Awards

The audit is carried out by the independent Fuchs-Richter auditing institution via an anonymous, multi-stage test procedure. The audit criteria include the quality of advice, asset strategy, portfolio quality and transparency. The asset manager comparison is designed to support investors in selecting a competent private bank.

The Transparent Bull is the highest award in the German-speaking world for transparency and information policy in investment funds and asset management and is presented annually by reporting specialists Reportify Analytics. To receive the coveted award, banks and asset managers must undergo an extensive transparency audit.

The independent controlling and rating institute “firstfive” continuously evaluates more than 180 real portfolios managed by banks and asset managers in German-speaking countries. It compares these in terms of risk, return and cost aspects and rates the portfolios according to a five-star rating system. To qualify for a rating, a portfolio must be in the top fifth of the evaluated portfolios within the risk class.

The Hedge Fund Journal is considered the magazine for alternative investments and appears monthly with information on the latest developments, analyses and strategies in the alternative investment segment. Every year, the magazine awards prizes to the best products in various subcategories.

The winners are determined using the Sharpe ratio* (risk-adjusted key figure) over a period of one, three and five years – provided that at least six funds of funds were available in the respective category over the corresponding period. The award can help investors choose a fund of funds that has achieved the best risk-adjusted return in a peer comparison and matches their investment strategy.

The basis for the award is that, in addition to economic criteria, ecological and social criteria are also taken into account when selecting equities, bonds and investment certificates or projects financed by means of green bonds. The Ecolabel ensures that these criteria and their implementation are suitable for selecting the relevant securities or projects.

This has been verified by an independent body. The award of the Ecolabel does not constitute an economic evaluation and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the future performance of the financial product.

The globally unique, three-stage process for awarding ecologically sustainable brands is possible for companies, products, food and service providers. The cycle of the award procedure for the GREEN BRANDS of a country is every two years. This means that the seals of quality awarded also have a maximum validity period of two years each.

Only about five percent of companies on kununu have been awarded the Top Company seal. A company on kununu must fulfill the following criteria to receive the Top Company seal:

• At least 7 ratings from employees since the profile was created. Ratings from applicants are not counted.
• A score of at least 3.8 stars, both overall and for employee ratings.
• In the past twelve months, the rating score of the employees must be at least 3.8 stars.
• At least two new employee reviews in the last twelve months. An updated review also counts as a new review here.

For the survey, over 1,000 employers were identified, with the help of numerous sources and company research, that meet the minimum requirement of 200 employees in Austria and that can be assigned to one of 20 industries jointly defined in advance by trend. and Statista. A total of over 230,000 reviews from four different evaluation channels were included in the ranking. For this purpose, 8,000 employees were randomly surveyed as part of an online panel on how highly they would recommend their employer. Furthermore, 160,000 members of the professional network Xing, as well as the kununu community and trend. readership, were invited to participate in the survey.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts: in the format of a meta-study, LEADING EMPLOYERS analyzes a variety of sources, feedback and topics. By combining all the data, a significantly higher validity can be achieved than in a stand-alone study.

Every year, the largest recruiting study in the German-speaking world tests the recruiting performance of the largest employers on the basis of a scientific catalog of criteria. This was created in collaboration with the scientific advisory board and is evaluated and updated annually. In the 2024/25 academic year, the study will include 330 individual criteria. The Candidate Journey is at the center of the evaluation.

The comprehensive study results and best practices help employers to develop measures and optimize their recruiting, human resources and HR processes. They can see annually where they stand in the competition for the Right Potentials.

The “Best Financial Company in Austria” award is determined by the financial magazine “Börsianer” using a three-pillar scoring model and evaluated by the business and tax consulting firm BDO Austria. Among others, BTV was able to score points with the following innovations: “Toni” video consulting terminal and safe facility, BTVsign, financial manager in the banking app.

The „Red Dot“ award stands for the highest quality in design. Only the very best submissions capable of convincing an international jury with their design quality and creative performance receive this coveted distinction. Which makes it all the more impressive that the BTV art and culture programme INN SITU was awarded twice. The first was the communication design of the „DIE WUNDERKAMMER” focal point and the second was the catalogue for the seventh „DAS FOTOALBUM” series.

The Joseph Binder Award is an international competition focusing on graphic design & illustration. It was first launched by designaustria in 1996. The communication design for the fifth INN SITU focus „DIE WUNDERKAMMER“ received this prestigious award.