FOW Awards for Asia awards – shortlist
Below is the shortlist for the inaugural FOW Awards for Asia. The awards will be announced at the Gala Dinner on the 18 September at the Marina Mandarin, Singapore. To book your place at the dinner, please contact Helen Seidenberg or Patrick Maher at hseidenberg@fow.com or pmaher@fow.com.
Congratulations to all of our shortlisted firms.
Category: Exchanges and clearing
MOST INNOVATIVE NEW CONTRACT LAUNCH BY AN EXCHANGE
Equities and index
HKEx and BSE – Bricsmart
Singapore Mercantile Exchange – MBIO Index
Osaka Securities Exchange - Nikkei 225 VI Index
Commodities and energy
National Spot Exchange – E-platinum
Singapore Mercantile Exchange – Black Pepper
Thailand Futures Exchange – Oil
Interest rates and foreign exchange
Dubai Gold and Commodity Exchange – Rupee options
Singapore Mercantile Exchange – Eur/USD
Tokyo Financial Exchange – Six month Euroyen Libor
Metals
Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange – gold
Multi Commodity Exchange of India – gold petal
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange – copper
BEST TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION BY AN EXCHANGE
Bursa Malaysia Derivatives – new clearing system
Singapore Exchange – SGX co-location
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing – Dynamic margining
ASIAN DERIVATIVES EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
MCX-SX
Bursa Malaysia Derivatives
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange
Singapore Exchange
Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange
INTERNATIONAL DERIVATIVES EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR FOR ASIA
CME Group
IntercontinentalExchange
Liffe
Eurex
ASIAN CLEARING HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
Singapore Exchange
Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing
PROP HOUSES DERIVATIVES EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR FOR ASIA
To be announced on the 18 September
Category: Banks, brokers and FCMs
ASIAN DERIVATIVES HOUSE OF THE YEAR (EXCL. CHINA)
Newedge
Sucden Financial
Interactive Brokers
Morgan Stanley
Phillips Futures
CHINESE DERIVATIVES HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Xinhu Futures
Nanhua Futures
Cifco
Galaxy Futures
Minmetals
Category: Technology and ISVs
BEST NEW PRODUCT
Trading and execution
Trading Technologies – X-trader 7.11
Sungard - Valdi Trader Lite
Risk management
Fidessa
FFastfill
Sungard
Connectivity
Interactive Data - Asia ticker plants
Fidessa
Sungard
PROP HOUSES ISV OF THE YEAR
To be announced on the 18 September
Category: Traders and trading houses
PROPRIETARY TRADING HOUSE OF THE YEAR
To be announced on the 18 September
Category: Individual
EXCHANGE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Mr Magnus Bocker, Singapore Exchange
Mr Charles Li, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
Mr Barry Cheung, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange
Mr Chong Kim Seng, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
To be announced on the 27 July in advance of the awards dinner