12th November, 2019
The shortlists have been submitted to judges who will choose the winners to be decorated at the annual awards dinner on December 10
Please find below the shortlists for the FOW International Awards 2019.
The winners will be announced on December 10 at the annual FOW International Awards dinner.
Exchange of the Year – North America:
Cboe Global Markets
CME Group
TMX Group
Exchange of the Year – South America:
B3 - Brazilian Exchange & OTC
Buenos Aires Stock Exchange
Mexican Stock Exchange
Exchange of the Year – Europe:
Deutsche Boerse’s Eurex Exchange
Euronext
LSE’s CurveGlobal
Exchange of the Year – Middle East and Africa:
Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange
Dubai Mercantile Exchange
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Exchange of the Year – Asia-Pacific:
Dalian Commodity Exchange
Shanghai Futures Exchange
Singapore Exchange
Clearing House of the Year – Americas:
CME Clearing
LCH
Nodal Clear
Clearing House of the Year – Europe:
Eurex Clearing
European Commodity Clearing
LCH
Clearing House of the Year – Asia-Pacific and MEA:
Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation
LCH
Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing
US Options Exchange of the Year:
Cboe Global Markets
Nasdaq PHLX
NYSE Arca
Most Innovative New Contract:
CME’s Micro E-Mini Future on S&P 500
CurveGlobal’s Libor-SONIA Inter-Commodity Spread
Eurex ESG Futures
Best New Product – Trade Reconciliation:
Broadridge Financial Solutions Reconciliation
ION Markets Precision
Velocimetrics VMX End-To-End
Best New Product – Post-Trade:
ION Markets XTP
SmartStream Technologies TLM Reconciliations Premium
TriOptima triReduce Benchmark Conversion
Best New Product – Regulatory Reporting:
AxiomSL T-and-T
Kaizen Reporting ReportShield
Transcend QFC RecordKeeping
Best New Product – Risk Management:
KRM22
The Technancial Company Janus Risk Manager
Torstone Technology RiskMine
Best New Product – Trading and Execution:
Broadridge Financial Solutions Visual Analytics
Itiviti Low Touch Order Management System
OSTC/ Zishi ELITE
Best New Product – Connectivity:
Avelacom
McKay Brothers NJ Metro Bandwidth Service
Raft Technologies
Best New Product – Collateral Management:
CloudMargin Platform
SmartStream Technologies TLM Collateral Management
TriOptima triResolve
Best New Product – Market Surveillance:
BornTec CrossCheck
Eventus Systems
Nasdaq SMARTS
Best New Product – Market Data:
Anova Financial Networks MicroFeed
Quincy Data by McKay Brothers
Refinitiv
Trading System of the Year – Buy-Side:
Charles River Development
Qbitia Qcaid
Trading Technologies TT
Trading System of the Year – Sell-Side:
Horizon Software’s Trading Platform
ION Global Trading Platform
Itiviti Tbricks
Trade Repository of the Year:
CME European Trade Repository
DTCC Global Trade Repository
LSE UnaVista Trade Repository
Bank of the Year:
BNP Paribas
Citigroup
Societe Generale
Inter-Dealer Broker of the Year:
BGC Partners
TP ICAP
Tradition
Non-Bank FCM of the Year:
Marex Spectron
RJ O’Brien
Sucden Financial
Market-Maker of the Year:
Citadel Securities
Optiver
XTX Markets
Proprietary Trading Firm of the Year:
OSTC
Tower Trading Group
XTX Markets
Client Clearing Provider of the Year:
ABN Amro Clearing
GH Financials
Marex Spectron
ETF/ Passive Fund Manager of the Year:
Amundi
BlackRock
DWS Group
FOW is also offering three awards for the exchange, broker and tech firm that have best-served proprietary trading firms over the judging period. Prop traders can cast their votes on these firms by clicking on this link.
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