InvestmentNews Women to Watch winners work to make an impact

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Like mother, like daughter.

Rita Robbins was unable to attend the annual InvestmentNews Women to Watch awards Tuesday evening and receive the Alexandra Armstrong Lifetime Achievement Award. But her daughter, Ali Arnold, stood in for her mother, founder and president of Affiliated Advisors, a giant branch office in the Osaic Holdings Inc. network.

“My mom is so incredible, and having followed her into the financial services industry, I’m so grateful I’ve had her in my life,” Arnold, a vice president of global marketing at Citi, said after the award ceremony. “She’s had the opportunity to make such an impact on so many other people, and that makes me grateful.”

The Alexandra Armstrong Lifetime Achievement Award is named for financial planning pioneer and leader Armstrong, who has spent more than five decades helping women plan strong financial futures and promoting the financial advice business as a top career for women. The award is given annually to one outstanding woman annually in the financial advisory and investment sphere.

In total, 34 women and 13 companies received awards and honors at Tuesday’s event in lower Manhattan for their work across the financial advice and planning industries, in categories ranging from Female Trailblazer of the Year to Portfolio Manager of the Year.

The other Women to Watch winners were: Christine Cappabianca, Portfolio Manager of the Year; Thrivent, Employer of Choice; Brittney Olinger, Rising Star Advisor of the Year; Raymond James & Associates, Excellence in Gender Diversity & Inclusion; Kay Lynn Mayhue, Female Trailblazer of the Year; and Colleen Bell, Allyship Champion of the Year.

“I really do believe it takes all of us to bring other people into our firms and industry,” said