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Sunday, October 19, 2008

SPA Announces Call for Nominees in 2nd Annual Leading Edge Advisors Awards

NEW YORK, October 17 -- The Structured Products Association (SPA) is pleased to announce its nationwide call for nominees for the Second Annual Leading Edge Advisors Awards beginning today.

With the LeadingEdge Awards, the SPA seeks to commemorate financial advisors who recognize that a fiduciary responsibility to clients can be well-served by utilizing structured investments in a diversified portfolio.

On Monday, February 23, 2009, five honorees will receive the crystal awards at the sixth annual SPA-2009 event at the Grand Hyatt hotel. The recipients will be chosen by an executive committee, based on strategic use of structured products to enhance yield, magnify returns, preserve principal or manage tax efficiencies -- all while setting a "leading edge" standard for the next generation of modern portfolio theory.

The nomination form for the LeadingEdge awards can be accessed on the LeadingEdge Awards website. Both self- and third-party nominations are acceptable.

The process of nomination customarily takes less than 10 minutes to complete. The first deadline is December 1, 2008, but additional nominations may be considered through January 3, 2009. Click here to access the nomination form.

Last year's winners were: SPA CHAIRMAN'S AWARD: J. Scott Miller (Blue Bell Private Wealth Management); Thomas Balcom (Foldes Financial Management); Steve Braverman (Harris myCFO Investment Advisory Services); Tony Proctor (Proctor Financial) and Frederick S. Wright (Smith and Howard Wealth Management).

For the May 20, 2008 press release on last year's winners, click here. The SPA coverage of the awards can be found by clicking here.

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