7th December, 2022

This year, SGX Group won the Global Exchange of the Year while CME Clearing was named Clearing House of the Year
FOW International Awards 2022 was successfully held last night at Hilton London Bankside. Recognising the best and brightest innovations in the derivatives industry, the Awards continued to serve as the pinnacle of the industry benchmarks.
This year, SGX Group won the Global Exchange of the Year while CME Clearing was named Clearing House of the Year. Ian Lowitt from Marex and Stephen O'Connor from Quantile were awarded with Chief Executive of the Year and Lifetime Achievement respectively.
The full list of winners is listed below:
Exchange & Clearing
Global Exchange of the Year
SGX Group
Exchange of the Year - The Americas & Canada
CME Group
Exchange of the Year – Europe
Eurex
Best Technology Innovation by an Exchange or Clearing House
LCH Settlement Monitor
Clearing House of the Year
CME Clearing
Most Innovative Contract of the Year
BSE India
Index Provider of the Year
FTSE Russell, an LSEG business
Banks, Brokers, Props & Buyside
Bank of the Year
BNP Paribas
Non-Bank FCM of the Year
Marex
Market-Maker of the Year
Optiver
Client Clearing Provider of the Year
Marex
Technology
Equity Trading System of the Year
Tethys Technology, Inc.
Derivatives Trading System of the Year
Trading Technologies
Post-Trade System of the Year
Torstone Technology
Risk Management Solution of the Year
Quantile
Collateral Management Solution of the Year
CloudMargin
Market Surveillance Solution of the Year
Solidus Labs
Regulatory Reporting Solution of the Year
Kaizen Reporting
Trade Repository of the Year
DTCC's Global Trade Repository Service (GTR)
Connectivity Provider of the Year
AVELACOM
Market Data System of the Year
FIS Market Data Analyzer
Multi-Asset Trading System of the Year
Tethys Technology, Inc.
Trade Reconciliation Solution of the Year
HelloZero
Trading & Execution Solution of the Year
Nasdaq Trading & Matching Technology
Individual
Chief Executive of the Year
Ian Lowitt, Marex
Lifetime Achievement
Stephen O'Connor, Quantile
View all winner details and judges’ comments: https://events.globalinvestorgroup.com/bMGoWD
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