DALLAS, Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Alerian announced today the finalists for the 2019 Ammys, recognizing excellence in the North American energy infrastructure industry.
Voting for Best Sell-Side Report Headline is open to the public at ammyawards.com and closes at 11:59 PM CST on Friday, February 8.
The 24 members of the Hall of Fame will vote for the Class of 2019 Hall of Fame inductees, and the results will be announced in a press release on Thursday, February 21.
The 56 publicly traded North American energy infrastructure companies will vote for Best Sell-Side Macro Coverage. Voting for the awards that will be given to members of industry will be undertaken by leading energy infrastructure portfolio managers and sell-side research analysts.
The 25 investment firms that have a vote are: Advisory Research, BP Capital, Brookfield Asset Management, CBRE Clarion, Chickasaw Capital, CIBC, ClearBridge Investments, Cohen & Steers, Cushing Asset Management, Duff & Phelps, Eagle Global Advisors, Energy Income Partners, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Harvest Fund Advisors, Infrastructure Capital Advisors, Jennison Associates, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, Miller/Howard Investments, Neuberger Berman, Oppenheimer SteelPath, RCH Energy, Salient Partners, Tortoise Capital Advisors, Westwood Holdings, and Yorkville Capital.
The 25 sell-side firms that have a vote are: Baird, Barclays, BMO, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Howard Weil, Jefferies, JonesTrading, JP Morgan, Ladenburg Thalmann, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Morningstar, MUFG, Raymond James, RBC, Seaport Global, Stifel Nicolaus, SunTrust, Tudor Pickering Holt, UBS, US Capital Advisors, Wells Fargo, and Wolfe.
The winners of these awards, along with those that are calculated by Alerian's Data Science Division, will be announced at the annual awards dinner on Thursday, March 28 in Houston, Texas.
Congratulations to the finalists listed below:
Hall of Fame: Industry
- Alfred Martinelli
- Michael Mears
- Robert Phillips
- Raymond Plank
- Kelcy Warren
Hall of Fame: Professional
- Michael Blum
- David Fleischer
- David Oelman
- Robert Pierce
- Ray Strong
Merger of the Year
- Enbridge Inc and Enbridge Energy Management, Enbridge Energy Partners, Enbridge Income Fund Holdings, and Spectra Energy Partners
- Energy Transfer Equity and Energy Transfer Partners
- Tallgrass Energy GP and Tallgrass Energy Partners
- Western Gas Equity Partners and Western Gas Partners
- Williams Companies and Williams Partners
Project of the Year
- Atlantic Sunrise Project, Williams
- Corpus Christi Liquefaction Train 1, Cheniere Energy
- Cove Point Liquefaction Project, Dominion Energy
- Mariner East 2 Pipeline, Energy Transfer
- Midland-to-Sealy Pipeline, Enterprise Products Partners
Acquisition of the Year
- EagleClaw Midstream's acquisition of Caprock Midstream
- Global Infrastructure Partners' acquisition of EnLink Midstream interests
- Government of Canada's acquisition of Trans Mountain Pipeline
- OMERS Infrastructure's acquisition of a 50% interest in BridgeTex Pipeline
- Western Gas Partners' acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum midstream assets
Most Innovative Company
- Altus Midstream
- Enbridge
- Enterprise Products Partners
- Kinder Morgan
- Targa Resources
Best Investor Relations Team
- Cheniere Energy
- Crestwood Equity Partners
- Enterprise Products Partners
- ONEOK
- Tallgrass Energy
Most Fiscally Responsible
- Altus Midstream
- Enterprise Products Partners
- Magellan Midstream Partners
- MPLX
- Shell Midstream Partners
Breakthrough Company of the Year
- Cheniere Energy
- Crestwood Equity Partners
- ONEOK
- Plains All American Pipeline
- Tallgrass Energy
Best Sell-Side Report Headline
- Christine Cho, Barclays, "TEGP/TEP: Roll It Up, Roll It In, Where to Begin?"
- Tristan Richardson, SunTrust, "PETM (People for the Equitable Treatment of Midstream)"
- Timm Schneider, Citigroup, "You Can Do It Put Your Buy-BACK Into It!"
- TJ Schultz, RBC, "ANDX: Little Orphan Andeavor"
- Chris Sighinolfi, Jefferies, "DCP: DCP Induced, Mewbourn Arriving Early"
Best Sell-Side Macro Coverage
- Jefferies, led by Chris Sighinolfi
- RBC, led by TJ Schultz & Elvira Scotto
- UBS, led by Shneur Gershuni
- US Capital Advisors, led by Becca Followill
- Wells Fargo, led by Michael Blum
About the Ammys
The Ammys is a set of awards given annually by Alerian to recognize excellence in the North American energy infrastructure industry. The awards were first presented in 2016 at the Houston Club. The 4th Ammys ceremony, honoring the best companies, individuals, and transactions of 2018, as well as a class of Hall of Fame inductees for outstanding contributions to the sector during their lifetimes, will be on March 28, 2019, at the Crystal Ballroom at the Rice Hotel in Houston.
About Alerian
Alerian equips investors to make informed decisions about energy infrastructure and Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). Its benchmarks are widely used by industry executives, investment professionals, research analysts, and national media to analyze relative performance. As of December 31, 2018, over $12 billion is directly tied to the Alerian Index Series through exchange traded funds and notes, separately managed accounts, and structured products. Visit alerian.com to learn more.
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