Winners of the AIC Media Awards 2022

The awards recognise the journalists who have best educated private investors and financial advisers about investment companies.

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The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has announced the winners of the AIC Media Awards 2022. The awards recognise the journalists who have best educated private investors and financial advisers about investment companies. They are voted for by AIC members, their managers, brokers and analysts.

The winners are:

Best National Journalist: David Brenchley, The Times

Best Trade Journalist: Gavin Lumsden, Citywire

Best Freelance Journalist: Cherry Reynard

Best Financial Consumer Journalist: Merryn Somerset Webb, MoneyWeek and The Financial Times

Best Online Journalist: Gavin Lumsden, Citywire

Best Broadcast Journalist: Richard Hunter, interactive investor

Best VCT Journalist: Claer Barrett, The Financial Times

Best Use of Social Media for Investment Companies: Ian Cowie

Annabel Brodie-Smith, Communications Director at the Association of Investment Companies (AIC), said: “The AIC Media Awards recognise the work of journalists who have educated private investors and financial advisers about investment companies. In this year’s challenging markets, the winners have used their creativity and flair to enlighten and inform their readers. Many winners have drawn on their personal experience of investment which really brings their work to life.

“Trusted financial journalists play a vital role in educating investors. I’d like to thank the winners of the AIC Media Awards for helping their audiences understand how investment companies work and the long-term benefits of investing.”

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