The inaugural European Markets Choice Awards – shortlist

Best Execution is delighted to announce the inaugural European Markets Choice Awards sponsored by Instinet and Tradeweb.

These Awards recognise excellence and identify the leading companies and individuals in institutional trading and technology.

Every aspect is covered from buy and sellside execution desks, to exchanges and platforms, incumbent technology providers, regtech firms as well as up and coming fintech firms. We look at achievements over the past year, innovative contributions and future developments.

The nominations are generated by the industry, for the industry and the methodology for choosing the winners is based on reviewing submissions, industry information and consultations from a wide range of market experts.

Please save the date/time: Thursday, Jun 24 at 4:30 pm (BST) for the virtual awards reception. And we look forward to seeing everyone live and in-person, next year.

1. CEO OF THE YEAR

• David Schwimmer, CEO, LSEG
• Andrea Pignataro, founder and CEO of ION Trading
• Gianluca Minieri, Chief Executive Officer at Amundi Intermédiation, Deputy Global Head of trading, Amundi
• Stéphane Boujnah, CEO & chairman of the managing board, Euronext
• Mike Bellaro, CEO, Plato Partnership

2. LIQUIDITY PROVIDER (Equities)

• Goldman Sachs
• Flow Traders
• Exane
• Citadel Securities
• Credit Suisse

3. LIQUIDITY PROVIDER (Fixed Income)

• JP Morgan
• Jane Street
• Citi
• Citadel Securities
• Barclays
• Morgan Stanley

4. FIXED INCOME ALPHA GENERATOR (Buy-Side)

• PIMCO
• Standard Life Aberdeen
• Schroders
• M&G
• Natixis
• Jupiter

5. EQUITY ALPHA GENERATOR (Buy-Side)

• Allianz Global Investors
• BNP Paribas Asset Management
• Schroders
• Amundi
• L&G
• GAM

6. BUY-SIDE EQUITIES TRADING DESK

• Allianz Global Investors
• Man Group
• Union Investment
• Blackrock
• Brewin Dolphin
• Findlay Park

7. BUY-SIDE FIXED INCOME TRADING DESK

• Schroders
• LGIM
• KBC Asset Management
• Brewin Dolphin
• Pictet Asset Management
• BNP Paribas Asset Management [BNPP AM]

8. SELL-SIDE EQUITIES TRADING DESK

• Morgan Stanley
• Goldman Sachs
• BNP Paribas (inc. Exane)
• Kepler Cheuvreux
• Wells Fargo

9. SELL-SIDE FIXED INCOME TRADING DESK

• Citadel Securities
• JP Morgan
• Barclays
• Morgan Stanley
• Citi

10. EQUITIES E/OMS

• TradingScreen
• Factset
• Instinet Newport
• Iress Order System
• Itiviti order and execution management solution

11. FIXED INCOME E/OMS

• Charles River
• Aladdin
• Bloomberg
• AxeTrader

12. TRADING ANALYTICS TOOL

• BestX
• Virtu
• MarketAxess Trax
• big XYT
• BMLL
• IPC – Blotter & DaaS
• Mosaic Smart Data – MSX360
• Tradeweb TCA

13. TRADING VENUE (OTC PRODUCTS)

• Tradeweb
• MTS
• MarketAxess
• Brokertec
• FXAll
• Bloomberg

14.TRADING VENUE (FLOW PRODUCTS)

• Eurex
• LSEG
• Euronext
• Aquis Exchange
• CBOE Europe
• Liquidnet

15. MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATOR

• LCH Clearnet
• Eurex Clearing
• LSEG
• IPC – Connexus Cloud
• ANNA & GLEIF
• Derivatives Service Bureau
• Euronext
• TriOptima

16. BEST COMPANY

• MarketAxess
• IPC
• BTON Financial
• JP Morgan
• Allianz Global Investors

17. BEST REGTECH COMPANY

• ComplyAdvantage
• Fenergo
• Kaizen Reporting
• TriOptima
• Eventus Systems
• Meritsoft (a Cognizant company)
• NICE
• SmartStream

18. ADDITIONAL CATEGORY FOR INDIVIDUAL

• Adam Toms, OpenFin
• Claire Calmejane, SocGen
• Tilman Lueder, Head of Securities Markets at European Commission
• Sean George (formerly Strukturinvest – for diversity campaigning)
• Linn Karstadt, Head of Trading Davigo AG for Excellence in AI Investments & Trading
• Claire Calmejane, Group Chief Innovation Officer at Societe Generale
• Charlotte Wood, head of innovation and fintech alliances at Schroders
• Alexandra Boyle, Head of Client Strategic Group at OpenFin
• Magdalena Krön, Rise Global FinTech Platform Director, Barclays
• Rob McKay, CEO, Itiviti

19. INSTINET SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

• Federated Hermes
• Amundi Asset Management
• Schroders
• Euronext

Please note: the European Markets Choice Awards shortlists are a snapshot of where we are in the process. The shortlists are not final, and not being listed does not preclude consideration for an award. Also, some of the shortlist awards categories may change or may not move forward, and the final EMCA programme may include additional categories not listed here.  

©Markets Media Europe 2021

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