25th September, 2015
The FOW Awards for Asia 2015 were unveiled at a Gala Dinner in Singapore on the 23 September.
Congratulations to all this year's winners.
EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
Runner up: Dalian Commodity Exchange
Winner: Singapore Exchange
EMERGING EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
Bursa Malaysia Derivatives
BEST TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION BY AN EXCHANGE
Thailand Futures Exchange – new trading and clearing systems
CLEARINGHOUSE OF THE YEAR
LCH.Clearnet
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR FOR ASIA
CME Group
MOST INNOVATIVE NEW CONTRACT
- Equities
Taifex Link – Eurex Exchange and the Taiwan Futures Exchange
- Interest rates
China Financial Futures Exchange - 10 year treasury bonds
- Commodities
Dalian Commodity Exchange – Corn Starch
- Metals
Shanghai Futures Exchange – Nickel Cathode
- Currency
Singapore Exchange – USD/CNH
BANK OF THE YEAR
UOB
NON-BANK FCM OF THE YEAR
Yuanta Futures
CHINESE FCM OF THE YEAR
Haitong Futures
EMERGING MARKET BROKER OF THE YEAR
Kenanga Deutsche
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
- Post-trade reconciliation
DTCC
- Clearing
Calypso
- Trade reporting
Catena's TRACE
- Risk management
TradingScreen
- Trading and execution
Allocated Bullion Solutions
- Collateral management
SmartStream
- Market surveillance
National Stock Exchange of India – Surveillance system
DATA CENTRE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
Pacnet
TRADING SYSTEM OF THE YEAR
- Buy-side
Trading Technologies – TT
- Sell-side
Fidessa
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mr Lim Hua Min
EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD
HKEx - Stock Connect
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