Shortlist

Shortlist

2019 Shortlist for the FX Week e-FX Awards announced

Below is the shortlist for the 16th annual e-FX Awards, which recognise excellence, innovation and customer service in foreign exchange.

These awards were contested across 23 submission-based categories, covering all aspects of electronic trading in currency markets. The initial field of entries comprised 137 submissions.

The awards focus on quality rather than quantity and traded volumes, and continue to attract the best in terms of companies and offerings.

The 2019 judges were: 

  • Brad Bailey, research director, capital markets, Celent
  • Javier Paz, managing director and founder, Forex Datasource
  • Satnam Sohal, principal, global markets, financial services, Greenwich Associates
  • Philip Weisberg, founder, Matzliach Capital

Congratulations to everyone who made it on to the shortlist.

The winners were recognised at a dinner held at the Metropolitan Club, following FX Week’s flagship conference in New York on July 11. Click here to see the 2019 winners

 

THE 2019 SHORTLIST

 

1 BANK E-FX INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

BNP Paribas

Citibank

 

2 BEST FX LIQUIDITY PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Citadel Securities

UBS

XTX Markets

 

3 MOST INNOVATIVE BANK E-FX PLATFORM OF THE YEAR

BNP Paribas

Citibank

UBS

9th Gear Technologies

 

4 INDEPENDENT ALGORITHMIC TRADING TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

FlexTrade Systems

Pragma Securities

Tradepoint Systems

 

5 BEST E-FX PLATFORM FOR CORPORATES

360 Treasury Systems

Citibank

Commerzbank

Kantox

Sberbank

 

6 BEST FX ORDER/EXECUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Barracuda FX

FlexTrade Systems

NatWest Markets

Portware

Quod Financial

Redline Trading Solutions

smartTrade Technologies

 

7 BEST E-FX SOFTWARE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Baton Systems

Broadway Technology

Caplin

Integral BankFX

Kace (formerly Fenics)

Quod Financial

smartTrade Technologies

 

8 BEST POST-TRADE SERVICES PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Baton Systems

Cobalt

TriOptima and CLS

 

9 BEST FX PRIME BROKER BANK OF THE YEAR

BNP Paribas

Citi

Deutsche Bank

HSBC

NatWest Markets

Standard Chartered

UBS

 

10 BEST TRADING TECHNOLOGY VENDOR OF THE YEAR

360 Treasury Systems

Broadway Technology

Currenex

FlexTrade Systems

Horizon Software

MarketFactory

Portware

Redline Trading Solutions

Saxo Bank

smartTrade Technologies

TraderTools

 

11 BEST FX TRANSACTION COST ANALYSIS PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Citibank

FlexTrade Systems

 

12 E-FX INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

HSBC

IG US

SGX

State Street – FX Connect

Tradefeedr

 

13 BEST NON-BANK MARKET-MAKER OF THE YEAR

Citadel Securities

XTX Markets

 

14 BANK ALGORITHMIC TRADING TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

BNP Paribas

Deutsche Bank

Societe Generale

 

15 BEST E-FX TRADING VENUE OF THE YEAR

360 Treasury Systems

Cboe Europe

Curex Group

FXSpotStream

Integral Open Currency Exchange

Refinitiv – FXall

State Street – FX Connect

 

16 BEST FX ECN OF THE YEAR

360 Treasury Systems

Cboe Europe

Currenex

 

17 BEST CLEARING SERVICES PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

CME

LCH

 

18 BEST E-SURVEILLANCE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

b-next

Ideal Prediction

Kx

 

19 BEST RETAIL FX PLATFORM OF THE YEAR

Oanda

cTrader

Tickmill

Saxo Bank

IG US

 

20 BEST PRIME-OF-PRIME PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Advanced Markets

Invast Global

IS Prime

Saxo Bank

Stater Global Markets

 

21 BEST LIQUIDITY AGGREGATION SYSTEM PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Broadway Technology

Exegy TradePort FX

FlexTrade Systems

Fortex

Integral

Portware

Redline Trading Solutions

smartTrade Technologies

Tradepoint Systems

 

22 BEST FX CONNECTIVITY PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Avelacom

Broadway Technology

Exegy TradePort FX

Kace Gateway (formerly Fenics)

MarketFactory

Redline Trading Solutions

smartTrade Technologies

TraderTools

 

23 BEST FX MARKET DATA PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

360 Treasury Systems and Digitec

CLS

Exegy TradePort FX

Fenics Market Data

Redline Trading Solutions

 

24 BEST E-DERIVATIVES PLATFORM OF THE YEAR

BNP Paribas

Citi

Deutsche Bank

Digital Vega