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And the
winner is…
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n 21 November, the cream
of the trading world
gathered at the prestigious
Savoy hotel in London to join
in the celebrations for another
phenomenal night at this year’s
Leaders in Trading awards dinner.
With 34 awards across the
buy-side, editors’ choice, and
algorithmic trading and EMS
categories, The TRADE was joined
by over 250 industry leaders
to recognise the year’s leading
individuals and firms within the
industry.
Nominations for the Buy-Side
awards, sponsored by London
Stock Exchange and Turquoise,
were open to the industry and The
TRADE received over 750 votes
across the six award categories.
This year, Cathy Gibson of Royal
London Asset Management (the
first woman to win this award)
and Trevor Dobson of Marshall
Wace were named trader of the
year for long-only and hedge funds
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respectively.
David Miller, head of European
equity trading at Invesco, was
awarded the prestigious lifetime
achievement award for the
buy-side, in recognition of his
experience and contributions to the
industry.
The Editors’ Choice category are
always highly contested awards and
this year proved no different. Across
the 16 awards, this year’s winners –
as judged by The TRADE’s editorial
panel – were all worthy recipients.
There were three new award
categories introduced this year
under Editors’ Choice: Outstanding
sell-side trading house, outstanding
electronic liquidity provider and
digital initiative of the year, won by
Goldman Sachs, Citadel Securities
and Barclays Investment Bank
(BARX), respectively.
Within the Algorithmic Trading &
EMS categories there were several
firms that took home multiple
awards, which are based on the
results of The TRADE’s annual
surveys. Bernstein were awarded
the algo overall outperformer and
also collected the best access to
market and best user experience
awards, while Portware, A FactSet
Trading Solution won EMS overall
outperformer, in addition to the
best product consistency award.
Congratulations to all this year’s
winners, which can be found
overleaf…