LONDON: Lowe Lintas, BBDO Worldwide and WPP have been named the best creative agency, network and holding company of the year respectively, according to new results from the Warc 100, which tracks annual performance in effectiveness and strategy competitions.

The Mumbai-based number one creative agency scored 213 points, with AMV BBDO second on 191 points and Colenso BBDO third on 148 points. Lowe Lintas also had the Warc 100's top-ranked campaign this year, with its 'Kan Khajura Tesan' initiative for Hindustan Unilever.

Rounding out the top five were Ogilvy & Mather New York (136 points) and Grey London (131 points).

Joseph George, CEO of Lowe Lintas India, added: "Warc is an organisation we hold in very high regard. And so this recognition is both extremely satisfying and spurring."

Elsewhere, BBDO Worldwide was the clear winner on the agency network rankings, with 1,236 points versus second-placed Ogilvy & Mather's 1,027 points. Among holding companies, WPP (4,008 points) was ranked number one, ahead of Omnicom Group (3,943) Publicis Groupe (2,552) and Interpublic Group (2535).

Andrew Robertson, President and CEO of BBDO Worldwide, said: "We believe the best work works best. Our goal is to be, and to be seen to be, the network that produces the most creative work that works best for its clients.

"The best proxy we have for measuring our performance against other agencies in effectiveness and the quality of our thinking is award schemes like those that are tracked by Warc. For us, it's very, very important. We aim to win it every year."

Starcom MediaVest Group Chicago was named top media agency, with PHD Mumbai in second place. 360i New York was top digital agency, with R/GA New York in second.

The Warc 100 is an annual list of the world's best campaigns, agencies and brands, based on their performance in effectiveness and strategy competitions in the previous calendar year. To compile this year's rankings, Warc tracked more than 2,200 winning campaigns from 87 different competitions.

You can read full 2015 results from the Warc 100 on our microsite. Warc subscribers can also read the full case studies for the winning campaigns, including 'Kan Khajura Tesan', which was ranked number one campaign of the year.

Data sourced from Warc