Markets Media Group is pleased to present the preliminary shortlist for the 2020 Markets Choice Awards. More than ever we feel that it is vital to recognize and celebrate excellence and resilience in our financial markets. In that spirit, starting with the Instinet Positive Change Awards, we will be rolling out a number of polls and digital events in the coming weeks which will culminate in the selection and presentation of the winners. Stay tuned for more categories including Lifetime Achievement, Person of the Year, CEO of the Year, Rising Stars, the Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award and more.
| Best Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk |
| Alliance Bernstein |
| BlackRock |
| Fidelity Investments |
| Janus Henderson |
| State Street Global Advisors |
| T. Rowe Price |
| Wellington Asset Management |
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Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk
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| BlackRock |
| Citadel |
| Eaton Vance |
| Goldman Sachs Asset Mangement |
| Janus Henderson |
| Pimco |
| Vanguard |
| Virtu Financial |
| Best Best-Buy FX Trading Desk |
| Duquesne Capital Management |
| JP Morgan Asset Management |
| Excellence in Trading |
| Tami Chez, Citi |
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Ted Duffy, Wellington Asset Management
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Jeff Estella, Estella LLC
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Brian Frambes, FMR
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| Rosalyn Kemp, Citi |
| Mehmet Kinak, T. Rowe Price |
| Ed Nebens, First Pacific Advisors |
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Joe Scafidi, Brandes Investment Partners
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| Mark Wyatt, T. Rowe Price |
| Best OMS |
| Broadway Technology |
| Charles River Development |
| FlexTrade |
| Itiviti |
| smartTrade Technologies |
| Best EMS |
| AxeTrading |
| FlexTrader EMS |
| Instinet Newport |
| Portware, Factset |
| smartTrade Technologies |
| TradingScreen/TradeSmart |
| Wolverine Execution Services |
| Best New Product |
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CliK – Powered by Online Trading Academy
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| CoralBlocks Suite |
| EP3, Connamara Systems |
| FRTB Service, Depository Trust Clearing Corporation |
| Gemini Custody, Gemini |
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Market on close orders, Goldman Sachs
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GTR SFTR. Depository Trust Clearing Corporation
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| IntelligentCross ATS, Intelligent Cross |
| Investor Kinetics, DTCC |
| Low Touch, ION Markets |
| IvyDB US 4.0, OptionMetrics |
| SURVEIL-X, NICE Actimize |
| UBS Data Solutions, UBS |
| Portfolio Trading, Tradeweb |
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Proficio Capital Strategic Opportunities, Insurance Dedicated Fund
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Buy-Side Conference Management Solution, Tier1 Financial Services
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| TrueFX, Integral/Jefferies |
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WEX Connect, Wolverine Execution Services
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| TapDark Algo, UBS |
| Best Company |
| Bloomberg |
| Citadel |
| Cowen |
| IEX |
| Instinet |
| IPC |
| MarketAxess |
| Nasdaq |
| NICE Actimize |
| Pico |
| R3 |
| The Derivatives Service Bureau |
| TradingScreen |
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Best FinTech Company (under 3 years old)
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| Arcus Partners |
| Battea Class Action Services |
| ETFLogic |
| Evidology Systems Ltd |
| Imperative Execution |
| Kaiko |
| Limeglass |
| Securitize |
| Best Fixed Income Trading Platform |
| 280 CapMarkets BondNav |
| Charles River Development |
| Liquidnet |
| MarketAxess |
| MuniBrokers |
| OpenDoor Securities |
| smartTrade Technologies |
| Tradeweb |
| TradingScreen |
| Best Exchange |
| CBOE |
| CME |
| LSEG |
| Gemini Trust |
| IEX |
| MEMX |
| Nasdaq |
| NYSE |
| Best Clearing House |
| CME Clearing |
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Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC)
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| OCC |
| Best in AI |
| Imperative Execution – IntelligentCross |
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IPC and GreenKey Technologies’ Blotter App
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| JPMC OmniAI Platform |
| MarketAxess Composite Plus (CP+) |
| Mosaic Smart Data |
| NICE Actimize CDD-X |
| Truvalue Labs |
| Best in Cloud |
| Adaptive Cloud eTrading Platforms |
| Finity 360, Arcus Partners |
| IEX Cloud |
| IPC’s Connexus Cloud |
| Mambu |
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NICE Actimize ActimizeWatch for Compliance Managed Analytics Service
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Sterling Trading Tech – Sterling Risk Engine
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| Tier1 Financial Solutions |
| Velocimetrics |
| Best in Regtech |
| ARM Insight – Mimic |
| Ascent RegTech |
| Eventus Systems |
| Evidology Systems |
| FRTB Service, DTCC |
| GTR SFTR, DTCC |
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NICE Actimize Reg BI Surveillance Solution
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| S3 |
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SS&C Regulatory Services (Core SightLine)
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Sterling Trading Tech – Sterling Aggregator
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