Awards
Polen Capital Wins “Best DEI Initiative” for 2nd Consecutive Year
Best DEI Initiative
The With Intelligence Mutual Fund and ETF Awards took place in New York on June 18, where Polen won the Best DEI Initiative Award for the second year in a row. The award recognized Polen’s summer intern program, which stands out among the competition in terms of how Polen recruits, mentors, and levels the playing field for underrepresented groups.
While many firms have intern programs, Polen has a unique approach that is multi-pronged and focused on access, outreach, and education. Polen ensures that all internship opportunities are shared on platforms with diverse representation and all resumes are reviewed by real people, without using AI for any screening. First-round interviews are done through a one-way video platform so that all experiences are consistent, equitable, and minimize bias.
Additionally, Polen provides housing and relocation assistance to all interns to ensure financial backgrounds will not be a barrier to students accepting an internship, and this helps alleviate that. Many interns return full-time after graduation, which helps infuse the diversity of backgrounds, thought, and experiences into the organization.
About the Awards
Hosted by comedian Adam Mamawala, this year’s Awards highlighted achievements in 46 categories, including the innovators, providers, marketers, managers, and leaders in the mutual fund and ETF space.
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The With Intelligence Mutual Fund and ETF Awards continue to stand out from the crowd as the ones that the big players and boutiques really want to win, due to their legacy, the quality of firms entering, and the stringent judging process.
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Important Disclosures
The Best DEI Initiative of the Year award recognizes asset managers that have done an exceptional job in promoting diversity, equality, and inclusion across their businesses. This can include programs run internally to promote DEI across the fund complex, work within local communities and/or asset management products related to these attributes. Polen Capital won this award upon submission of its Summer Internship Program among four other participants that submitted. The date of the awards ceremony was June 18, 2024 and the ranking time period was during the calendar year ending December 31, 2023. With Intelligence Mutual Fund & ETF Awards was the creator and judge of this award. There was no fee associated to win the award or enter the running. There was no cost to participate. There was a fee to attend the optional awards ceremony.