Awards and Honors

SEI is the proud recipient of several awards and honors each year. We consider this recognition a direct result of concentrating on our clients’ emerging needs, and creating consistently relevant solutions.

2011

Al West was recognized by Strategic Insight, a business intelligence provider to the worldwide fund industry, as one of the 60 most influential “Visionaries of the Modern Era of the Mutual Fund Industry.”

SEI was recognized as a Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association.

The SEI Wealth Network was named to the National Association of Board Certified Advisory Practices’ (NABCAP) Premier Advisor list, published by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
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SEI was selected as one of the 2011 Best Places to Work by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

SEI was awarded the 2011 Fiduciary Management/Delegated Consultancy Firm of the Year in the European Pensions Awards.

Dennis McGonigle, CFO, SEI, was selected as a finalist for CFO of the Year by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

SEI was named “Best Funds of Hedge Funds Administrator” among service providers with over $30 billion in assets under administration in the 2011 HFMWeek European Service Provider Awards.

SEI was named “Service Provider of the Year” at the 2011 annual Money Management Institute (MMI) Advisory Solutions Industry Leadership Awards.

SEI was selected as one of the Healthiest Employers of Greater Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Business Journal and UnitedHealthcare.

SEI was named to the 2011, 2009, 2007, and 2006 Global Outsourcing 100™ by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).
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2010

SEI was named Most Innovative Fund Administrator among service providers with over $30 billion in assets under administration in the 2010 HFMWeek US Hedge Fund Services Awards. 
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SEI was named Best Funds of Hedge Funds Administrator among service providers with over $30 billion in assets under administration in the 2010 HFMWeek US Hedge Fund Services Awards. 
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SEI was recognized as a Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association.

Pensions & Investments ranked SEI in the top 7% of money managers (#53 out of 714), based on US institutional client assets. (Pensions & Investments, June 28, 2010)

Pensions & Investments ranked SEI in the top 9% of money managers (#62 of 708), based on total worldwide institutional assets under management. (Pensions & Investments, May 31, 2010)

Investment Advisor recognized Al West as one of the 30 most influential people in and around the independent advice business in the magazine's “Thirty for Thirty.”

SEI was named one of the Top Workplaces by The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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2009

SEI was awarded Wealth Management Innovator of the Year at the Spears Wealth Management Awards held in London.

SEI was named to the 2009 and 2006 Greater Philadelphia Fast 50 Companies by Deloitte.
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HedgeFund.net ranked SEI the second-largest North American provider of fund of hedge fund services and the third-largest servicer of managed accounts for hedge funds and funds of hedge funds. The rankings were part of HedgeFund.net’s Q4 2008 Hedge Fund Administrator survey and based on assets under administration.

SEI was named to the 2009, 2007, and 2006 Global Outsourcing 100™ by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).
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Pensions & Investments ranked SEI in the top 9% of money managers (#61 of 725), based on total worldwide institutional assets under management. (May 18, 2009 issue of Pensions & Investments)

Pensions & Investments ranked SEI in the top 7% of money managers (#51 out of 737) based on US institutional client assets. (May 18, 2009 issue of Pensions & Investments)

2008

SEI was ranked the #1 U.S. Advisory Third Party Managed Account Provider (as of the end of 4Q 2008). (Cerulli Associates)

In the December 22, 2008 issue of Pensions & Investments, SEI was ranked #41 out of 300 on its listing of the top 300 managers of U.S. institutional tax-exempt assets.

In the December 22, 2008 issue of Pensions & Investments, SEI was ranked #115 out of 300 on the P&I/Watson Wyatt World’s 300 Largest Managers listing.

Computerworld ranked SEI #43 in its top 100 of best places to work in information technology. Download article (PDF)

Philadelphia Magazine named SEI as best “Medium-Size Company” in their Best Places to Work issue.

2007

SEI was ranked the #2 Largest Global Manager of Managers by AUM Market Share (as of December 31, 2007). (Cerulli Associates)

SourceMedia ranked SEI #2 in the Efficiencies category of Annual Fund Operations Awards, as presented by Money Management Executive.

Forbes included SEI in its listing of Global Super Stars: The World’s 2,000 Largest Public Companies.

Barron’s ranked SEI #11 among all publicly traded companies having “at least 10 years in a row of growth in earnings per share.”

SEI's Carolyn McLaurin was nominated for Marketer of the Year by Foundation and Endowment Money Management.

SEI was named to the 2007 and 2006 Global Outsourcing 100™ by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).
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