Markets Choice Awards Shortlist Announced

Markets Media Group is pleased to present the preliminary shortlist for the 2020 Markets Choice Awards. More than ever we feel that it is vital to recognize and celebrate excellence and resilience in our financial markets. In that spirit, starting with the Instinet Positive Change Awards, we will be rolling out a number of polls and digital events in the coming weeks which will culminate in the selection and presentation of the winners. Stay tuned for more categories including Lifetime Achievement, Person of the Year, CEO of the Year, Rising Stars, the Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award and more.

Best Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk
Alliance Bernstein
BlackRock
Fidelity Investments
Janus Henderson
State Street Global Advisors
T. Rowe Price
Wellington Asset Management
Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk
BlackRock
Citadel
Eaton Vance
Goldman Sachs Asset Mangement
Janus Henderson
Pimco
Vanguard
Virtu Financial
Best Best-Buy FX Trading Desk
Duquesne Capital Management
JP Morgan Asset Management
Excellence in Trading
Tami Chez, Citi
Ted Duffy, Wellington Asset Management
Jeff Estella, Estella LLC
Brian Frambes, FMR
Rosalyn Kemp, Citi
Mehmet Kinak, T. Rowe Price
Ed Nebens, First Pacific Advisors
Joe Scafidi, Brandes Investment Partners
Mark Wyatt, T. Rowe Price
Best OMS
Broadway Technology
Charles River Development
FlexTrade
Itiviti
smartTrade Technologies
Best EMS
AxeTrading
FlexTrader EMS
Instinet Newport
Portware, Factset
smartTrade Technologies
TradingScreen/TradeSmart
Wolverine Execution Services
Best New Product
CliK – Powered by Online Trading Academy
CoralBlocks Suite
EP3, Connamara Systems
FRTB Service, Depository Trust Clearing Corporation
Gemini Custody, Gemini
Market on close orders, Goldman Sachs
GTR SFTR. Depository Trust Clearing Corporation
IntelligentCross ATS, Intelligent Cross
Investor Kinetics, DTCC
Low Touch, ION Markets
IvyDB US 4.0, OptionMetrics
SURVEIL-X, NICE Actimize
UBS Data Solutions, UBS
Portfolio Trading, Tradeweb
Proficio Capital Strategic Opportunities, Insurance Dedicated Fund
Buy-Side Conference Management Solution, Tier1 Financial Services
TrueFX, Integral/Jefferies
WEX Connect, Wolverine Execution Services
TapDark Algo, UBS
Best Company
Bloomberg
Citadel
Cowen
IEX
Instinet
IPC
MarketAxess
Nasdaq
NICE Actimize
Pico
R3
The Derivatives Service Bureau
TradingScreen
Best FinTech Company (under 3 years old)
Arcus Partners
Battea Class Action Services
ETFLogic
Evidology Systems Ltd
Imperative Execution
Kaiko
Limeglass
Securitize
Best Fixed Income Trading Platform
280 CapMarkets BondNav
Charles River Development
Liquidnet
MarketAxess
MuniBrokers
OpenDoor Securities
smartTrade Technologies
Tradeweb
TradingScreen
Best Exchange
CBOE
CME
LSEG
Gemini Trust
IEX
MEMX
Nasdaq
NYSE
Best Clearing House
CME Clearing
Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC)
OCC
Best in AI
Imperative Execution – IntelligentCross
IPC and GreenKey Technologies’ Blotter App
JPMC OmniAI Platform
MarketAxess Composite Plus (CP+)
Mosaic Smart Data
NICE Actimize CDD-X
Truvalue Labs
Best in Cloud
Adaptive Cloud eTrading Platforms
Finity 360, Arcus Partners
IEX Cloud
IPC’s Connexus Cloud
Mambu
NICE Actimize ActimizeWatch for Compliance Managed Analytics Service
Sterling Trading Tech – Sterling Risk Engine
Tier1 Financial Solutions
Velocimetrics
Best in Regtech
ARM Insight – Mimic
Ascent RegTech
Eventus Systems
Evidology Systems
FRTB Service, DTCC
GTR SFTR, DTCC
NICE Actimize Reg BI Surveillance Solution
S3
SS&C Regulatory Services (Core SightLine)
Sterling Trading Tech – Sterling Aggregator