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

OTR’s, OpenDoor Securities

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

UBS Data Solutions, 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