EXCELLENCE & INNOVATION

The P&I WorldPensionSummit Excellence & Innovation awards are honouring innovative ideas and recognise organisations that are excelling in terms of their strategy, execution or delivery. Pensions & Investments wants to highlight and celebrate the pension funds/plan sponsors that are leading the charge, and these awards aim to inspire organisations and honour them for their creative thinking and solutions.

Honouring excellence
What innovation means for one organisation may be considered as standardised for another. Innovations also differ regionally, with less developed pension systems, for example, needing different forms of innovation vs. more mature systems. It is important to recognise and honour these differences, so we can further learn from them, be inspired and encourage future developments. 

We believe our industry and the people that work in it have a constant drive to do good, do the right thing, to rethink and to recallibrate in changing circumstances and changing worlds, in order to ensure a dignified retirement for all people in this world. Difficult times require out-of-the-box thinking and can inspire organisations to become creative solution finders. The urge to make a change and tireless efforts to improve, creates outperformers that lead by example in our industry — organisations and thinkers that can inspire others and help boost reform and outcomes around the globe.

We are therefore recognising and rewarding pension funds/plan sponsors that are using excellence or innovation to drive their pensions forward through innovative investment, new plan design, excellent technology and participant communication or any way that may help to drive successful outcomes for plan participants. Past winners were selected for their cutting-edge ideas and projects. 

The awards recognise innovation as a team effort, so we are rewarding the organisation (read: pension fund), not the individual. We allow pension funds to be nominated by their own employees or by an external organisation: Help your peers by sharing your own innovation and receive recognition for your ingenuity!

Entries are accepted from organisations from around the world. The winners and runners-up will be announced and recognised at the Pensions & Investments WorldPensionSummit during the Excellence & Innovation Awards Ceremony, to be held on 6 November 2025. Stay informed and sign up for the P&I WorldPensionSummit newsletter: SIGN UP



Criteria for Excellence & Innovation Award nomination:

• Only pension funds/plan sponsors (we are honouring organisations) can be nominated for an Award.
• We encourage nominations by external organisations for pension funds that have excelled and/or innovated. In that case the pension plan is the nominee and the submitter will be acknowledged as external champion, if applicable.
• We encourage nominations from around the globe
• There is no fee to enter. 
• Approved nominations are expected to join the Excellence & Innovation Awards ceremony on November 6th (1 free delegate pass is provided per organisation)

Your nominee benefits include:

• A global platform for sharing your ideas and successes and recognition for your hard work as a pension fund professional
• Corporate pension funds are invited to apply for a complimentary delegate pass (send an email to mguldemond@pionline.com)
• Recognition via our online Pensions & Investments platforms
• Recognition in the P&I WorldPensionSummit Excellence & Innovation Awards booklet
• Logo listing as a nominee during the awards ceremony
• Winners and runners-up take home a beautiful handmade glass award
• Winners and runners-up are chosen by an expert jury and recognized and announced at our awards ceremony on November 6th

JOIN US AT THE SUMMIT

The WorldPensionSummit 2025
The Pensions & Investments WorldPensionSummit has been developed for and by pension professionals to offer a truly global learning and networking experience. Our summit provides a platform for attendees from all around the world to discuss innovative ideas and strategies, tackle the challenges around the future of retirement and get fresh perspectives from thought leaders on achieving sustainable pension provision. The P&I WorldPensionSummit is scheduled for 4-6 November 2025. For more details and to register go to www.pionline.com/wps2025 Read on and find out more about our 2025 theme.

Resilience In The Age Of Uncertainty
Resilience: The ability to withstand and quickly recover from a difficult situation or shock. It’s fair to say that pension funds and other asset owners – and the people responsible for managing them – have been hit with their fair share of shocks over recent years: the COVID-19 pandemic, high and sticky inflation, and uncertainty of global government and monetary policies. The 2025 edition of the Pensions & Investments WorldPensionSummit will equip you with the knowledge, tools and confidence to help you build sustainable, resilient portfolios and systems. Our speakers and sessions will bring you expert takes on pension fund design and investment opportunities, keep you up-to-date with regulatory change, and offer new perspectives and tools to help you build the resilience of your portfolio – and the mental resilience of you and your teams – as you work to weather future shocks and futureproof your portfolio.

We look forward to you joining us in November!

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