Buy-side Perspectives Issue 7 | Page 34

K&K Global Consulting Limited announces the: Buy-Siders’ Choice Awards 2016 winners London, Thursday 16 November 2016 ​ K&K Global Consulting Limited (K&KGC) is pleased to announce the winners of the Buy-Siders’ Choice Awards 2016. The K&KGC Buy-Siders’ Choice awards is the industry’s unbiased, non-sponsored awards for the buy-side traders to recognise their service provider’s performance and contributions to the buy-side community globally. The winners included representatives from some of the largest global financial institutions and cutting edge trading technology firms. The awards were presented in London on the 16th November at the Savoy hotel alongside The Trade’s Leaders in Trading awards. The event was attended by senior representatives from the most influential leading buy side firms and financial service providers. 360T • Foreign exchange trading system for block trading in Asia Abel Noser • Best equities TCA USA • Preferred broker rates OTC US$ bonds (joint winner) ​Barclays • Preferred broker rates OTC Europe EUR/GBP bonds • Preferred broker USA rates OTC US$ bonds (joint winner) • Preferred broker credit OTC US$ bonds • Preferred broker credit OTC Asian bonds (joint winner) ​CLSA • Equities broker coverage Asia • Regulatory product ranking across all asset classes: Bloomberg TCA, interconnectivity and monitoring • Electronic bond initiative for block trading Asia: Bloomberg BBX (Asian bonds) • Electronic bond liquidity initiative Asia: Bloomberg ALLQ/X (Asian bonds) • Foreign exchange trading system Asia: Bloomberg FXGO • Foreign exchange data supplier (Global) 34 • Equities broker sales person Europe: Stephen Harley (joint winner) Asia: Craig Reilly (joint winner) Citigroup Bank of America Merrill Lynch ​Bloomberg ​BTIG ​Credit Suisse • Equities broker coverage USA ​FXall • FX trading system in Europe ​FX Connect • Foreign exchange trading system for block trading in Europe www.buysideintel.com December 2016