Who’s Winning an FCS Portfolio Award for Creative Excellence in 2020?

The FCS is proud to announce that the companies listed below are all finalists for the 27th Annual FCS Portfolio Awards. A record number of entries had been received from 105 companies (another record), who had entered their various marketing and communications work from 2020 in our prestigious competition. New categories and expanded eligibility created a broader arena for our 40+ judges to recognize creative excellence. (See our Awards page for more details.)

There are a total of 79 winning companies, representing 87 brands, including 19 winners who became eligible this year under the new group "Financial Industry," which welcomed non-financial institutions to compete.

All of our finalists, listed below, will each win at least one award — Gold, Silver, or Bronze — which will be revealed at our Awards Gala set for September 23rd at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. (See our Events page for more details.)

In all, the FCS will award 266 trophies this year, including 6 Best in Show trophies and the top prize: Judges' Choice.

FINALISTS FOR 27th ANNUAL FCS PORTFOLIO AWARDS. (listed alphabetically):

  • AIG Life & Retirement
  • Ally Bank
  • Ally Financial
  • American Century Investments
  • Ameriprise Financial
  • Atria Wealth Solutions
  • AuburnBank
  • AXA XL
  • Bank of America
  • Barclays
  • BlackRock
  • BMO Capital Markets
  • BMO Financial Group
  • BMO Global Asset Management
  • BNY Mellon
  • BNY Mellon Wealth Management
  • Calvert, an Eaton Vance Company
  • Cambridge Investment Group, Inc.
  • Carpenter Group and Clearview Partners
  • CFA Institute
  • Charles Schwab
  • Citi
  • Citi / American Airlines
  • Citizens Commercial Banking
  • Clark Capital Management Group
  • CME Group
  • CommunityAmerica Credit Union
  • Dianomi
  • Discover Personal Loans
  • DLL
  • E*TRADE Financial
  • F&M Trust
  • First Financial Bank
  • Galaxy Fund Management
  • GM
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Green America
  • Greystone
  • Hightower Advisors
  • Instinet, LLC
  • Institute of Management Accountants
  • Interchange Capital Partners
  • Invesco
  • Investopedia
  • iShares
  • J.P. Morgan
  • J.P. Morgan Asset Management
  • J.P. Morgan Wealth Management
  • Janus Henderson Investors
  • John Hancock
  • Jornaya
  • Lazard Asset Management
  • LinkedIn
  • Living Group
  • M&T Bank
  • Mesirow
  • Millennium Brokerage Group
  • Mizuho Americas
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Nuveen
  • PGIM
  • Preqin Limited
  • Prudential Financial
  • RBC Capital Markets
  • RDCL
  • Refinitiv
  • RetireGuide
  • Reuters Plus
  • S&P Dow Jones Indices
  • Scott Credit Union
  • Sector SPDR ETFs
  • Seeking Alpha
  • SEI Investment Manager Services
  • Splitit
  • State Street Global Advisors
  • Synchrony
  • Synchrony Bank
  • TD Ameritrade
  • TRADEWEB MARKETS
  • Travelers
  • UBS
  • US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment
  • USAA
  • Venture Visionary Partners
  • WestEnd Advisors
  • Westwood Group Holdings
  • Yieldstreet