14th October, 2024

Derivia Intelligence Middle East has extended the deadline for the Dubai-based FOW and Structured Retail Products awards to October 22 to allow firms more time to complete their entries.
This year, FOW is offering eleven high-profile awards to recognise exceptional performance by financial services firms active in the Middle East region.
The Middle East Exchange of the Year and International Exchange of the Year awards are being decided by stakeholder votes for the first time.
The other nine awards involve submissions by the individual firms which are then sent to a panel of local experts who will vote on the various awards and decide a winner.
These awards are: Clearing House of the Year; Middle East Bank of the Year; Trade Repository of the Year; International Bank of the Year; Non-Bank Broker of the Year; Equities Broker of the Year; Fixed Income Broker of the Year; FX Broker of the Year; and Commodities Broker of the Year.
The original deadline of October 15 has now been extended by one week to October 22 to allow firms more time to complete and submit their entries.
The winners will be announced on November 20 at an event held at the prestigious Conrad Dubai after the inaugural Derivia Intelligence Middle East conference which will take place during the day of November 20.
To view the methodology that underpins the awards, please click here.
To submit an entry to the awards for consideration, please click here.
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