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Fund Action and Fund Directions Announce Nominees for 15th Annual Mutual Fund Industry Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award Winners.

New York City, NY (PRWEB) January 14, 2008 - Fund Action and Fund Directions, publications of Institutional Investor News covering the U.S. mutual fund industry, have announced the nominees for the 15th Annual Mutual Fund Industry Awards. The awards recognize the fund leaders, marketers, trustees, and independent counsel who stood out for their innovation, excellence and impact on the fund industry during the past year. This year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipients will be honored, and award winners will be announced and awarded at an annual gala dinner on March 6, 2008 at The Pierre Hotel in New York City,

The Lifetime Achievement Award recipients and award nominees in all categories were selected by the editors of Fund Action and Fund Directions based on their accomplishments during the 2007 calendar year.

FUND ACTION's LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT

Jim Hawkes, Retired CEO and Chairman, Eaton Vance

FUND DIRECTIONS' LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT

James Bodurtha, Independent Director, BlackRock

The nominees are as follows:

FUND ACTION AWARD CATEGORIES AND NOMINEES

Fund Leader of the Year

James Rothenberg, CEO, American Funds

Ralph Eucher, President, Principal Funds

Charles Haldeman, CEO, Putnam Investments

Larry Fink, CEO, BlackRock

Deal of the Year

Security Benefit/Rydex Investments

Power Financial/Putnam Investments

Madison Dearborn Partners/Nuveen Investments

Fund Marketer of the Year

Claire Huang, Executive V.P. of Marketing, Fidelity Investments

Marc Rappaport, Senior Managing Director, Alpine Woods Investments

Richard Chambers, Head of Marketing, JPMorgan Funds

Philipp Hensler, CEO, DWS Scudder Distributors

Ad Campaign of the Year

Old Mutual

Fidelity Investments

Barclays Global Investors

Sales Success of the Year

Natixis Global Asset Management North America

Eaton Vance's Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund

Ivy Funds Distributor

American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund

SMA Player of the Year

Gary Jones, V.P. of Industry Operations, Money Management Institute

Judson Bergman, CEO, Envestnet

Jim Tracy, Head of Advisory Services and Consulting, Smith Barney

FUND DIRECTIONS' AWARD CATEGORIES AND NOMINEES

Trustee of The Year

Michael Scofield, Independent Chair, Evergreen Funds

Susan Kerley, Independent Chair, MainStay Funds; Independent Director, Evergreen Funds

Paul Freeman, Independent Chair (Chicago board), DWS Scudder Funds

Ronald Dion, Former Independent Chair, John Hancock Funds

Small Board Trustee Of The Year

Leigh Wilson, Independent Chair, Victory Funds, Old Mutual Advisor Funds II and Old Mutual Insurance Series Funds

Julian Reid, Independent Chair, The Korea Fund

Nancy Taylor, Independent Trustee, Pax World Funds

Steven Paggioli, Independent Trustee, The Managers Funds, Managers AMG Funds and Professionally Managed Portfolios

Independent Counsel Of The Year

John Gertsmayr, Partner and Co-Chairman, Investment Management Practice, Ropes & Gray

Cameron Avery, Partner and Former Co-Chair, Executive Committee, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd

Woodrow Campbell Jr., Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton

Paul Dykstra & Paulita Pike, Partners, Bell Boyd & Lloyd

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AWARD CATEGORY AND NOMINEES

Best Post-Trade Technology Implementation Nominees

O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, total back-office outsourcing

Russell Investments, performance reporting and measurement

Schwab Institutional, trust accounting and reporting

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