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New FCS Board Directors Announced
The FCS has announced the addition of four new Board Directors. We are proud to welcome Max Alex of Mizuho Americas, Greg Clunies of Ameriprise Financial, Chris Konowitz of Hearst Magazines, and Patty Sachs of Publicis to the Board. The full FCS leadership team can be seen here. We’d also like to thank three Directors…
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FCS Reaffirms Membership Pricing & Tiers thru 2025
With the start of our new fiscal year, the FCS has confirmed that the current membership pricing structure will remain in place through the remainder of 2024 and all of calendar year 2025. Corporate Membership We offer three tiers for Corporate Membership ($5,000; $7,500; $10,000); each level covers an unlimited number of employees. [Note: employees…
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FCS Portfolio Awards Honor 2023’s Best in Financial Marketing and Communications
NEW YORK (May 3, 2024) – Last night, 525 financial marketing, communications and media professionals from more than 130 companies gathered at the Ziegfeld Ballroom for the 30th Annual Financial Communications Society (FCS) Portfolio Awards. At the black tie gala, the FCS inducted three campaigns into its Portfolio Hall of Fame, celebrated the first three…
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FCS Announces the 2024 Class of the FCS Portfolio Hall of Fame
The Financial Communications Society (FCS) is thrilled to announce the inductees to the 2024 Class of the FCS Portfolio Hall of Fame, a prestigious recognition created in 2019 to honor deserving and lasting work among previous winners of our esteemed Portfolio Awards competition. State Street Global Advisors’ “Fearless Girl”, E*TRADE’s “Time Out Solitary” and OppenheimerFunds’…
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Job Opening: FCS Admin & Comms Coordinator
The FCS has opened a job search for a new Administrative & Communicatoins Coordinator. Targeted hire date in April 15, 2024. FCS Administrative & Communications Coordinator; Remote / New York About the position The Coordinator will be responsible for a range of administrative, communications, research and New York event management duties working in close partnership…
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Marketing in Motion: Shaping the Future of Financial Services
In December 2023, the Financial Communications Society polled over 250 client-side marketers from our community and made our inaugural Marketer Sentiment Survey available to other financial marketers through LinkedIn. The results of our Survey point to an optimistic outlook for 2024, with increased budgets, important brand-related projects, and continued dominance of digital media for reaching…
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FCS RFK Marketing Summit 2024 Photo Galleries
A picture is worth a thousand words. How many priceless stories can be retold with photo galleries of more than 800 pictures? Enjoy these photos that cover this year’s Fireside Forums (Monday and Tuesday sessions), our Group Charity dinner, the Race on Competition Hill for skiers and snowboarders, and our Awards reception. During the three-day…
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Call for Entries for FCS Portfolio Awards Now Open
FCS Announces Opening of the 30th Annual FCS Portfolio Awards The Financial Communications Society (FCS) proudly announces the opening of the prestigious FCS Portfolio Awards, marking its monumental 30th year in celebrating creative excellence in financial marketing, communications and media. Starting January 2, 2024, industry professionals are welcome to submit their best work from 2023,…
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Northwestern Mutual and CMO Lynn Teo Named FCS Financial Marketer of the Year for 2023
The Financial Communications Society (FCS) announced tonight that Northwestern Mutual and Chief Marketing Officer Lynn Teo have been named the 2023 FCS Financial Marketer of the Year. The award was presented at the New York Yacht Club during a sold-out gala dinner. A panel of 14 senior marketing executives reviewed this year’s diverse array of…
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Nominees Announced for FCS Portfolio Hall of Fame 2024
To honor the 30th Anniversary FCS Portfolio Awards, the FCS is proud to announce 10 nominees for the FCS Portfolio Awards Hall of Fame, Class of 2024. Created in 2019 for the 25th Anniversary of Portfolio, the Hall of Fame recognizes prior winners of our annual competition whose creative excellence has proven to stand the…
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8th Annual FCS Jamie E. DePeau Leadership Award honors Arielle Gross Samuels, Blackstone
Arielle Gross Samuels, Global Head of Marketing for Blackstone, has been selected as recipient of the FCS Jamie E. DePeau Leadership Award for 2023. The trophy will be presented to Arielle at an awards gala on November 30th at the New York Yacht Club when the FCS also celebrates the FCS Financial Marketer of the…
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FCS Launches Inaugural Marketer Sentiment Survey
As the financial marketing community prepares for 2024, the FCS is undertaking our first-ever “marketer sentiment” survey, to help us understand the expectations, challenges and ambitions that are driving the planning decisions of client-side marketers. The findings from this research will help financial marketing peers understand the direction of the industry, while also informing the…
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AllianceBernstein, Ally, Northwestern Mutual Named to Shortlist for the 2023 FCS Financial Marketer of the Year
On November 2, 2023, the FCS announced the shortlist of finalists for the 2023 FCS Financial Marketer of the Year Award (FMY). Listed alphabetically by company, they are: The FMY Award recognizes innovation, creativity and impact in the financial services marketplace, and rewards the brand and the marketing leader responsible. Trophies for the winner and…
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ICYMI: 9 FCS Events in September & October
In September and October, the FCS hosted 9 events, including in-person events in New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. In case you missed any of them, check out the recaps, videos and photos on each event’s original webpage. (See PAST EVENTS.) These events are just one reason why membership in the FCS is a smart…
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Certification in Digital Marketing Analytics (fall 2023)
The FCS is excited to again partner with the Financial Marketing Institute (FMI) on the launch of a new semester for its Certification program in Digital Marketing Analytics. The full program comprises three virtual courses: Each course consists of: Each class is taught by Roy Wollen, a professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Integrated…
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FCS ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERSHIP PRICING AND TIERS
Effective September 1, 2023 (the start of our fiscal year), we are instituting a new membership pricing structure that will lower the annual dues for individual members, provide discounts to companies with at least 3 members, and offer a new benefits package to companies through a newly constituted Corporate Membership tier. Already discounted dues for…
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FCS Year in Review: 2022
How do you measure a successful year? First and foremost, the FCS is a community. We measure success by how we connect people to each other. Across the country, financial marketing, communications and media professionals bring to life our mission of Community, Education and Philanthropy with their membership, sponsorship, and engagement through our in-person and…
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FCS Mentoring Program in full swing
Season 4 of the successful FCS Mentoring Program launched at the beginning of December 2022, as 24 FCS & YMC Members were paired in mentor-mentee relationships based on areas of interest and areas of expertise. Through 2023, the pairs will meet on their own at least monthly for hourlong personal conversations that touch on topics…
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Invesco and Emily Pachuta Named FCS Financial Marketer of the Year for 2022
The FCS announced tonight that Invesco and Emily Pachuta, Chief Marketing & Analytics Officer, have been named the 2022 FCS Financial Marketer of the Year. The award was presented during in-person award ceremony at the New York Yacht during a gala dinner with 100+ guests. A panel of 19 senior marketing executives reviewed this year’s…
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Leslie Walstrom to receive FCS Jamie E. DePeau Leadership Award 2022
Leslie Walstrom, Global Head of Marketing for Columbia Threadneedle Investments, has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the FCS Jamie E. DePeau Leadership Award. The annual award will be presented at an in-person awards gala on November 30th, when the FCS also celebrates the FCS Financial Marketer of the Year Award for 2022; finalists…