The best representatives of the PBWM industry were announced in the evening of 17 December at Moscow’s Et Cetera Theater. Today Moscow met the winners of the milestone 10th SPEAR’S Russia Wealth Management Awards 2018 – Russia’s first private banking and wealth management industry award. Ekaterina Skulkina and Dmitry Khrustalev starred as hosts of the ceremony. Gazprombank Private Banking snatched the ‘best Russian bank for private clients’ nomination, whereas Alfa-Bank managed to hold on to its last year’s title of ‘Russia’s best bank for corporate clients’. Alfa Private was named the best Russian bank of the decade. Citi was awarded the title of the best foreign bank catering for HNWIs, and Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen was honored with the title of the best foreign bank of the decade. Alfa Capital Management Company was distinguished with yet another award as the best management company for HNWIs. General Invest became the best investment company of the year, whereas QBF was lauded for the best investment strategy. Uralsib was given an award for ‘efficient business model overhaul’. UFG Wealth Management was chosen the best family office of the year for the second consecutive time. The staff of Sberbank Private Banking was named the best team of the year. Absolut Bank took the ‘Best Client Service’ prize, and Unibank Privé now holds the title for being ‘the Best Private Banking Client Service in the C.I.S’.