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At the biggest trading awards evening of the year, 250 of the industry’s finest
celebrate the achievements of the buy- and sell-side over the past year. Here are the
highlights and winners of the evening.
O
n 22 November at the prestigious Savoy Hotel in
London, buy- and sell-siders, technology vendors
and exchange operators gathered for an incredible night
at The TRADE’s annual Leaders in Trading awards
ceremony.
Once again, The TRADE had a record-breaking year,
with over 250 guests in attendance, including some of
the key figures of European buy-side trading, regulatory
bodies and politicans.
The Leaders in Trading ceremony acknowledges and
commends the multiple moving parts of the industry,
comprising the Algorithmic Trading & EMS awards,
Editors’ Choice awards, and the Buy-Side awards.
Kepler Cheuvreux, ITG and Instinet collected seven
awards between them in the Algorithmic Trading & EMS
category. Kepler Cheuvreux picked up awards for best
trading performance and overall outperformer, ITG col-
lected the best price improvement capabilities and EMS
best customer support awards, while Instinet claimed
awards for best access to market, EMS best product
consistency and EMS overall outperformer.
There were also big winners in the Editors’ Choice
category, with Cboe Europe taking home the awards
for outstanding periodic auction venue and outstanding
equities trading venue, and Bloomberg collecting the
awards for outstanding TCA provider and outstanding
market data provider. In what is always a closely con-
tested category, the London Stock Exchange Group took
home the award for the outstanding global exchange
group of the year.
Amundi, Invesco, Groupama Asset Management and
Hermes Investment Management were all winners
within the Buy-Side category this year, which was
opened to an industry vote with almost 1,000 sub-
missions entered to The TRADE, while Neil Bond of
Ardevora and Neil Joseph of JP Morgan Asset Man-
agement took home the Trader of the year awards for
hedge fund and long-only respectively.
Carl James, global head of fixed income trading at
Pictet Asset Management, was the recipient of the
prestigious Buy-side lifetime achievement award, while
Alasdair Haynes, founder and chief executive of Aquis
Exchange, was awarded the Editors’ choice lifetime
achievement award for their influential contributions to
the industry throughout their respective careers.
The event, the biggest awards ceremony in The
TRADE’s history, brought the curtain down on an
eventful and memorable year for both The TRADE and
the industry. As the markets brace for the upheaval of
Brexit, next year’s Leaders in Trading ceremony prom-
ises to be just as highly anticipated. See you there!
A full list of winners can be found overleaf...
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