On a cool Summer evening in London, a broad range of the great and the good from Europe’s financial services community gathered at the Hilton Waldorf to dine and celebrate their peers at this year’s European Markets Choice Awards.

And the Winners are:

Instinet Positive Change – Visionary
Adam Conn, Baillie Gifford

Instinet Positive Change – Best Company for Diversity & Inclusion
London Stock Exchange Group

Instinet Positive Change – Sustainability
Aviva Investors

Markets Recognition Award – Individual
Christophe Roupie, MarketAxess

Markets Recognition Award – Individual
Jatin Vara, BlackRock

Markets Recognition Award – Individual
Christoph Hock, Union Investment

Markets Recognition Award – Company
Liquidnet

European CEO of the Year
Matt Smith, SteelEye

Best Liquidity Provider (Equities)
Optiver

Best Liquidity Provider (Fixed Income)
BNP Paribas

Best Fixed Income Alpha Generator (Buy‐Side)
PIMCO

Best Equity Alpha Generator (Buy‐Side)
J O Hambro Capital Management

Best Buy‐Side Equities Trading Desk
JP Morgan Asset Management

Best Buy‐Side Fixed Income Trading Desk
BlackRock

Best Sell‐Side Equities Trading Desk
Instinet BlockCross

Best Sell‐Side Fixed Income Trading Desk
Jefferies

Best Market Structure Support (Sell‐Side)
Barclays

Best Agency Broker
Liquidnet

Best Credit Rating Investment Research/Data
CreditSights – Fitch

Best ESG Investment Research/Data
Goldman Sachs Marquee

Best Quant Investment Research/Data
BMLL Technologies

Best Equity E/OMS
Broadridge’s Order Management System

Best Fixed Income EMS
TS Imagine TradeSmart Fixed Income EMS

Best Fixed Income OMS
Charles River – A State Street Company

Best Trading Analytics Tool
Clearstream Bond Liquidity Data

Best Tool for Trading Efficiency
interop.io

Best Trading Communications Tool
IPC – Unigy® Soft Client and Mobile Client

Best Market Data Provider
Deutsche Börse – Market Data + Services

Best Equity Research Provision
Bank of America Securities

Best RegTech Provider
SmartStream

Best Market Infrastructure Operator
FIA Tech

Best Market Operator (OTC Instruments)
Tradeweb

Best Market Operator (Listed Securities)
Cboe

Best Use of AI in Investment/Trading
BondGPT by LTX, a Broadridge Company

Best Market Surveillance Solution Provider
SteelEye

Best Algo Provider
BMO Capital Markets

Best Outsourced Trading Provider
TD Cowen Prime Execution Services

May we offer our congratulations to the winners, and to all the attendees our thanks for making it such a festive occasion.