These awards honour the companies, platforms, services and products that have made an impact on the global derivatives market during the last 12 months.
GlobalCapital began the nominations process in June. The editorial team set out with very clear criteria: to recognise the pioneers of the derivatives industry, the innovators and thought leaders. The panel was looking for growth stories with momentum, but particularly focusing on those companies that have been prepared to go the extra mile for their clients rather than simply enjoying a big market share.
GlobalCapital’s editorial panel took extensive feedback from the market to produce a shortlist in each category. They then set out to visit as many of the nominees as possible, to discuss what they have been doing with their businesses and the initiatives they had undertaken over the year.
Considerations for each category included unique products and services, technological innovation, commitments to new markets and geographies, measures to improve efficiency and liquidity, initiatives to help improve market stability and oversight, as well as client guidance and advocacy.
Most importantly, GlobalCapital wanted to reward those firms who had risen to the challenges that 2015 has brought, created valuable solutions and helped provide greater clarity for the market. The awards also recognised those companies which are thinking about the future and the even greater industry challenges that may lie just over the horizon.
Congratulations to the winners and runners up.
Derivatives house of the year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BNP Paribas - Winner
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
Equity derivatives house of the year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BNP Paribas
Goldman Sachs
Société Générale
UBS - Winner
FX derivatives house of the year
Citi - Winner
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
UBS
Interest rate derivatives house of the year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BNP Paribas - Winner
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
Credit derivatives house of the year
BNP Paribas
Barclays
Citi - Winner
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
Structured products house of the year
BNP Paribas
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
Société Générale - Winner
UBS
Research and strategy house of the year
BNP Paribas
Barclays
Deutsche Bank
Morgan Stanley
Nomura - Winner
Clearing bank of the year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Winner
Citi
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
Electronic platform of the year
Barclays
Deutsche Bank
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
UBS - Winner
Hedge fund of the year
AQR Capital
BlueCrest
Cheyne
Citadel - Winner
Asset manager of the year
Alliance Bernstein
BlackRock - Winner
Eaton Vance
Vanguard
Global law firm of the year
Allen & Overy - Winner
Clifford Chance
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Mayer Brown
Morrison & Foerster
European law firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Mayer Brown - Winner
Morrison & Foerster
Asia Pacific law firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance - Winner
Drew & Napier
Linklaters
Data vendor of the year
Bloomberg
Interactive Data
Markit - Winner
SuperDerivatives
Index provider of the year
MSCI
Markit
Russell Indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices - Winner
Stoxx
Interdealer broker of the year
BGC Partners - Winner
Icap
Tradition
Tullett Prebon
Equity derivatives interdealer broker of the year
BGC Partners - Winner
Icap
Tradition
Tullett Prebon
FX derivatives interdealer broker of the year
BGC Partners - Winner
Icap
Tradition
Tullett Prebon
Interest rate derivatives interdealer broker of the year
BGC Partners
Icap
Tradition
Tullett Prebon - Winner
Credit derivatives interdealer broker of the year
BGC Partners - Winner
Creditex
Icap
Tradition
Swap execution facility of the year
BGC Partners
Bloomberg
MarketAxess
Tradeweb
Tradition
TrueEX
Tullett Prebon - Winner
Derivatives clearing house of the year
CME Group - Winner
Eurex OTC Clear
ICE Clear
SwapClear/LCH.Clearnet
Global derivatives exchange of the year
Chicago Board Options Exchange
CME Group - Winner
Eurex
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
European derivatives exchange of the year
Eurex - Winner
CME Group
Intercontinental Group (ICE)
London Stock Exchange
Asia Pacific derivatives exchange of the year
Hong Kong Exchange
Japan Exchange Group
Korea Exchange
Singapore Exchange - Winner
