Headlinemoney Awards 2017

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AWARDS 2017

Investment Journalist of the Year

Winners Shunil Roy-Chaudhuri, New Model Adviser (B2B) & Michael Trudeau, Which? Money (Consumer)

Preliminary scores suggested the B2B section of this award would be a close- run thing and it was only once the judges met face-to-face and following some intensive discussions that New Model Adviser’s Shunil Roy-Chaudhuri emerged triumphant. “Sunil made proper analytical use of data both to provide back-

By contrast, the preliminary scores for the consumer section of this award already indicated a wide degree of agreement amongst the judges. By the time they had finished their discussions they were unanimous that Which? Money’s Michael Trudeau was the worthy winner. “The three pieces Michael submitted

up to stories and also to challenge assertions,” one of the judges commented. “Shunil’s submissions were interesting and included different angles which are so important when it comes to writing for a professional audience. What’s more the overall writing style comes across as really knowledgeable,” a fellow judge added.

were diversified, punchy and had plenty of impact,” one judge suggested. “This is probably the most impressive all-round set of submissions I’ve ever seen in this category. Each piece offers excellent research and the ‘IFAs misleading on credentials’ story was as good a news piece as I’ve seen in this sector. Michael’s a top all-rounder with great journalist instincts, plus laudable patience,” another added.

The B2B Shortlist

The Consumer Shortlist

• David Baxter, Investment Adviser • Katherine Denham, FTAdviser.com

• Mark Atherton, The Times • Kyle Caldwell, Money Observer • James Connington, The Telegraph • Moira O’Neill, Moneywise • Michael Trudeau, Which? Money

• Taha Lokhandwala, Investment Adviser • Valentina Romeo, Money Marketing • Shunil Roy-Chaudhuri, New Model Adviser

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