate in this empowering new recognition program,
which promises to shape industry conversations in 2021 and beyond. Please
submit nominations by May 17 through the event portal (event.thinkadvisor.com/
luminaries-awards) and send questions to [email protected].
GROUP EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
8 INVESTMENT ADVISOR APRIL 2021 | ThinkAdvisor.com
