Financial Knowledge, Media & Culture · FKMC Musrefy Award 2026
Banking & Financial Events Award
Honours influential professional events for sharing knowledge and building relationships.
How this award is scored
- Evaluation
- 90% automatic · 10% by the award committee
- Minimum score to win
- 70 / 100
- Measurement period
- The latest edition of the event held in 2025, compared with the previous edition for return measures
Who can apply
- A professional banking or financial event (conference, forum, summit) organised by a licensed or public body
- At least one edition held in 2025 with at least 150 participants
- Attendee registration data and post-event survey results available
- No final material regulatory or judicial sanction against the nominee during the measurement period
Indicators and weights
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15%
Senior attendee share
Share of actual attendees at department-head level or above from financial institutions or regulators
Points
- 50 – < 100 % 100
- 35 – < 50 % 80
- 20 – < 35 % 50
- 0 – < 20 % 20
Evidence
Registration and check-in data with job titles
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15%
Attendee satisfaction
Share of satisfied or very satisfied respondents in the post-event survey, provided responses reach at least 20% of attendees
Points
- 90 – < 100 % 100
- 80 – < 90 % 80
- 70 – < 80 % 50
- 0 – < 70 % 20
Evidence
Survey results with the number of respondents
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15%
Speaking slots not sold
Share of speaking slots not granted in return for sponsorship or fees, out of all speaking slots
Points
- 85 – < 100 % 100
- 70 – < 85 % 80
- 50 – < 70 % 50
- 0 – < 50 % 20
Evidence
Final agenda with the sponsor list and sponsorship packages
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10%
Returning attendees
Share of the latest edition's attendees who also attended the previous one (for a first edition, the share of sponsors and partners who confirmed for the next edition)
Points
- 45 – < 100 % 100
- 30 – < 45 % 80
- 15 – < 30 % 50
- 0 – < 15 % 20
Evidence
Comparison of attendee lists for both editions or confirmation letters
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10%
Countries represented
Number of countries from which speakers or participants from financial institutions or regulators attended
Points
- ≥ 10 100
- 6 – < 10 85
- 3 – < 6 60
- 1 – < 3 30
Evidence
Registration data by country
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10%
Editions held
Number of editions of the event held up to end-2025
Points
- ≥ 7 100
- 4 – < 7 85
- 2 – < 4 60
- 1 – < 2 30
Evidence
Links or documents for previous editions
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10%
Published outputs
What was published within 30 days of the event ending
Points
- A public closing report with recommendations or takeaways100
- Session recordings only50
- Nothing0
Evidence
Links to the report or recordings with publication date
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5%
Women speaker share
Women as a share of all speakers and moderators
Points
- 35 – < 100 % 100
- 20 – < 35 % 80
- 10 – < 20 % 50
- 0 – < 10 % 20
Evidence
Final agenda with speaker names
Scored by the award committee
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Value of the programme
10%- An agenda tackling the sector's most pressing issues of the year in in-depth sessions, with outputs adopted or cited by a regulator or professional body100
- An agenda on current sector issues with varied sessions but outputs not built upon70
- A general agenda dominated by introductory presentations40
- An agenda dominated by sponsor promotion10
Each indicator gives 0 to 100 points; its share of the total is its weight. Ties are decided by the indicators listed first in the scorecard; payment or package never affects the score.
Cycle timeline
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Done
Nominations open
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Upcoming
Nominations close
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Upcoming
Judging starts
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Upcoming
Judging ends
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Upcoming
Results announced
Times are in Asia/Riyadh (UTC+03:00).
Results
Results are announced only after final approval.
