Knowledge Center

Members and our industry colleagues are encouraged to stay up to date on FCS news and recaps of our events on this page. You’ll also find links to audio / video recordings whenever they’re available for all audiences. If you’re interested in sharing proprietary research and relevant insights with our financial marketing and media audience, please contact FCS CEO Kevin Windorf (kevin@thefcs.org).

Past Events

  • May 7, 2026

    Award

    FCS Portfolio Awards Gala – SOLD OUT

    THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. For information and to be added to the wait list, please contact FCS Admin/Comms Juliet McAlee, juliet@thefcs.org. The 32nd Annual FCS Portfolio Awards Gala Dinner & After Party will be held at the amazing Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.  Our legendary black tie event will again be staged in […]

    New York

  • April 28, 2026

    Breakfast

    Inside The Mind of The RIA

    Panelist Gordy Abel

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Panelist Bernadette Bridy

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Panelist Jeff Kochie

    Head of Channel Marketing

    Moderator Jared Trexler

    Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer

    Philadelphia

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FCS News

  • May 8, 2026

    FCS Portfolio Awards Honor Best in Financial Marketing and Communications for 2025

    Cboe Global Markets scores top prize for “Life is Better With Options” Integrated Marketing Campaign along with Best in Show Consumer Bank of America dominates the competition with 27 trophies including Best in Show Corporate Image Nuveen, Esquire Bank, and UNFCU also nab Best in Show trophies NEW YORK (May 8, 2026) – Last night, […]

    New York

  • Dec 15, 2025

    Enrollment OPENS for Members-Only Mentoring Program 2026

    The FCS is proud to announce the launch of the seventh season of our successful Members-Only Mentoring Program for 2026. Our program matches mentees and mentors based on their career goals, experience, and interests. Applications for both roles are open now and will close on December 31 (no exceptions). Mentoring will begin in January, kicking […]

    New York

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Industry Insights

  • Mar 3, 2026

    ICEBERG AHEAD

    by Kevin Windorf, CEO, FCS; CMO, 2112 Communications Markets have a way of looking calm right up until they’re not. Today’s headlines are a reminder of that illusion. Geopolitics and military actions breed uncertainty. Tariff-driven trade policy continues to whipsaw. The joyride of crypto has gone off the rails — again. And the AI narrative, […]

    New York

  • Feb 11, 2026

    How Gen Z Redefines Trust and Brand in Financial Services and Fintech

    by Kevin Windorf, CEO, FCS; CMO, 2112 Communications For years, financial services marketers have treated Gen Z as a single audience: younger, digital-first, values-driven. That framing is convenient. It is also increasingly wrong. What Gen Z is really doing to financial services marketing is more disruptive — and more useful. This generation is fragmenting the […]

    New York

  • Jan 30, 2026

    Creative Excellence in an Age of Readiness

    On behalf of the FCS, my thanks to O’Dwyer’s for the opportunity to share my perspective on the importance of creative excellence during a time where financial marketing and communications is rapidly shifting. In my article, “Creative Excellence in an Age of Readiness,” I write that for years our industry measured excellence by how clearly we […]

    New York

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