The Awards are based on nominations by a committee of analysts who actively follow CEFs and ETFs. They are presented within the context of the Annual Forum on Closed-End Funds & Global ETFs.

Herb Blank, President, QED International

Mariana Bush, Closed-End Funds & Exchange-Traded Funds Analyst, Wachovia Securities

Amy Charles, Director Closed-End Fund Research, Raymond James & Associates

John Cejka, Closed-End Fund Analyst, A.G. Edwards

Dennis Emanuel, Managing Director, Closed-End Fund & ETF Research, Citigroup Investment Research

Jon Maier, Investment Strategy Group, Merrill Lynch

Sangeeta Marfatia, Closed End Fund Analyst, Director, UBS Wealth Management Research

Paul Mazzilli, Executive Director ETF Research, Morgan Stanley

Kristoph Rollenhagen, Sr, V.P. Closed-end & Exchange-Traded Index Funds, Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.

Victor E. Quagliero, Vice President, Senior Product Strategist, RBC Dain Rauscher

Gregory Neer, Closed-End Fund Research Analyst, Stifel Nicolaus

Jeff Tjornehoj, Research Analyst, Lipper - A Reuters Company

Joseph G. Witthohn, CFA, Closed-end Fund and ETF Analyst, Janney Montgomery Scott

Mr. Jim Wiandt, Editor, Journal of Indexes, Publisher, IndexUniverse.com & ETFR