Nominations now open for Women to Watch Awards

It’s that time of year once more. If you know a female advisor worth highlighting, now’s your chance to nominate who you think is the sector’s best and brightest for InvestmentNews 2024 Women to Watch Awards.

From now until July 12, InvestmentNews will be receiving submissions for the top female individuals, teams, and enterprises that represent the highest standards of professionalism, service, and innovation across the industry.

This is an opportunity to recognize the female financial advisors, planning professionals, seasoned investing pros, wealth managers, wealth tech providers, advisory teams, and brokerages that are leading the pack today, and raising the bar for tomorrow.

The most promising and deserving individuals, chosen through an objective selection process and verified by an expert panel of independent judges, will be highlighted and honoured at the Women to Watch Awards gala happening on Wednesday, November 6 at Tribeca 360 New York.

Brittney Olinger, financial advisor at Koss Olinger and winner of the 2023 InvestmentNews Women to Watch Rising Star Advisor of the Year award, says being nominated for – and winning – her award gave her the confidence she needed to help her career go further.

“It was a really unexpected recognition,” she says. “I felt really honored not only for myself, but for my firm. They put me in a position to have been able to gain that experience.”

As much as it was a recognition of her and what she accomplished in her first three years in the wealth management space, Olinger says, it’s also a recognition of her colleagues.

“I was really honored to accept it on behalf of them too,” she added.

As a millennial, Olinger sees the importance of recognizing younger faces, especially when they’re just starting out in the industry.

“Clients see the value of someone younger being in the room because we resemble their family with having multiple generational advisors [at our firm],” she says. “The acknowledgement can only be beneficial in the way I’m viewed by my clients. It personally gave me a lot of confidence to have won that award, which I think can be one of the more challenging aspects early on in your career.”

InvestmentNews would like to thank this year’s award sponsors: Commonwealth and The American College of Financial Services.

For the full list of categories, criteria for the 2024 Women to Watch Awards, and to nominate, visit https://womentowatch.investmentnews.com.