FOW International Award winners unveiled
5th December, 2018
The winners of the FOW International Awards were announced at a Gala Dinner in Central London on Tuesday
CME Group was the big winner at tonight's FOW International Awards taking home four awards as well as CEO Terry Duffy being announced as CEO of the Year.
The US exchange group won Global Exchange of the Year, Americas Exchange of the Year, Best new interest rates contract and Proprietary Traders' Exchange of the Year.
The winners were unveiled at a Gala Dinner in London. In the opening proceedings Andreas Preuss, former CEO of Eurex, was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2018.
The full list of winners can be found below, congratulations to all 2018 winners.
To link to the awards section of the latest Global Investor magazine, click here.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Andreas Preuss
CEO of the Year
Terry Duffy
Global Exchange of the Year
CME Group
Americas Exchange of the Year
CME Group
South American Exchange of the Year
B3
Asian Exchange of the Year
SGX
MENA Exchange of the Year
DGCX
European Exchange of the Year
Eurex Exchange
Clearing House of the Year: The Americas
OCC
Clearing House of the Year: Europe
LCH
Clearing House of the Year: Asia
LCH
Best Technology Innovation by an Exchange
Eurex Exchange
Best New Exchange
Asia Pacific Exchange
Most Innovative New Contract: Equities
ICE NYSE FANG+
Most Innovative New Contract: Currencies
NSE Cross Currency Suite
Most Innovative New Contract: Commodities
INE – Crude Oil
Most Innovative New Contract: Interest Rates
CME SOFR
SEF of the Year
Tradition SEF
Trade Repository of the Year
DTCC Global Trade Repository
Bank of the Year
Citi
IDB of the Year
BGC Partners
Non-bank FCM of the Year
RJ O’Brien
Market-maker of the Year
XTX Markets
Best new technology product: Reconciliations
UnaVista MiFIR Reconciliations
Best new technology product: Post-trade
FIS Cleared Derivatives Margin Advisor
Best new technology product: Risk management
Cinnober TradExpress CCP Risk
Best new technology product: Trading and execution
Itiviti Systematic Internaliser
Best new technology product: Connectivity
BSO
Best new technology product: Collateral management
CloudMargin
Best new technology product: Market data
Vela
Best new technology product: Surveillance
Trading Technologies TT Score
Best new technology product: Reporting
Kaizen ReportShield
Buy-side Trading System of the Year
Tethys Technology
Sell-side Trading System of the Year
Fidessa
Prop Trader’s Exchange of the Year
CME
Prop Trader’s Software Vendor of the Year
Bloomberg
Prop Trader’s Clearing provider
ABN Amro Clearing Bank
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