2026 Connect Money Next Gen Alternative Investment Awards
Winners
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Hayes Wants Interval Funds Pitched as Offering a “Defined Exit Path”
Independent Financial Group
Lee Turns Relationships Into Off-Market Retail Deals
Paragon Commercial Group
Price Leads MLG Capital’s Midwest Investment Push
MLG Capital
Laufer Targets AI-Enabled Software for High-Stakes Industries
Edison Partners
Conway Brings Endowment Experience to Wallace Foundation
The Wallace Foundation
Asher Brings $5B in Deal Experience to Monroe’s Alternative Credit Platform
Monroe Capital
De Santis Brings a Global Perspective to Consumer Tech Investing
Muse Capital
Clemente Co-Leads Secondaries Push at $95B Private Markets Firm
Pathway Capital Management
Vankayalapati Targets Tech Companies Powering the Financial Economy
Motive Partners
Robinson Combines Financial Services Investing With Mental Health Advocacy
Redbird Capital Partners
Desrosiers Expands the Firm’s Global Investor Base
Charlesbank
Corral Bets on AI to Widen Access to Alternatives
Retirement Systems
Reifsnider Puts Education at the Center of Alternatives Sales
Capital Square
Akman Bets on Vertical Integration to Unlock Institutional Capital
Shindico Realty Inc.
Johnson Turns Complex Capital Stacks into Deals that Close
Cushman & Wakefield
Amarosa Pushes Discipline Over Hype in Tech Investing
Innovating Capital
Palangio Hernandez Builds the Infrastructure Behind Alternatives Growth
SS&C Technologies
Panagiotakopoulos Expands Access to Net Lease Investing
Colterpoint
Jensen Makes Case for Direct Indexing
Falcon Wealth Planning, Inc.
Gioseffi Helps Take C-PACE Mainstream
Nuveen Green Capital
Tang Expands Cottonwood’s Global Capital Markets Platform
Cottonwood Group
Carranza Brings Client-First Planning to Alternative Investments
Falcon Wealth Planning, Inc.
Royce Connects Tax-Aware Planning With Advisor Development
Falcon Wealth Planning, Inc.
Hockaday Builds Education-First Approach to Alternatives Marketing
Concorde Investment Services
