Cherry Reynard is a financial and investment journalist. She’s written for a range of publications including the Financial Times, The Telegraph, and The Independent. Cherry co-authored a book on investing in emerging markets and is a six-time winner of the Investment Management Association’s freelance journalist of the year award.
Welcome to the Finder Investing & Saving Innovation Awards 2024
Finder’s series of Innovation Awards recognises financial providers that are bringing new and impactful features to the market and delivering real benefits to their customers.
Now in their fifth year, this round of Innovation Awards focuses on investing and saving. A shortlist of providers was drawn together by Finder’s subject area specialists and the finalists were then assessed by an expert panel of judges.
We’re delighted to announce the winning and highly commended companies in the following categories:
- Saving Innovation
- Stocks & Shares ISA Innovation
- Pensions Innovation
- Share Dealing Innovation
- ESG Investing Innovation
- Investing Innovation Newcomer Award
Watch our video of the awards announcement or click on the categories underneath it to reveal our winners!
Judging process
The shortlist of finalists in each category was selected by Finder’s subject area specialists, who identified the providers they felt were displaying key innovations in their field.
The shortlist was then passed to an expert judging panel (details below), who decided the winning and highly commended companies by assessing the finalists across 3 different criteria: uniqueness of innovation, impact in the market and value to customers.
Judging Panel
Pedro Goncalves is a finance reporter at Yahoo Finance UK. Previously, he was a finance reporter at MoneyWeek and a senior asset manager correspondent at Investment Week. In the past, Pedro was a broadcast correspondent in London, covering both political and financial news.
Professor David McMillan is a professor of Finance at the University of Stirling. His research interests include forecasting asset returns and volatility, modelling the linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic variables, and examining the behaviour of financial and investor ratios.
George Sweeney is a deputy editor at Finder. He has previously written for The Motley Fool UK, Freetrade, Investing in the Web, MoneyMagpie, Online Mortgage Advisor, Wealth, and Compare Forex Brokers. He focuses on making personal finance and investing engaging for everyone.
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