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The TRADE announces
LEADERS IN TRADING
Awards winners
Recognising excellence in trading and execution
Award
Over 260 industry leaders gathered at The Savoy Hotel in London to celebrate their achievements throughout the year .
The TRADE is pleased to announce the winners of this year ’ s Leaders in Trading Awards , with the recipients honoured at a ceremony held at The Savoy , London .
Over 260 industry leaders joined The TRADE in a soldout room to recognise the year ’ s leading individuals and firms within the industry , with 35 awards handed out across Buy-Side , Editors ’ Choice , Algorithmic Trading and EMS categories . Input for the coveted Buy- Side awards was opened to the industry after a lengthy period of consultation prior .
The TRADE received nearly 1,200 votes across the six award categories . This year , Laimonas Staskus of BlackRock and Alex Jenkins of Polar Capital were named Trader of the year for long-only and hedge funds , respectively .
Federated Hermes received the Trading desk of the year award , while State Street Global Advisors won the award for multi-asset desk and Jupiter Asset Management received a honour for its mid-cap trading .
Stéphane Marie-François of Unigestion received an award for buy-side market structure .
This year ’ s prestigious Lifetime Achievement award for the Buy-side was handed to Jeremy Ellis , head of European equity trading at T . Rowe Price , in recognition of his contributions to the industry over the past 40 years , with more than 20 of those spent with the asset manager .
Nikki Beattie , founder and managing director of Market Structure Partners and prominent industry figure , was honoured with the Editors '
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