About the Awards

SPEAR’S Russia magazine in cooperation with a specialized wealth management gateway PBWM.ru for the second time presents SPEAR’S Russia Wealth Management Awards organized to celebrate the greatest achievements in private banking, wealth management and related industries.

SPEAR’S Russia Wealth Management Awards is organized by tradition and analogy with the award ceremony annually held in London by SPEAR’S UK.

The winners of SPEAR’S Russia Wealth Management Awards 2010 were announced at the Awards Ceremony, which was held on 25 November 2010 at Vetoshny Center. The ceremony was hosted by Ivan Urgant.

SPEAR’S Russia is the Russian version of the most trustworthy and influential European (London, UK) magazine for the world’s richest. Founder: PBWM Media; Editor-in-chief: Alexander Gafin; General Manager: Dmitri Gafin.

Creative and commercial management of the project is provided by MEDIACRAT.

Methodology

The winners of SPEAR’S Russia Wealth Management Awards 2010 were determined in several rounds:

Qualifying round:
From 1 September until 30 September 30 2010, all interested organizations and individuals had an opportunity to nominate themselves or other organizations and individuals by sending a corresponding request to [email protected]. During the same period of time additional nominee recommendations were given by the editorial staff of SPEAR’S Russia magazine and PBWM.ru website, as well as by the Chairman of the Awards Judging Panel – SPEAR’S Russia Editor-in-Chief Alexander Gafin.

Votes by peers:
From 5 October until 27 October 2010, the Organizing Committee was collecting votes of professionals from private banking, wealth management and related industries in order to determine short lists of nominees in every category.

The voters were asked to select the best, second and third nominee in each category. The nominees selected were then respectively awarded three, two and one point. As a result of this process, the final short lists were formed.

Votes by the Judging Panel:
From 8 November until 12 November 2010, the short lists were presented to the Judging Panel, which consisted of the most highly reputed and influential individuals both in the industry, as well as in society. The Judging Panel was headed by SPEAR’S Russia Editor-in-Chief Alexander Gafin.

After the Judging Panel had voted, the Organizing Committee in cooperation with the Independent Consultant of the Awards summed up the votes for each nominee to determine a winner in each category.

SPEAR’S Russia Wealth Management Awards 2010 was monitored by PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Independent Consultant.

SPEAR’S Awards 2010 Media Kit
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