Derivatives Global Awards

With its data, technology and expertise across asset classes, IHS Markit has developed its offering to adapt to new regulations and help clients fulfil their reporting and compliance obligations.

Few firms possess the breadth of derivatives product expertise that Mayer Brown has, and it stands out for its global reach and leading practices on both sides of the Atlantic.

BNP Paribas went from strength to strength in 2020 by upping the pace of its digitalisation and expanding its client base.

The violent sell-off across financial markets this spring turned many investors’ positions upside down. Those without proper hedges in place were at best left embarrassed and at worst forced to shut up shop. Despite central banks once again intervening, plenty are finding reason to be cautious. Ross Lancaster investigates what lessons, if any, market participants have learnt from the meltdown.

Ranked number one across products and regions, and with a proprietary technology platform built from scratch, Citi is positioned for a world where scale and breadth is vital — and the preserve of a handful of firms. Citi tops that pile in both flow business and structured solutions, and it has built a leading OTC clearing business to boot.

Credit Suisse has harnessed its strength in structured products to deliver innovative solutions for its private banking and institutional clients in a collaborative fashion.

TP ICAP forged ahead with the expansion of its data and analytics offering in 2019, outperforming the market as it rolled out a broader suite of products.

Playing to its strengths as a top trading house across both flow market making and structured products, Nomura stands out for its consistency, global offering and appetite for risk taking.

ESG derivatives have been on the development fast track this year as product creation has swept from equity referencing contracts through to other asset classes. Ross Lancaster reports on the next steps the market must take to reach maturity.

GlobalCapital is delighted to announce the winners of its 2020 Global Derivatives Awards.

GlobalCapital is delighted to announce the nominees for its 2020 global derivatives awards.

Société Générale’s new Hedge to Pledge initiative has been two years in the making. By tapping into existing flows of FX trading, it will raise funds for a variety of good causes in partnership with Epic Foundation, an innovation that could embed charitable donation into routine financial practice, and therefore wins GlobalCapital’s industry initiative of the year.