Oqulus.
2026 EMINENT
INVESTORS
EMs' Only Home for Investing Excellence.
Our flagship OQULUS program, Eminent is an exclusive listing of the top investment professionals and corporate leaders driving EM investment forward.
In many ways, 2025 has introduced EM to the global investor community in a newly constructive way. Selections this year therefore recognize the strategic vision, product innovation, and enterprise-level commitment that has converted this opportunity: with sustained new growth and capital access, and an eye to consolidating those gains.
We invite you to explore the program in detail below, and look forward to your entries.
Quick Details
Details at a Glance
Entry
The program is now open and nominations will close on December 12. Cost to enter is $349. Selections will launch on OQ Investor beginning December 22.
Eligibility
The program will include six categories highlighted in detail below, and is aimed at senior leadership and professionals with at least four years' experience.
Core Criteria
For 2025, our core criteria are performance, innovation, engagement/collaboration, and extension. See below for more.
Extra Value
Successful entries will receive a 2026 content partnership opportunity with OQ Investor. See details below.
Categories & Roles
Traditional Funds
Heads of strategy, portfolio managers and distribution across mutual funds and ETFs focused on EM and Frontier.
Alternatives
Fund managers and senior advisors focused on EM-focused hedge/risk strategies, fund of funds, private equity and credit.
Capital Markets
For leaders in investment banking including EM traders, dealmaking and issuance orchestration across ECM and DCM.
Private Wealth
For wealth advisors bringing EM strategies and expertise to the UHNW segment.
SWFs & Allocators
For sovereign wealth and public fund leadership, domiciled inside or outside EMs, focused on growing emerging and frontier markets.
Committed C-Suite
For chief executives and CIOs that have demonstrated extra commitment in supporting their firm's EM vision and growth.
2026 Selection Criteria
Outperformance.
Showcase how your team's performance is uniquely emblematic of EMs' strong 2025. New flows, major allocations, outperforming benchmark, absolute returns, or risk factors - slice it and dice it.
Innovation.
What's new? How did your team address client requirements with new products, thematics, rotations, or other strategies?
Engagement.
OQ's mission is to increase EM salience. Tell us about your efforts with invested entities, partnerships, and how you are bringing the EM story to a wider global investor audience.
Durability.
Asserting the leadership to make 2025's gains last is critical. Tell us about how your strategy has evolved, creating the foundation to build the year's momentum.
Extra Value for 2025
To celebrate our inaugural OQULUS programs, we are pleased to offer all successful entrants an inclusive partnership content opportunity in 2026.
Following selection we will engage with your firm to determine preference with respect to content and calendaring, Anticipated offerings including a fund or project profile, executive Q&A, or showcase placement within our Quanta research library. Limit one per firm.
Reach out to us for more information.