FOW International Awards 2026 Shortlist

Discover the shortlisted top performers and innovators for this year’s awards.

Join us on 12 February 2026 at The Waldorf Hilton, London in celebrating excellence across the global derivatives industry.

Exchanges & Clearing

Best Technology Innovation by an Exchange or Clearing House

Clearing House of the Year

AI at IBKR

CME

D2X

MIAX

NSE Clearing Limited

CME

Eurex Clearing

Euronext Clearing

HKEX

Japan Securities Clearing Corporation

LCH

NSE Clearing Limited

Most Innovative Contract of the Year

Index Provider of the Year

CME

Euronext

National Stock Exchange of India

B3

BSE Indices

MSCI Factor Indexes

MSCI Indexes for the Gulf Region and Indian Markets

MSCI Korea Index

MSCI NUAM Index

SIX

STOXX Ltd.

Global Exchange of the Year

Exchange of the Year - EMEA

Exchange of the Year - Americas


The recipients of these three awards will be announced at the awards ceremony on 12 February.

Banks, Brokers, Props & Buyside

Bank of the Year

The recipient of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony on 12 February.

Non-Bank FCM of the Year

Market-Maker of the Year

BANDS Financial Limited

Jaypee Capital IFSC

Nanhua Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Nuvama Asset Services

StoneX

Citadel Securities

IMC Trading

Wintermute

Client Clearing Provider of the Year

Retail Broker of the Year

ABN AMRO Clearing Bank

Citi

Jaypee Capital IFSC

Nanhua Singapore Pte. Ltd.

DHAN

IBKR Continues Best-in-Class Innovation and Growth Story

Vanir Global Markets


Technology

Equity Trading System of the Year

Fixed Income Platform of the Year

3AI Ltd

DHAN

IBKR Continues Best-in-Class Innovation and Growth Story

Marvelsoft

The recipient of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony on 12 February.

Derivatives Trading System of the Year

Multi-Asset Trading System of the Year

Clarion Capital

Deribit by Coinbase

Horizon Trading Solution

Ion

MIAX

Trading Technologies

Clarion Capital

Horizon Trading Solution

Marvelsoft

Trading Technologies

Market Data System of the Year

Post-Trade System of the Year

BMLL

Exegy Nexus

Mckay Brothers

Nasdaq Calypso

Post Trade Solutions, an LSEG Business

Smartstream

Taskize

Trading Technologies

Risk Management Solution of the Year

Trading & Execution Solution of the Year

Clarion Capital

Cumulus9

Ion

KRM22 Limits Manager

Nasdaq Calypso

NSE Clearing Limited

Post Trade Solutions, an LSEG Business

Scila AB

B3

D2X

ipushpull

Trading Technologies

Collateral Management Solution of the Year

Trade Reconciliation Solution of the Year

CloudMargin

CMeXs Clearing Management / Exchange Solutions

Nasdaq Calypso

NSE Clearing Limited

Post Trade Solutions, an LSEG Business

Smartstream

Taskize

BroadPeak Partners

Qomply

Smartstream

Market Surveillance Solution of the Year

Regulatory Reporting Solution of the Year

Eventus

Ion

Scila AB

Trading Technologies

DTCC’s Trade Reporting Analytics (TRA)

Kaizen

LSEG Regulatory Reporting Solutions

Nasdaq

Qomply

Smartstream

Trading System of the Year

Trade Repository of the Year

3AI Ltd

Clarion Capital

Euronext

IBKR Continues Best-in-Class Innovation and Growth Story

The recipient of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony on 12 February.


Connectivity Provider of the Year

Collateral Management Provider of the Year

Anova Financial Networks

BroadPeak Partners

Ion

Marvelsoft

The recipient of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony on 12 February.

Individual

Chief Executive of the Year

Lifetime Achievement Award

The recipients of these two Individual awards will be announced at the awards ceremony on 12 February.