Now in the their second year, the FOW Awards for Asia recognise the best of the Asian derivatives industry. The awards are currently being reviewed by our judging panel and the winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner at the Intercontinentel Hotel in Singapore on 26 September.

For more information on the dinner, click here.

1) Exchanges and clearing

ASIAN EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
HKEx
DGCX
Singapore Exchange
DME

CHINESE EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
Dalian Commodity Exchange
China Financial Futures Exchange
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange
Shanghai Futures Exchange

EMERGING EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
DGCX
Thailand Futures Exchange
Taiwan Futures Exchange
United Stock Exchange

INDIAN EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
MCX Stock Exchange
Bombay Stock Exchange
United Stock Exchange
National Stock Exchange of India

BEST TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION BY AN EXCHANGE
DGCX - new trading platform
HKEx - TKO data centre
Bursa Malaysia - New market surveillance system
ASX/SGX data centre co-location

CLEARING HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Singapore Exchange
HKEx
ASX

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR FOR ASIA
CME
Eurex
NYSE Liffe
Intercontinental Exchange

MOST INNOVATIVE NEW CONTRACT
- Index and equities
BSE - BSE 100 Options
SGX - MSCI Indonesia
SGX - Nifty Options
TFEX - Sector Index Futures

- Interest rates and currency
HKEX - RMB Currency futures
DGCX - Dollar Rupee mini
Thailand Futures Exchange - US dollar
MCX - US/Rupee futures

- Agricultural and softs
MCX - Guar Seed and Guar Gum / Cotton Seed Oil Cake
Bursa Malaysia - Options on Palm Oil futures
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange - Rapeseed
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange - Glass

- Energy
To be announced on the 26 September

- Metals
SMX - E-gold
Shanghai Futures Exchange - Silver
DGCX - Copper
Multi Commodity Exchange of India - Mild Steel

2) Banks, brokers and FCMs

BANK OF THE YEAR
Citigroup
JP Morgan
Deutsche Bank
Standard Chartered

NON-BANK FCM OF THE YEAR
Interactive Brokers
Capital Futures
Philip Futures
Nanhua Futures

CHINESE FCM OF THE YEAR
Galaxy Futures
Zhejiang Zhongda Futures
Xinhu Futures
Citic Futures
Nanhua Futures

COMMODITIES BROKER OF THE YEAR
Galaxy Futures
Standard Chartered
INTL FC Stone

FX BROKER OF THE YEAR
Interactive Brokers
HSBC
Deutsche Bank

EQUITY DERIVATIVES BROKER OF THE YEAR
JP Morgan
BNP Paribas
Credit Suisse

BEST INNOVATION BY A BANK, BROKER OR FCM
To be announced at the Gala dinner on 26 September

3) Technology

BEST NEW PRODUCT
- Post-trade reconciliation
Sungard
Smartstream

- Risk management
Omgeo
Quantifi

- Trading and execution
Sungard
Trading Technologies

- Connectivity
Financial Technologies
Trading Technologies

- Collateral management
Omgeo
Lombard Risk

DATA CENTRE OF THE YEAR
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
Equinix

TRADING SYSTEM OF THE YEAR
- Buy-side
FXall
Flextrade
CQG

- Sell-side
Flextrade
Thomson Reuters
Fidessa

BEST INNOVATION BY AN ISV - REGULATORY CHANGE
Numerix
Omgeo
Sungard