Living Ratings of law firms 2022. Our full report 12 May 2022

Today sees the release of our latest full report: Living Ratings – the brand and digital intelligence of the world's leading law firms.

In our 32nd research report, we’ve rated and ranked the world’s leading law firms through the eyes of several external personas from existing and prospect clients to lateral hires and summer interns, evaluating more than 100 criteria in our most thorough and toughest research analysis to date.

Who’s standing apart by standing out?’
In a sector where the difference between law firms’ offerings is playing card thin, in this year’s Living Ratings report we ask, ‘Who’s standing apart by standing out?’

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Rewarding data with insight 09 May 2022

We are very proud to announce that our online target date tool for State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) picked up two Gold trophies at the inaugural DataComms Awards last week.

Our interactive and intuitive digital experience, that helps demystify and simplify complex investment strategies, won Golds for:

• Best investor-targeted use of data
• Best use or visualisation of data from the financial services sector.

Data is meaningless without insight
Greg Hobden, Living’s Chief Client Officer, also took to the stage at the DataComms conference that preceded the awards, to share the story of how we tackled the challenge from a strategic and tactical perspective.

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Live and let win 06 May 2022

At the iconic 28th Annual FCS Portfolio Awards, a black-tie spy-themed gala held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York, Living clients Broadridge, CFA Institute and State Street Global Advisors all scooped glittering Gold awards for their cut-through campaigns or engaging digital content in the financial services arena.

Our hard-earned awards, all a testament to careful planning, thoughtful messaging and visually engaging creative, include:

• Broadridge – Shareholder Engagement Campaign: Gold (Consumer Retail, Integrated Marketing)
• Broadridge – Communications Cloud^SM Campaign: Bronze (B2B, Integrated Marketing)
• CFA Institute – Margaret Franklin Campaign: Gold (Corporate Image, Organic Social Media)
• State Street Global Advisors – Target Date Fund Tool: Gold (B2B, Apps & Tools).

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Data is beautiful 21 April 2022

At last night's Corporate Content Awards Europe in London, Living's clients picked up 5 awards including a Gold for the Best use of data for State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).

Our highly engaging online target date fund tool for SSGA, that helps communicate complex investment strategies in a simple and concise way, is designed with clarity and elegance in mind. Each of the interactive screens invites users to make investment selections that change the illustrated depictions of how funds are invested, with allocations among asset classes changing over time.

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'Four' your eyes only 04 April 2022

We start the week with the exciting news that all four of our entries for the prestigious 28th Annual FCS Portfolio Awards have been named as Finalists. This includes cut-through campaigns and engaging digital content for Living clients Broadridge, CFA Institute and State Street Global Advisors.

Presented by the Financial Communications Society, the Portfolio Awards honour creative excellence in financial marketing and communications and this year saw a record number of entries received from 99 companies.

As a finalist, we’ll be picking up Gold, Silver or Bronze trophies at the 'Portfolio Royale' – the awards ceremony on 05 May 2022 in the following categories:

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Transform Awards Europe: A high five for Hausfeld 31 March 2022

We are thrilled to announce that our brand work for Hausfeld picked up an impressive five trophies at last night's prestigious Transform Awards Europe 2022 in London. This included a Gold for 'Best internal communications during a brand development process.'

With the past two years being both a highly disruptive and creative time for so many brands and companies, it was no surprise to see that last night's ceremony included a significant increase in the quantity and quality of shortlisted entries. The competition was fierce!

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