At a shindig in Chicago last night, the Mutual Fund Education Alliance revealed the winners of the 2011 Star Awards, which recognize excellence in print and online communications.

MFEA director Brian Smith (l) presented the Community Investment Award to American Century's Tony Vannicola. Photo courtesy of MFEA

The awards dinner was held at the Fairmont Chicago Millenium Park.

MFEA announced a total of more than 100 winners. There were three broad categories -- retail communications, advisor communications and plan participant communications. In the the sub-categories within those, the MFEA recognized winners in four asset levels: small, medium, large and large plus.

The evening's dessert featured a star.

Below are the winners for overall communications:

Overall Retail Communications

Small: Saturna Capital [see profile]
Medium: Matthews Asia [see profile]
Large: American Century Investments [see profile]
Large Plus: Franklin Templeton [see profile]


Overall Advisor Communications

Medium: RidgeWorth Investments [see profile]
Large: Putnam Investments [see profile]
Large Plus: OppenheimerFunds [see profile]


Overall Plan Participant Communications

Large: New York Life [see profile]
Large Plus: Vanguard [see profile]

The MFEA also presented the Community Investment Awards to Saturna Capital and American Century Investments.

Click here to see all the winners. 

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