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FOW Awards for Asia: shortlist announced

11 July 2012

Congratulations to all our shortlisted firms. The shortlist for the international awards will be announced at the end of July.

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


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