In celebration of the hard-working businesses around the world, International Adviser is delighted to recognise the product and service providers that have gone above and beyond to deliver for advisers and their clients.

In the video above, our news editor Robbie Lawther unveils the award winners and some highly commended firms.

Sincere thanks to our readers whose nominations produced our shortlist and to the judges for reading through all of the fantastic submissions.

In the video above, our editor Kirsten Hastings unveils the award winners and some highly commended firms.

Sincere thanks to our readers whose nominations produced our shortlist and to the judges for reading through all of the fantastic submissions.

In the past, we have kept the nominations process quite contained – but have decided to open it up this year to canvass all advisers, wealth managers and other intermediaries who use cross border products and services.

Our deadline has now been extended to 17 September to give you more time to nominate the firms you feel deserve recognition.

How does it work?

The nominations process is only open to users of these products and services – not the providers themselves.

In the survey link at the bottom of the page, you will be asked to nominiate a maximum of three companies per category. You do not need to complete every category – only the ones relevant to your business and service offering.

Award categories include ‘International Platform of the Year’, ‘International DFM of the Year’, ‘International Life Group of the Year (UK and non-UK)’.

Your nominations will help produce a shortlist. As with previous years, firms included on the shortlist will then be asked to provide a supporting statement about why they should win a particular award. The final winners will be selected by our panel of judges.

This year, we have added an award to recognise a provider that has really stepped up to the plate to support the industry as it struggled to get to grips with working in a covid world. This could be, for example, a support service, an innovative product, enhanced contact, greater flexibility – something that a business has done that really made a difference to advisers and clients.

You will be asked to provide your name and email address for verification purposes only. This is to ensure the integrity of the process.

Full details of which product and service providers you can nominate are included in this link.

Things were a little bit different this year, but the calibre of the entries really showcased the hard word, effort and determination these companies had when it came to ensuring little disruption to the services they offer.

Click on the video above to find out who won.

Congratulations to all of our winners!

Sadly, covid-19 has robbed us of the chance to get together with colleagues and friends.

But we still wanted to make sure that firms were recognised for the hard work, support and dedication they have to this industry.

Especially this year, given the immense pressure we have all been under.

I’m delighted that we were still able to hold our Global Financial Services Awards – the winners of which will be announced on Thursday 10 December.

So keep your eyes peeled.