Intelligent Partnership enjoyed an evening of celebration and rewards for excellence at last Thursday’s Professional Adviser Awards.

Held at the Hilton Hotel Park Lane, the event drew all of the brightest stars within the industry and Intelligent Partnership were proud sponsors alongside such companies as Prudential, Investec and Baillie Gifford. Managing Director, Guy Tolhurst personally presented the award for Best SIPP Provider to Standard Life, a company that also collected the award in 2011.

“We were delighted to sponsor what was a very well attended awards evening. Sponsoring the Best SIPP Provider category really resonates with our own day to day business activity as it is voted for by advisers, and through our own activities we hear their feedback on SIPP Providers on a daily basis.  To really open up the category to more entrants, the organisers might want to consider introducing a tier to allow for a greater number of smaller independents to enter going forward.”

The evening was guest hosted by Paul Daniels and his wife Debbie McGee and the revelry continued well into the early hours. Intelligent Partnership would like to thank their own guests from Gallium Fund Solutions, Hutchinson and Co, InvestAG Savills and SIPP Investment Platform, for joining them and making the evening so memorable.

Below is a list of all the winners from the night:

Baillie Gifford Financial Education Award
MeaningfulMoney.tv from Jacksons Wealth Management

Best UK Growth Group
M&G UK

Best Income Group
Invesco Perpetual

Best Global Equities Group
First State Investments

Best Outsourced Investment Solution for Advisers
Skandia

Best New Fund Launch
Vanguard Asset Management

Best Fund Manager over One Year
Hideo Shiozumi with the Legg Mason Japan Equity Fund

Best Fund Manager over Three Years
Deryck Noble-Nesbitt with the Close Special Situations Fund

Best Fund Management Group
Invesco Perpetual

Best Structured Product Provider
Investec Structured Products

Best SIPP Provider
Standard Life

Best Personal Pensions Provider
Scottish Widows

Best Annuity Provider
Just Retirement

Best Wrap/Platform
Skandia

Best Tech/Software Provider
IntelliFlo – Intelligent Office

Best Network/Support Services
SimplyBiz

Best Data and Quotation Provider for Advisory Firms
Assureweb

Best Data and Quotation Provider for Advisory Firms
Avelo

Best Large Adviser Firm
Bestinvest (Brokers)

Best Small Adviser Firm
Old Mill Financial Planning

Paraplanner of the Year
Cathi Harrison, Para-Sols

Investment Adviser of the Year
Bestinvest (Brokers)

Charity Champion
Laura Randall, Monahans Financial Services

Adviser Personality of the Year
Philip Calvert, IFA Life