Awards

October 2008

Internship programs recognized at annual Diversity Leadership Awards
At its Annual Meeting, SIFMA honored Pershing with the Sustained Leadership Award for the Schools to Work programs, which provide participating high school students with access to mentors and hands-on experience in the financial industry.

July 2008

No. 1 U.S. clearing firm ranked by broker-dealer customers. Click here to see the full ranking, as listed on the InvestmentNews web site.

December 2007

No. 1 U.S. clearing firm, ranked by broker-dealer clients

November 2007

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Innovative Leadership Award
SIFMA honored Pershing with its Innovative Leadership Award for its "In the House" initiative, a firm-wide diversity strategy that champions "full associate inclusion."

October 2007
Technology Managers Forum Award
The Technology Managers Forum honored Pershing—and its vendor partner Information Builders—with the organization's 2007 Best Practice Award first-place prize in the Business Process Improvement category. Pershing was recognized for "best practices" that employed Information Builders' WebFOCUS, a widely-utilized operational business intelligence (BI) platform, to create a service-level scorecard that investment professionals can use as a performance metric.


SecuritesTechnology 2007 Rankings
Pershing was named by Securities Industry News and research firm Financial Insights to its second annual SecuritiesTechnology rankings. The rankings consist of a diverse group of companies providing cutting-edge technology solutions to the global capital markets. Pershing's NetExchange Pro® platform was recognized as one of the leading advisor workstations. 

August 2007
Shareholders Services Association's (SSA) Tony Fireman Award
Larry Morillo was recognized for his leadership in obtaining changes in state laws that eliminate the requirement to issue physical certificates, and in uniting all involved organizations to move forward with the dematerialization effort.

June 2007

Top 100 Chief Information Officers for 2007
CIO Insite Magazine named Suresh Kumar to its annual list of Top 100 Chief Information Officers for 2007. The recognized CIOs were chosen based on the following criteria:

  • Tangible track record of IT success
  • Scope of influence beyond the CIO's own organization
  • Ability to effect change
  • Level of engagement in developing today's emerging technologies
  • Return on technology investments in the CIO's firm

March 2007

The following associates were recognized with Certificates of Excellence for graphic design at the Art Directors Club of New Jersey's 44th annual exhibition:

  • Shana Acosta for the 2006 Senior Executive Retreat invitation and the 2006 Senior Executive Retreat campaign
  • Tom Aronne for the 2006 Lockwood Investment Strategies brochure 
  • Farhad Sepahbodi for the 2006 Annual Customer Conference campaign and the 2006 Annual Customer Conference video Creating Growth

January 2007

Winning Statement
Our customer brokerage statement was ranked number three in the industry, among a field of 29 independent broker-dealers by DALBAR, Inc., the nation's leading financial services market research firm. Pershing was one of only three firms to receive DALBAR's top ranking of "Excellent."