29th October, 2018

FOW International Awards 2018 celebrate the achievements of the top performing global derivatives firms
FOW International 2018 Awards: The Shortlists
Global Exchange: Cboe Global Markets, CME Group, Deutsche Boerse Eurex, The Intercontinental Exchange
North American Exchange: Cboe Global Markets, CME Group, ICE Futures US, TMX,
South American Exchange: B3, MexDer, Rofex,
European Exchange: EEX, Eurex, ICE Futures Europe, IDEM
Asian Exchange: HKEx, Japan Exchange, Singapore Exchange, Taiwan Futures Exchange
Middle East/ African Exchange: ADX, DGCX, DME, JSE
Tech Innovation by an Exchange: Cboe Global Markets, Eurex, Tradeweb
Americas Clearing House: CME Clearing, ICE Clear US, LCH, OCC
European Clearing House: Eurex Clearing, ICE Clear Europe, LCH
Asian Clearing House: HKEx Clearing Corporation, JSCC, LCH, SGX Derivatives Clearing
Best New Exchange or trading platform: Asia Pacific Exchange, Hanoi Stock Exchange Derivatives
Most Innovative New Contract Equities and Equity Indexes: CME S&P Russell 2000, Hanoi Stock Exchange VN30 Index, ICE NYSE FANG+ Index Futures and Options
Most Innovative New Contract Commodities, Energy and Ags: APEX Palm Olien, Shanghai Futures Exchange Crude oil, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Apple Futures
Most Innovative New Contract Interest Rates: CME SOFR future, CurveGlobal Sonia future, ICE Sonia future
Most Innovative New Contract Currency: JSE DANZ, National Stock Exchange Cross currency suite, Taifex US Dollar currency suite
SEF: NEX SEF, TPIcap, Tradeweb, Tradition SEF
Trade repository: CME Trade Repository, DTCC Global Trade Repository, UnaVista EMIR Trade Repository
Bank: BNP Paribas, Citigroup, JP Morgan
Inter-dealer broker: BGC Partners, TP Icap, Tradition
Non-bank FCM: ADM ISI, ED&F Man, RJ O’Brien
Market-maker: Citadel Securities, Optiver, XTX Markets
Tech – reconciliations: Duco, Smartstream, UnaVista MiFIR Reconciliations
Tech – post-trade: Cobalt, Fidessa AMS, FIS Cleared Derivatives Margin Advisor
Tech – risk: Cinnober TradExpress CCP Risk, Numerix, Trading Technologies
Tech – trading & execution: Cassini Systems, Itiviti Systematic Internaliser, Tethys,
Tech – connect: Avelacom, BSO, Itiviti Managed FIX
Tech – collateral management: Broadridge, Cassini Systems, CloudMargin
Tech – data: Kx Technology, Vela, Velocimetrics Market Data Quality Solution
Tech – surveillance: b-Next Blockchain Surveillance, Eventus Systems, Trading Technologies TT Score
Tech - reporting: Cappitech, Kaizen Reporting’s ReportShield, TradEcho SI Quoting,
Buy-side trading system: Charles River IMS, Fidessa GT, Tethys Technology, Trading Screen TradeSmart EOMS
Sell-side trading system: Fidessa Derivatives Trading Platform, Horizon Software, Itiviti T-Bricks, Tradition Trad-X
Chief Executive Officer of the Year: Cboe’s Ed Tilly, CME’s Terry Duffy, HKEx Charles Li
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