FOW International Awards shortlist
After over 120 entries have been reviewed, the FOW International Awards shortlist has been released.
The winners will be unveiled at a Gala Dinner in London on 7 December at which Icap group chief executive Michael Spencer will receive the lifetime achievement award.
Congratulations to all our shortlisted firms.
Category 1: Personal and individual awards
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Winner:
Michael Spencer, ICAP
EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Shaun Lynn, President, BGC Partners
Xavier Rolet, CEO, LSE
Jeff Sprecher, CEO and ChaIrman, Intercontinental Exchange
Lance Uggla, President, IHS Markit
Category 2: Exchanges and clearing categories
EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
• US and Canada
IntercontinentalExchange
Nodal Exchange
CME Group
TMX
EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
• South America
BM&F Bovespa
Rosario Futures Exchange
MexDer
Bolsa de Valores de Colombia
EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
• Europe
Nasdaq
Eurex
IntercontinentalExchange
Euronext
EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
• Asia-Pacific
ASX
Singapore Exchange
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
Taiwan Futures Exchange
EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
• Middle East and Africa
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Dubai Mercantile Exchange
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
BEST TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION BY AN EXCHANGE
BSE – new data centre
Eurex – ISA Direct
Nasdaq – NFF
Korea Exchange – Azerbaijan trading system
CLEARING HOUSE OF THE YEAR
• The Americas
CME
LCH
ICE Clear US
OCC
CLEARING HOUSE OF THE YEAR
• Europe
Nasdaq Clearing
LCH
Eurex Clearing
ICE Clear Europe
CLEARING HOUSE OF THE YEAR
• APAC and MEA
Singapore Exchange
LCH
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
JSCC
US OPTIONS EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
EDGX
MIAX
CBOE
Nasdaq Options Market
BEST NEW EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM
BSE - mutual fund trading platform
Nasdaq Futures Exchange
GMEX
ICE Futures Singapore
MOST INNOVATIVE NEW CONTRACT
• Equities and equity indexes
Singapore Exchange – MSCI China
Moscow Exchange – Micex mini
CME Group – BTIC suite
Taiwan Futures Exchange – TOPIX
MOST INNOVATIVE NEW CONTRACT
• Commodities and energy
Singapore Exchange – SGX Platts Iron Ore China
London Metal Exchange – Steel scrap
CME Group – aluminium suite
Multi Commodity Exchange of India – Gold Global
MOST INNOVATIVE NEW CONTRACT
• Interest rates and currency
CME Group – Ultra 10 year treasury notes
ASX – 20 year treasuries
Taiwan Futures Exchange – USD/CNT
Dubai Gold and Commodity Exchange – Quanto currency contracts
PROP TRADERS’ EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR
Voted for by prop traders, no shortlist
EXCHANGE DEAL OF THE YEAR
IntercontinentalExchange acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation
Nasdaq acquisition of ISE
Deutsche Bourse acquisition of 360T
London Stock Exchange disposal of Russell Investments
SEF OF THE YEAR
Tradition
Tradeweb
Bloomberg
Tullett Prebon
TRADE REPOSITORY OF THE YEAR
Unavista
DTCC
CME Trade Repository
Regis-TR
Category 3: Banks, brokers and market makers
BANK OF THE YEAR
Citi
SocGen
JP Morgan
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
IDB OF THE YEAR
OTC Global Holdings
Tullett Prebon
Tradition
BGC Partners
NON-BANK FCM OF THE YEAR
RJ O’Brien
ADM Investor Services
ED&F Man
Phillip Capital
CLIENT CLEARING FIRM OF THE YEAR
Citi
JP Morgan
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Goldman Sachs
MARKET MAKER OF THE YEAR
XTX
Flow Traders
Citadel Securities
Optiver
PROP TRADERS’ CLEARING FIRM OF THE YEAR
Voted for by prop traders, no shortlist
Category 4: Technology providers
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
• Trade reconciliation
Duco
Sapient
Traiana
Broadridge
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
• Blockchain
Nasdaq
Symbiont
National Settlement Depository Russia
SETL
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
• Post trade
TrueEx
Traiana
Message Automation
Broadridge
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
• Regulatory reporting
Sapient
Risk Focus
Abide Financial
Misys
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
• Risk management
Trading Screen
Nasdaq
Quantifi
Rival Systems
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
• Trading and execution
Dash360
Trading Technologies
Rival Systems
Tethys Technology
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
• Connectivity
Beeks
Itiviti
Ullink
Perseus
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
• Collateral management
Cloud Margin
Quantifi
Calypso
Lombard Risk
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT
• Market surveillance
Ancoa
Nasdaq
Onemarketdata
B-next
TRADING SYSTEM OF THE YEAR
• Buy-side
Horizon
Itiviti
Trading Technologies
Rival Systems
TRADING SYSTEM OF THE YEAR
• Sell-side
Thomson Reuters
Fidessa
Horizon
Redi
BEST INNOVATION BY AN ISV - REGULATORY CHANGE
Itiviti
Abide Financial
B-next
PROP TRADERS’ ISV OF THE YEAR
Voted for by prop traders, no shortlist
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