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Nominations have now closed for all three Awards, which will be awarded to two listed Company CEOs and to a Fund Manager in recognition for their achievements at the London Value Investor Conference on 24th May.
Fund Manager Award
The first LVIC Award for Lifetime Achievement was won by Charles Brandes in 2015, followed by Jean-Marie Eveillard in 2016 and Anthony Bolton in 2017.
The following nominees were shortlisted for the 2018 award which will be announced at the London Value Investor Conference on 24th May.
Once you have decided who to vote for, it should take less than 10 seconds to cast your vote.
Nick Train and Michael Lindsell – Lindsell Train
Joel Greenblatt – Gotham Capital
Craig Pho – Burgundy Asset Management
Angus Tulloch – Stewart Investors
Kristoffer Stensrud – Skagen Funds
Howard Marks – Oaktree Capital
Voting closes at 5pm BST on Wednesday 16th May.
CEO Awards
Last year Tim Martin of J D Wetherspoon won the award for Best CEO Capital Allocator at UK listed companies and we are honoured that he will joinWilliam N. Thorndike for a fireside chat and Q&A on the subject at the London Value Investor Conference on 24th May from 5.10pm, before meeting delegates for a beer in the networking area from 6pm.
The capital allocator awards were introduced in 2016 to recognise CEOs for the key talent of capital allocation.
On average, 70% of shareholder funds are retained in businesses and not paid out to shareholders. Effective deployment of retained capital therefore makes a profound difference to investor returns. To recognise this key talent, the London Value Investor Conference is launching two new Awards for the Public company CEOs with the best Capital Allocation record judged over multiple years:
The LVIC Award for Best Capital Allocator – UK listed companies
The LVIC Award for Best Capital Allocator – Global listed companies
The criteria used for judging good capital allocation discipline will include such things as:
- Returning capital to shareholders either through dividends or share buybacks when these offer the best available return on capital
- Saving shareholders money by controlling costs in an unusually disciplined way
- Deploying growth capex with a keen focus on return on investment
- Shutting down or selling poor return, non-core or loss-making businesses
- Acquiring businesses or large assets at prices which deliver superior long term shareholder returns
This year the nominees are:
The LVIC Award for Best Capital Allocator – UK listed companies
Simon Wolfson – Next
Henry Engelhardt – Admiral
Ben Habib – First Property Group
John Burns – Derwent London
Mike Norris – Computacenter
The LVIC Award for Best Capital Allocator – Global listed companies
Michael O’Leary – Ryanair
Mark Leonard – Constellation Software
Howard Lutnick – BGC Partners
Ajay Piramal – Piramal Enterprises
William Stone – SS&C Technologies
The winners of the CEO awards will be decided by the awards committee and announced at the conference.
