
IPEM Wealth Awards 2027
February 3, 2027 – Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
The third edition of the IPEM Wealth Awards aims to celebrate excellence and innovation across wealth management and private capital by recognizing outstanding achievements with 16 awards across 5 major categories + 3 personalities of year + 1 strategic initiative of the year.
As part of IPEM Wealth 2027 – The Accelerator of Private Markets’ Wealth Revolution – these awards highlight key contributions shaping the wealth revolution taking hold of Private Markets and outstanding innovations in wealth management.
Be part of IPEM Wealth 2027 and showcase your contribution to the future of Private Markets
🏆 16 Awards (5 categories + 3 personalities of year + 1 strategic initiative of the year)
PRIVATE MARKET PRODUCTS 2026
6 awards to win:
🏆 Best Impact/Sustainable Product
🏆 Best Infrastructure Evergreen Fund
🏆 Best Real Estate Evergreen Fund
🏆 Best Multi-Asset Evergreen Fund
🏆 Best Private Debt Evergreen Fund
🏆 Best Private Equity Evergreen
FUND MANAGER 2026
3 awards to win:
🏆 Best Global / World Class Leader
🏆 Best Local / Domestic Market Leader
🏆 Best European Fund Manager
FUND SELECTOR 2026
5 awards to win:
🏆 Best EMEA Wealth Manager
🏆 Best Local / Domestic Wealth Manager
🏆 Best EMEA Private Bank
🏆 Best Global Private Bank
🏆 Best Digital Platform
WEALTH PARTNERSHIP 2026
1 award to win:
🏆 Best Wealth Partnership
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE 2026
1 award to win:
🏆 Best Strategic Initiative of the Year
WEALTH TECH 2026
1 award to win:
🏆 Best Wealth Tech Firm
PERSONALITIES OF THE YEAR 2026
BEST ASSET / FUND MANAGER 2026
BEST FUND SELECTOR 2026
THE RISING STAR 2026
(under 40 years old)
🥇🥈🥉 How it works:
📝 Each year, Private Market leaders from around the globe are invited to submit applications to one or more of the IPEM Wealth Awards categories. A fee of 1,000 € per application applies, guaranteeing personalized feedback from our jury regarding your application.
🔎 All applications are reviewed by Indefi, our Selection Committee Partner, to ensure completeness and overall quality.
🗣️ The IPEM Wealth Awards Jury convenes to determine at least 3 champions in each awards category. Jury members are hand-selected for their expertise and relevancy for each awards category.
The Jury selection accounts for 90% of of the overall score. All applicants, champions or not, receive personal feedback regarding their submission.
🗳️ The public votes to determine who among the champions wins gold, silver, and bronze in each awards category.
The public vote accounts for 10% of of the overall score. All champions are provided with communications materials to facilitate promotion of the voting campaign.
✨ Gold, silver, and bronze champions are revealed on stage at the IPEM Wealth Awards Gala Dinner in Cannes! All champions receive a communications kit to promote their win.

Why apply?





Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your project!
Join us for our gala dinner and celebrate with the winners! 🎊
📅 Wednesday Feb. 3rd
⚪ IPEM Wealth Awards Gala Dinner
By request only, further details on how to join to come!
Hosted by IPEM Wealth 2027 in Cannes, France

Discover last year's winners! ✨
🏆 13 Awards (4 categories + 3 personalities of year)
PRIVATE MARKET PRODUCTS 2025
🏆 Best Impact/Sustainable Product
🟡 Abenex
⚪ Eiffel Investment Group
🟠 Qualitas Energy
🏆 Best Infrastructure & Real Assets Evergreen Fund
🟡 EQT
⚪️ KKR
🟠 Macquarie
🏆 Best Multi-Asset Evergreen Fund
🟡 Apollo Global Management
⚪️ Allianz Global Investors
🟠 Eurazeo
🏆 Best Private Debt Evergreen Fund
🟡 Goldman Sachs Alternatives
⚪️ Apollo Global Management (AEPC)
⚪️ CVC
🟠 StepStone Group
🏆 Best Private Equity Evergreen
🟡 Coller Capital
⚪️ EQT
🟠 Neuberger Berman
FUND MANAGER 2025
🏆 Best Global / World Class Leader
🟡 EQT
⚪️ KKR
🟠 Neuberger Berman
🏆 Best Local / Domestic Market Leader
🟡 AltamarCAM Partners
⚪️ Eurazeo
🟠 Capital Croissance
🏆 Best European Fund Manager
🟡 CVC
⚪️ Ardian
🟠 Schroders Capital
FUND SELECTOR 2025
🏆 Best European Wealth Manager
🟡 Crystal
⚪️ Cyrus Group
🟠 Carat Capital
🏆 Best Digital Platform / Fintech for Private Market Access
🟡 Allfunds
⚪️ Moonfare
🟠 Airfund
🏆 Best EMEA Private Bank
🟡 Mediobanca
⚪️ ING
🟠 Neuflize OBC / ABN
🏆 Best Global Private Bank
🟡 BNP Paribas Wealth Management
⚪️ Barclays
🟠 Deutsche Bank
WEALTH PARTNERSHIP 2025
🏆 Best Wealth Partnership
🟡 CVC x UBS
🟡 Ares x LaPlace
⚪️ BlackRock x Unicredit
⚪️ Eurazeo x Belfius
PERSONALITIES OF THE YEAR 2025
🏆 BEST ASSET / FUND MANAGER 2025

Rashmi Madan
Blackstone
🏆 BEST FUND SELECTOR 2025

Claire Roborel de Climens
BNP Paribas Wealth Management
🏆 THE RISING STAR 2025

Agathe Bubbe
Formerly Eurazeo, KKR since June 2026
INDEFI - Our Selection Committee Partner
To uphold the highest standards of integrity and quality, the IPEM Wealth Awards proudly partner with INDEFI as our Selection Committee Partner. INDEFI’s role is essential: they conduct a rigorous, first-pass review of all submitted dossiers to check for completeness and overall quality.
Only fully compliant and high-quality dossiers are accepted and moved forward. this process ensures that the expert jury members receive only the best-prepared submissions, optimizing their time and guaranteeing the prestige of the final selection.
Crucially, nomination fees are only requested from the select group of nominees who have passed this high-quality threshold and are confirmed to proceed to the final jury review phase. This structure guarantees that only validated excellence moves forward.

This year's IPEM Wealth Awards Jury

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Agnès Lossi is a Partner at Indefi, where she leads strategic consulting and market research projects across Europe within the Corporate Strategy division. Since 2016, she has been a leading expert in the wealth sector, spearheading the development and execution of projects in private markets on behalf of asset managers and distributors. With over 20 years of experience, Agnès brings deep expertise in asset management, insurance, and capital markets, which are also key focus areas in her strategic initiatives across distribution networks and her work in sustainable investment practices.

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Agnès Lossi is a Partner at Indefi, where she leads strategic consulting and market research projects across Europe within the Corporate Strategy division. Since 2016, she has been a leading expert in the wealth sector, spearheading the development and execution of projects in private markets on behalf of asset managers and distributors. With over 20 years of experience, Agnès brings deep expertise in asset management, insurance, and capital markets, which are also key focus areas in her strategic initiatives across distribution networks and her work in sustainable investment practices.

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Federico Romoli Experienced Investment Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Asset Management, Fund Of Funds, Mutual Funds, Private Assets, Insurance Products, ETFs and Private Banking. Strong finance professional with a Second Level Degree focused in Economics and Financial Instruments from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

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Raphaela M.L. Schröder began her career at UBS before spending many years at Rothschild & Co. There, she developed the private market offering for private wealth clients, managing everything from structuring, legal setup, compliance, and fundraising to post-sale activities, including reporting. Afterward, she worked at Maerki Baumann, a Swiss private bank, as Senior Portfolio Manager Private Markets. In this role, Raphaela led the development of the bank’s private market strategy—from defining the strategy to investment selection (sourcing, due diligence, and allocation) and operational improvements—building a multi-strategy private market portfolio encompassing private equity, private debt, and private infrastructure. In 2025, she founded Aurea Partners AG, which provides tailored private market solutions for wealth intermediaries, supporting private banks, family offices and independent wealth managers in building and expanding their private market offerings.

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Eric Zuidmeer is the Head of Private Equity Solutions for the Netherlands at ABN AMRO MeesPierson, where he leads the firm’s Private Equity Advice offering and oversees the selection of high-potential private equity program managers. With more than 20 years of experience in financial markets — spanning investment banking, asset management, and private banking — Eric has spent the past decade focusing on private markets, and particularly private equity.
💡 IPEM is committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, confidentiality, and impartiality throughout the award judging process. The evaluation procedures have been structured to ensure that judges are assigned only to categories where no conflicts of interest could arise and that they receive solely the information necessary for their assessment. To ensure an impartial evaluation process, any jury member with a potential conflict of interest will not review or evaluate the application concerned. All data and materials provided for the purpose of judging will be treated as strictly confidential and used exclusively for the evaluation of applications.
🏅Best Products & Fund Managers: Justina Deveikyte (Novantigo), Agnes Lossi (indefi), Andrea Perlini (FIDEURAM – INTESA SANPOLO PRIVATE BANKING), Claire Roborel de Climens (BNP Paribas Private Wealth), Federico Romoli (Sella SGR), Nicolas Roth (UBP), André Schnurrenberger (Novantigo), Marco Zamberletti (Deutsche Bank), Eric Zuidmeer (ABN AMRO Bank N.V.)
🏅Fund Selectors: Sophie Dodson (Carlyle), Agnes Lossi (indefi), Rashmi Madan (Blackstone), Luc Maruenda (Eurazeo)
🏅Wealth Tech & Wealth Partnership: Bradley Budd (bfinance), Agnes Lossi (indefi), Raphaela M.L. Schroder (Aurea Partners)

























