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MIZUHO AMERICAS
Instinet Positive Change Award Winner for Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
INTELLIGENTCROSS
Best AI in Capital Markets Winner
th2, EXACTPRO
Best in Operational Resiliency Winner
NICE
Best in Compliance and Reporting Winner
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN
Best Buy-Side Global Equity Trading Desk Winner
NASDAQ
Instinet Positive Change Award Winner for Sustainability
EVENTUS SYSTEMS
Best in RegTech Winner
CHIKA NWAFOR, TRADEWEB
Rising Star Winner
PICO
Best Company Winner
IPC - AGILITY
Best New Product Winner
UBS - ATS
Best Equities Trading Platform Winner
TRADEWEB
Best Fixed Income Trading Platform Winner
INTEGRAL
Best in Cloud Winner
ITIVITI
Best OEMS Winner
NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Best OMS Winner
SYMPHONY
Best Collaborative Technology Amid COVID Winner
GOLDMAN SACHS
Best Sell-Side Trading Desk Winner
SILVER SPONSORS
VIRTUAL HOSTS
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<p class="centeralign" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.marketsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Jerome-Pustilnik_logo-vertical_RGB.png"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-99319" src="https://www.marketsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Jerome-Pustilnik_logo-vertical_RGB-300x156.png" alt="" width="300" height="156" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The Jerome Pustilnik Visionary Award is named for Jerry Pustilnik, Co-Founder of Instinet and a pioneer in computerized stock trading. The Visionary Award is one of four Instinet Positive Change Awards recognizing achievements with far-reaching impact. The idea is to showcase individuals and firms who go beyond just excelling at their day jobs to also be agents for positive change in the world around us.</p>
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SUSTAINABILITY
<p class="centeralign" style="text-align: left;">The Positive Change Award for sustainability recognizes the critical importance that sustainability has on our future, as well as the increased emphasis that the financial industry is placing on sustainability as the new operational best practices. Many firms and individuals are making their mark in establishing the sustainability of our industry, and we hope this award in some small way helps promote this vital cause.</p> -
PHILANTHROPY
<p class="centeralign" style="text-align: left;">The Positive Change Award for philanthropy recognizes who in capital markets demonstrates support for charitable causes in an extraordinary and/or influential way.</p> -
DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING
<p class="centeralign" style="text-align: left;">The Positive Change Award recognizes those who go above and beyond to advance the cause of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in our industry.</p>
2020 WINNERS
<p><strong>Instinet Positive Change Award: Philanthropy</strong> | Nasdaq</p>
<p><strong>Instinet Positive Change Award for Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging</strong> | New York Life Investments</p>
<p><strong>Instinet Positive Change Jerome Pustilnik Visionary Award</strong> | Thomas Peterffy, Founder of Interactive Brokers</p>
<p><strong>CEO of the Year</strong> | Bob Santella, IPC </p>
<p><strong>Excellence in Trading</strong> | Ed Nebens, Head of Trading, First Pacific Advisors</p>
<p><strong></strong><strong>Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award</strong> | Brad Levy, Chairman Emeritus, FINOS</p>
<p><strong>Best Global Trading Desk</strong> | Janus Henderson</p>
<p><strong>Best in RegTech, Reporting</strong> | S3</p>
<p><strong>Best Clearing House, Fixed Income</strong> | Fixed Income Clearing Corporation</p>
<p><strong>Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk</strong> | Eaton Vance</p>
<p><strong>Best New Product, FX</strong> | TrueFX</p>
<p><strong>Best in AI</strong> | IPC and GreenKey Technologies’ Blotter App</p>
<p><strong>Best New Product, Equities</strong> | Imperative Execution’s IntelligentCross ATS</p>
<p><strong>Best Technology for the Sell Side</strong> | Dash Financial Technologies</p>
<p><strong>Best Company</strong> | Citadel Securities</p>
<p><strong>Excellence in RegTech: Product Solution</strong> | FRTB Service, DTCC</p>
<p><strong>Best in Cloud</strong> | IEX</p>
<p><strong>Best Clearing House: Equities</strong> | Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)</p>
<p><strong>Best New Product</strong> | Portfolio Trading, Tradeweb</p>
<p><strong>Best Multi-Asset EMS</strong> | smartTrade</p>
<p><strong>Best OMS</strong> | Charles River Development</p>
<p><strong>Excellence in Trading | Joe Scafidi, Director of Global Trading, Brandes Investment Partners</strong></p>
<p><strong>Best Buy-Side EMS</strong> | FactSet</p>
<p><strong>Best RegTech: Surveillance and Financial Risk Management</strong> | Eventus Systems</p>
<p><strong>Best Buy-Side Equities Trading Desk</strong> | State Street Global Advisors</p>
2019 WINNERS
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best in Fintech"}">Best in Fintech</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Battea"}">Battea</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Excellence in AI"}">Excellence in AI</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"7 Chord"}">7 Chord</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Fixed Income Execution"}">Best Fixed Income Execution</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"GX2 Systems"}">GX2 Systems</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Trading Infrastructure Analytics"}">Best Trading Infrastructure Analytics</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Corvil"}">Corvil</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Execution Management System (EMS)"}">Best Execution Management System (EMS)</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"TradingScreen"}">TradingScreen</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Order Management System (OMS)"}">Best Order Management System (OMS)</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"smartTrade Technologies"}">smartTrade Technologies</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Cryptocurrency Trading Platform"}">Best Cryptocurrency Trading Platform</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"smartTrade Technologies"}">smartTrade Technologies</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Options Trading Broker"}">Best Options Trading Broker</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Dash Financial Technologies"}">Dash Financial Technologies</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best New Trading Platform"}">Best New Trading Platform</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Fenics USTreasuries"}">Fenics USTreasuries</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best New Product"}">Best New Product</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"DTCC Exception Manager"}">DTCC Exception Manager</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best New Algo Trading Product"}">Best New Algo Trading Product</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cantor Fitzgerald Precision"}">Cantor Fitzgerald Precision</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best in Data"}">Best in Data</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"ICE Data Services"}">ICE Data Services</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Clearing House"}">Best Clearing House</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"OCC"}">OCC</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Crypto Exchange"}">Best Crypto Exchange</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Gemini"}">Gemini</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Exchange Group"}">Best Exchange Group</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Nasdaq"}">Nasdaq</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Fixed Income Trading Platform"}">Best Fixed Income Trading Platform</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"MarketAxess"}">MarketAxess</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Positive Change, Visionaries"}">Positive Change, Visionaries</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Jerome Pustilnik, Instinet Co-Founder (Posthumous)"}">Jerome Pustilnik, Instinet Co-Founder (Posthumous)</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Positive Change, Diversity"}">Positive Change, Diversity</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"BNP Paribas"}">BNP Paribas</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Positive Change, Philanthropy"}">Positive Change, Philanthropy</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bryan Harkins, Cboe Global Markets"}">Bryan Harkins, Cboe Global Markets</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Excellence in Equities Trading"}">Excellence in Equities Trading</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Frank Loughlin, AllianceBernstein"}">Frank Loughlin, AllianceBernstein</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Technology"}">Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Technology</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Wellington Management"}">Wellington Management</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best M&A Deal"}">Best M&A Deal</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"CME Group - NEX Group"}">CME Group - NEX Group</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Hedge Fund"}">Best Hedge Fund</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Citadel"}">Citadel</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Global Trading Team"}">Best Global Trading Team</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"BlackRock"}">BlackRock</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Buy-Side Trading Desk"}">Best Buy-Side Trading Desk</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"AllianceBernstein"}">AllianceBernstein</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award"}">Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Rishi Nangalia"}">Rishi Nangalia</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Algorithmic Trading Company"}">Best Algorithmic Trading Company</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Clearpool Group"}">Clearpool Group</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Best Company"}">Best Company</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Virtu Financial"}">Virtu Financial</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"CEO of the Year"}">CEO of the Year</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lee Olesky, Tradeweb Markets"}">Lee Olesky, Tradeweb Markets</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Person of the Year"}">Person of the Year</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Yie-Hsin Hung, New York Life Investment Management"}">Yie-Hsin Hung, New York Life Investment Management</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lifetime Achievement"}">Lifetime Achievement</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Andrew M. Brooks, T. Rowe Price Associates"}">
<p>Andrew M. Brooks, T. Rowe Price Associates</p>
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2018 WINNERS
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Maria Adamjee, CenturyLink</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Anshul Anand, Thesys Technologies</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Kelly Anlas, Clearpool Group</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Tim Coates, Synechron</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Maria Dwyer, GlobalCollateral</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Allison Gott, Citadel Securities</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Tyler Hallmark, OpenDoor Securities</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Alexandria McGrath, Vela</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Tim Miller, Dash Financial Technologies</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Erica Thomas, Tradeweb Markets</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best New Block Trading Product</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> CODA Block</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Clearinghouse Options</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Clearing Corporation</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Sell Side OMS</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Fidessa</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best in AI</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Synechron AI Accelerators</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Fixed Income Trading Platform</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Tradeweb Markets</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side EMS</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Portware Enterprise, a FactSet Trading Solution</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Exchange Technology</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Nasdaq</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Mid-Sized Broker-Dealer</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Clearpool Group</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best in RegTech</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Thesys Technologies</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best New Trading Platform</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> OpenDoor Securities</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Dark Pool</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Luminex Trading & Analytics</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Fixed Income Data Provider MTS</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> BondsPro</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Multi-Asset EMS</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> FlexTrade</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Agency Broker</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Instinet</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Enterprise Risk Management</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Aplomb Strategies</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Algorithmic Trading Provider</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Dash Financial Technologies</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Global Exchange Group</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> CME Group</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best New Product</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> GlobalCollateral’s Margin Transit Utility</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Greg Tusar</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Technology</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Wellington Management</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Equity Index Trading Desk</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Vanguard</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Buy-Side Quantitative Trader of the Year Enrico Cacciatorre</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Voya Investment Management</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Hedge Fund Trading Desk</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> AQR</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> J.P. Morgan Asset Management</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Efficiency and Resourcefulness in Trading</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Mark Louka, J.P. Morgan Asset Management</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> State Street Global Advisors</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Trading Enterprise</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> BlackRock</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Buy-Side Trader of the Year</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Dan Royal, Janus Henderson Investors</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Woman of the Year</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Jen Nayar, Vela</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Company</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Liquidnet</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>CEO of the Year</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Michelle Neal, BNY Mellon Markets</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Lifetime Achievement</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Terry Duffy, CME Group</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best New Product – Dark Pool Trading</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> Fidessa BlockShadow</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best New Product – Execution</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"> FlexAlgoWheel</span></p>
2017 WINNERS
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Lifetime Achievement </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Larry Eugene Thompson, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Company </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Citadel Securities</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk </strong>BlackRock, Inc.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk </strong></span>J.P. Morgan Asset Management</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side FX Trading Desk </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">T. Rowe Price</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Global Exchange Group </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">London Stock Exchange Group</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Clearing House </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Market Advocate Award </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Neil V. DeSena, SenaHill Partners, LP</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>CEO of the Year </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Jen Nayar, Vela</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Woman of the Year </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Adena T. Friedman, Nasdaq</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Trader of the Year Fixed Income </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Sam Priyadarshi, Vanguard</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Trader of the Year Equities </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Nanette J. Buziak, Voya Investment Management</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Excellence in Block Trading </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Mike Bellaro, Deutsche Asset Management</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Excellence in ETF Trading </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Julie Abbett, J.P. Morgan</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Excellence in Electronic Trading </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Linn Karstadt, Jefferies</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side EMS </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Portware, A FactSet Company</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best OMS </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Fidessa</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best New Product </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">FlexONE</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Multi-Asset EMS </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">FlexTrade Systems</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best FinTech Company </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">OpenDoor Trading, LLC</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Fixed Income Trading Platform </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Liquidnet</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best ETF Platform </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Tradeweb Markets</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best New Risk Product </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Lime Watchdog Risk System, Lime Brokerage LLC</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Emerging Fixed Income Trading Platform </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Trumid</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Emerging Equity Trading Platform </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Luminex Trading & Analytics LLC</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best in Cloud </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Abacus Group</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best New Initiative </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Synechron Blockchain Accelerators</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Brittany Callaghan, FXSpotStream </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Sandra Delmore, Liquidnet, Inc.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Robert LaMura, OpenDoor Trading, LLC</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Patrick Menard, Lime Brokerage LLC</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Priya Prasad, Citadel Securities</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Jennifer Tkachuk-Tremblay, TD Securities</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Vincenzo Vedda, Deutsche Asset Management</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rising Star </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Jon Watras, Hotspot</span></p>
2016 WINNERS
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Agency Broker </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Convergex</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Algorithmic Trading Platform </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Clearpool Autonomy</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Asset Manager </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">BlackRock</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Derivatives Trading Desk </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Vanguard</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">J.P. Morgan Asset Management</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">AB</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Trading Desk </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Deutsche Asset Management</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Trading Technology </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Neuberger Berman</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Clearing House </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">LCH.Clearnet</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Consultancy </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Sapient</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best CTO </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Mark Etherington</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best ETF Liquidity Provider </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Bloomberg Tradebook</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Exchange Technology Provider </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">MillenniumIT</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Fixed Income Trading Platform </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Tradeweb</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Futures Exchange </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">CME Group</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best FX EMS </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">FlexTrade</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Hedge Fund </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">BlueMountain Capital Management</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best M&A Deal </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">FactSet-Portware</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Mid-Sized Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">The Boston Company</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Multi-Asset EMS </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">FlexTrade</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best New Product </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Algomi Honeycomb</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best New Trading Platform </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Luminex</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Order Management System </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Fidessa</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Public Pension Plan </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Colorado PERA</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Systematic Trading Technology </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Lime Brokerage</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Lifetime Achievement </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Barbara Novick</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Women in Finance, Outstanding Contribution </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Wood</span></p>
2015 WINNERS
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Best Algorithm Provider </strong>Credit Suisse<strong>
Best Asset Manager </strong>Fidelity Investments<strong>
Best Bank Broker-Dealer </strong>Bank of America Merrill Lynch<strong>
Best Buy-Side Dark Pool </strong>Liquidnet<strong>
Best Buy-Side EMS </strong>Portware<strong>
Best Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk </strong>T. Rowe Price<strong>
Best Buy-Side Multi-Asset Trading Desk </strong>Goldman Sachs Asset Management<strong>
Best Company </strong>BlackRock<strong>
Best Electronic Liquidity Provider </strong>Citadel Securities<strong>
Best Equity Exchange </strong>Nasdaq<strong>
Best ETF Liquidity Provider </strong>Jane Street<strong>
Best ETF Provider </strong>BlackRock iShares<strong>
Best Financial Services Cloud Provider </strong>The Beast Apps<strong>
Best Fixed-Income Algorithm Provider </strong>Quantitative Brokers<strong>
Best Fixed-Income Trading Platform </strong>Tradeweb<strong>
Best Fund Administrator </strong>State Street<strong>
Best FX TCA </strong>FlexTrade<strong>
Best Global Exchange </strong>CME Group<strong>
Best Hedge Fund </strong>Two Sigma<strong>
Best Hedge Fund Trading Desk </strong>AQR Capital Management<strong>
Best Multi-Asset EMS </strong>FlexTrade<strong>
Best New Clearing Product </strong>Traiana Harmony CCP Connect for Equities<strong>
Best New Data Product </strong>Bloomberg Tradebook Strategy Analyzer (STAZ)<strong>
Best New Product </strong>Perseus LiquidPath<strong>
Best Options Exchange </strong>Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)<strong>
Best Public Pension Plan </strong>Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System<strong>
Best Swap Execution Facility </strong>Bloomberg SEF<strong>
Best TCA Provider </strong>Markit<strong>
Best Technology Company </strong>REDI<strong>
Lifetime Achievement </strong>Duncan Niederauer<strong>
Most Influential Person </strong>Michael Bloomberg<strong>
Most Innovative New Product </strong>ITG RFQ-hub<strong>
Women in Finance Outstanding Contribution </strong>Mee Warren</span></p>
2014 WINNERS
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Lifetime Achievement</strong> Thomas Joyce
</span><strong>Most Influential Person </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeff Sprecher, IntercontinentalExchange
</span><strong>Best Company </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">MARKIT</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Asset Manager </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fidelity Investments</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Buy-Side Trading Desk </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Invesco</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Buy-Side Derivatives Trading Desk </strong>Allianz Global Investors<span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Bank </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bank of America Merrill Lynch</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Co-Location Facilities Provider </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Equinix</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Dark Pool </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barclays LX</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Futures Exchange </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">CME Group</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Multi-Asset EMS </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">FlexTrade Systems</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Most Innovative New Product </strong>Perseus Telecom, High Precision Time<span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Fixed Income Trading Platform </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tradeweb Markets</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Algorithm Provider </strong>Credit Suisse<span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Post-Trade Services </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">TRAIANA</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Exchange Technology </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">BATS Global Markets</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Data Provider </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bloomberg
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Best Options Exchange</strong> Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
</span><strong>Best Technology Company</strong> REDI
<strong>Best M&A Deal </strong>IntercontinentalExchange-NYSE Euronext
<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Best Buy-Side EMS</strong> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Portware</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Equities Trading Platform </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deutsche Bank Autobahn</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Innovators of the Year</strong> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">IEX Group</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Best Buy-Side Dark Pool</strong> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liquidnet</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Best Options Technology</strong> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">OptionCity Software</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span><strong>Best Derivatives Risk-Management System </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Calypso Technology</span></p>