FOW International Award winners 2017
6th December, 2017
The FOW International Awards were unveiled at a Gala Dinner tonight in London.
Taifex took home the Global Exchange of the Year on Wednesday night becoming the first regional market to scoop the award after a year of impressive growth and innovation.
The Taiwanese exchange won the award after a year in which it launched the world’s first offshore RMB options, a suite of FX futures, Nifty futures and Taiwanese dollar denominated S&P and DJIA futures.
In addition the exchange implemented a new trading system that doubled capacity and cut latency to quarter of its previous level. Taifex also launched an after-hours trading session during the juding period.
Former London Stock Exchange CEO Xavier Rolet picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award just days after his departure from the exchange.
For the full list of winners see below.
Click here to download the full awards brochure.
Personal
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Xavier Rolet
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
John Phizackerley, TP ICAP
EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD
Vela
Exchanges and CCPs
GLOBAL EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
Taifex
EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
US and Canada
CME Group
EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
Central and South America
B3
EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
Europe
European Energy Exchange
EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
Asia-Pacific
Taifex
CLEARING HOUSE OF THE YEAR
The Americas
ICE Clear US
CLEARING HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Europe
LCH
CLEARING HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Asia
LCH
BEST NEW EXCHANGE
CurveGlobal
MOST INNOVATIVE NEW CONTRACT
Equities and equity indexes
Eurex - Total Return Futures
MOST INNOVATIVE NEW CONTRACT
Interest rates
ICE Futures Europe – Eris LIBOR suite
MOST INNOVATIVE NEW CONTRACT
Commodities and ags
Dalian Commodity Exchange – Soybean Options
PROP TRADERS’ EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
Eurex
EXCHANGE DEAL OF THE YEAR
CBOE acquisition of Bats
SEF OF THE YEAR
Tradeweb
TRADE REPOSITORY OF THE YEAR
CME ETR
Banks and brokers
BANK OF THE YEAR
Citi
IDB OF THE YEAR
TP ICAP
NON-BANK FCM OF THE YEAR
RJ O’Brien
MARKET MAKER OF THE YEAR
Citadel Securities
PROP TRADERS’ CLEARING FIRM OF THE YEAR
ABN Amro Clearing Bank
Technology
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
Trade reconciliation
Smartstream
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
Blockchain
Thomson Reuters
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
Post trade
Nex Trioptima and CLS
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
Risk management
Smartstream
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
Trading and execution
Ullink
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
Connectivity
FIS
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
Collateral management
Broadridge
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
Market data
Apcela
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
Market surveillance
Nasdaq Smarts
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
Regulatory reporting
Itiviti
TRADING SYSTEM OF THE YEAR
Buy-side
AxeTrading
TRADING SYSTEM OF THE YEAR
Sell-side
Fidessa
BEST INNOVATION BY AN ISV
Droit
PROP TRADERS’ ISV OF THE YEAR
Trading Technologies
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