GlobalCapital drew up a list of nominees for each category based on a poll conducted across the derivatives industry in the Americas. We then met with nominees to discover what distinguished them from their competitors before an editorial panel decided on the winning institutions. Congratulations and our thanks to everyone who took part.
Americas Derivatives House of the Year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch — winner
Deutsche Bank
JP Morgan
UBS
Canada Derivatives House of the Year
Bank of Montreal
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce — winner
RBC Capital Markets
Toronto-Dominon
Latin America Derivatives House of the Year
BBVA — winner
BNP Paribas
HSBC
JP Morgan
Equity Derivatives House of the Year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch — winner
BNP Paribas
Deutsche Bank
Société Générale
Credit Derivatives House of the Year
Barclays
BNP Paribas — winner
Credit Suisse
Société Générale
FX Derivatives House of the Year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BNP Paribas
JP Morgan
Société Générale
UBS — winner
Interest Rate Derivatives House of the Year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch — winner
Barclays
Credit Suisse
Morgan Stanley
Structured Products House of the Year
BNP Paribas — winner
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
UBS
Derivatives Research and Strategy House of the Year
Barclays
BNP Paribas
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank — winner
Derivatives Clearing Bank of the Year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Citi — winner
JP Morgan
Natixis
Electronic Platform of the Year
Barclays
Deutsche Bank
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
UBS — winner
Asset Manager of the Year
AllianceBernstein
BlackRock
Eaton Vance Management
Vanguard — winner
Hedge Fund of the Year
AQR Capital Management
BlueCrest Capital Management
Citadel — winner
Pimco
Americas Law Firm of the Year
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Mayer Brown
Morrison Foerster — winner
Canada Law Firm of the Year
Blakes Cassels & Graydon
Borden Ladner Gervais — winner
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Data Vendor of the Year
Bloomberg
Interactive Data Corporation
Markit — winner
SuperDerivatives
Index Provider of the Year
Markit — winner
MSCI Inc.
Russell Indexes
Standard & Poor’s Dow Jones Indices
Interdealer Broker of the Year
BGC Partners
ICAP
Tullett Prebon
Tradition — winner
Swap Execution Facility of the Year
Bloomberg
MarketAxess
Tradeweb Markets
Tradition
TrueEX — winner
Clearing House of the Year
CME Group — winner
ICE Clear
NASDAQ OMX
Derivatives Exchange of the Year
Chicago Board Options Exchange — winner
CME Group
Eris Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
