SunStar Strategic clients earn coveted STAR Awards by MFEA

The Mutual Fund Education Alliance (MFEA) has announced the winners of the 2014 STAR Awards. The awards were presented recently at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel at the 18^th annual STAR Awards celebration. The national STAR Awards competition recognizes excellence in marketing, communications and digital efforts in the fund industry.

Congratulations to our clients including RidgeWorth Funds, 6 awards, including overall advisor communications; Hennessy Funds, 4 awards, including online advisor services; Huntington Funds, 1 award, for mobile app.

This year’s top winners were U.S. Global Advisors who took home two Overall Communications Awards and Aberdeen Asset Management who took home two Overall Digital/Technology Awards.  Other firms receiving Overall Communications awards were Matthews Asia, The Royce Funds, Franklin Templeton Investments, RidgeWorth Investments, Nuveen Investments and John Hancock Investments. The Overall Communications Award recognizes a firm’s all-around, cohesive effort in communicating with a specific audience. Other firms receiving the Overall Digital/Technology Award for outstanding achievement in areas such as Website, Mobile App and Online Innovation were:  OppenheimerFunds, Putnam Investments and Invesco.

Winners were selected from among hundreds of entries judged by an industry panel of mutual fund marketing and communications executives.  Visit http://thestarawards.com to view all STAR Awards winners.