June 5th 2025
Submissions Closed
The Markets Choice Awards Are Going Global!
Markets Media Group is pleased to announce that its flagship Markets Choice Awards is now officially a global event. The inaugural Global Markets Choice Awards will be held on Thursday, June 5 at the iconic Central Park Boathouse in New York.
Since its launch in 2013, the Markets Choice Awards have established an industry-leading awards franchise as a differentiated and unique event to recognize – and celebrate – the best of the best in capital markets trading and technology.
The MCAs historically were aimed at a North American audience and most award nominees and winners and event attendees hailed from the US. But with the program having attained a critical mass in reach, brand awareness and influence, and to better align with the globalization of the capital markets, the awards will now span the US, Europe and Asia.
“We’re thrilled to elevate the Markets Choice Awards to the Global Markets Choice Awards, to better reflect on the interconnected global markets we cover daily on Markets Media Group’s editorial platforms,” said Mohan Virdee, Markets Media Group CEO. “The market reception to this expansion has been fantastic and we look forward to a strong crop of nominations from large financial centers around the world.”
The GMCAs will retain the same theme of recognizing important constituencies of institutional trading and technology: buy-side traders, sell-side execution desks, exchanges and trading platforms, established technology providers, and emerging fintechs. Our methodology in selecting nominees and then winners is simple yet thorough, and keeps the focus on the most important opinions: those of market participants, i.e. the colleagues, customers and competitors of the nominees.
Please see below the video showing highlights of past MCA and EMCA award events.
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| Instinet Positive Change: Philanthropy | Marc Wyatt, T. Rowe Price |
| Instinet Positive Change: Sustainability | Sustainable Trading |
| Instinet Positive Change: Jerome Pustilnik Visionary | Roman Ginis, Imperative Execution |
| Mizuho Corporate Culture | BlackRock |
| Best New Product | State Street Alpha Data Quality |
| Best in RegTech | Saphyre Inc |
| Best M&A Deal | SimCorp - Axioma |
| Excellence in Fixed Income | Deirdre Dunn, Citi |
| Excellence in Trading | John Panichi, Mizuho Americas |
| Best in AI | LTX, A Broadridge Company |
| Best Fixed Income Trading Platform | Trumid |
| Best in Wealth Management | Park Avenue Securities |
| Best New Service | Clear Street Fixed Income |
| Best in Clearing | Mizuho Americas Futures Clearing |
| Best Trading Analytics | Instinet Analytics |
| Best Order Management System (OMS) | Broadridge |
| Best Global Exchange Group | Nasdaq |
| Best Liquidity Provider - Equities | Citadel Securities |
| Best Sell-Side Trading Desk | Goldman Sachs |
| Best Agency Trading Desk | Mizuho Americas Agency Mortgage Trading |
| Best Buy-Side Trading Desk | AllianceBernstein Global Equity Trading Desk |
| Best Company | Tradeweb |
| Rising Star | Jake Glasser, Citadel Securities |
| Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award | Kyle Czepiel, BTIG |
| Best in Market Structure | Chuck Mack, Nasdaq |
| Excellence in Fintech | Sarita Bakst, JP Morgan |
| Excellence in Trading | Mark Gurliacci, AllianceBernstein |
| Excellence in Trading | Jason Lenzo, Russell Investments |
| Excellence in Trading | Weimin Zhu, Government of Singapore Investment Corp. |
| Lifetime Achievement | Kevin Cronin, Invesco (Ret.) |
| Instinet Positive Change: Diversity, Belonging & Inclusion | Bank of America |
| Instinet Positive Change: Sustainability | BNP Paribas |
| Instinet Positive Change: Visionary | Dr Marco Pistoia, JP Morgan Chase |
| Best New Product | Metro +nxAccess Application, Exegy |
| Best New Product | GlobalLink Digital, State Street |
| Best in Derivatives | Mizuho Americas |
| Best FX EMS | 360T |
| Best OEMS | Charles River Development |
| Excellence in Fixed Income Technology | IPC Systems |
| Excellence in Fixed Income Data: Syndicated Loans | Versana |
| Best in RegTech | SteelEye |
| Best Options Trading Technology Provider | Matrix Executions |
| Best in Market Structure | Rosenblatt Securities |
| Best in AI | LTX, A Broadridge Company |
| Best Algorithmic Solutions Provider | Pragma |
| Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk | Parametric Portfolio Associates |
| Best Buy-Side Equities Trading Desk | JP Morgan Asset Management |
| Best Boutique Trading Desk | J O Hambro Capital Management |
| Best Sell-Side Trading Desk | BofA Securities |
| Best Equities Trading Platform | Instinet |
| Best Global Liquidity Provider | Citadel Securities |
| Game Changer | Liquidnet |
| Best Post-Trade Solution | DTCC Institutional Trade Processing |
| Best in Corporate Culture | Mizuho Americas |
| Best Company | Clear Street |
| Rising Star | Jack Barry, Citadel Securities |
| Rising Star | Christine Lee, Liquidnet |
| Rising Star | Sabah Saddique, Instinet |
| Excellence in Trading: Equities | Darrin Sokol, Lazard Asset Management |
| Excellence in Trading: Equities | Michael Warlan, Third Avenue Management |
| Excellence in Trading: Derivatives | Amal Moussa, Goldman Sachs |
| COO of the Year | John Palazzo, IntelligentCross |
| Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award | Bina Kalola, CoCO Collaboration |
| CEO of the Year | Rob Flatley, TS Imagine |
| Instinet Positive Change: Diversity, Belonging & Inclusion | Citi |
| Instinet Positive Change: Sustainability | Credit Suisse |
| Instinet Positive Change: Jerome Pustilnik Visionary | Shari Noonan, Rialto Markets |
| Best New Product | State Street, Alpha Data Platform |
| Best New Product | Instinet, Micro Adaptive Sequencer |
| Best New Product | Exegy, Xero Volatility Trading Engine |
| Best OMS | Broadridge Financial Solutions |
| Excellence in Intelligent Automation | JP Morgan Chase, Low Code Workflow |
| Best in Regtech | Eventus |
| Person of the Decade | Lee Olesky, Tradeweb |
| Best in Cloud | IPC Systems, Connexus Cloud |
| Best in AI | Mizuho Americas |
| Best Risk Management Product | List, An ION Company, JANUS Suite |
| Best EMS | Broadway Technology |
| Best Quantitative Trading Broker | Lime Financial |
| Best Global Exchange Group | Cboe Global Markets |
| Best Sell-Side Trading Desk | BMO Capital Markets |
| Best Buy-Side Global Equity Trading Desk | AllianceBernstein |
| Best Company | Citadel Securities |
| Excellence in Operations Leadership | Luke Mauro, Instinet |
| Rising Star | Sanda Grigoras, Nasdaq |
| Rising Star | Kyle Gurrola, Cboe Global Markets |
| Rising Star | Finn Maloney, Clearpool |
| Rising Star | Tash Rachlin, Citadel Securities |
| Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award |
Michelle Neal, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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| Excellence in Trading | Eric Charron, Liberty Mutual Investments |
| Excellence in Trading | Americas Equity Trading, BlackRock |
| Excellence in Trading | Dwayne Middleton, T. Rowe Price |
| CEO of the Year | Brad Levy, Symphony |
| Lifetime Achievement | Cindy Jay, Societe Generale |
| Jerome Pustilnik Visionary Award | Charles Cascarilla, CEO & Co-Founder, Paxos |
| Instinet Positive Change Award for Philanthropy | Goldman Sachs |
| Instinet Positive Change Award is for Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Mizuho |
| Instinet Positive Change Award is for Sustainability | Nasdaq |
| CEO of the Year | Cathie Wood, CEO, Ark Invest |
| Best Company | PICO |
| Best Sell-Side Trading Desk | Goldman Sachs |
| Best Buy-Side Global Equity Trading Desk | AllianceBernstein |
| Best Fixed Income Trading Platform | Tradeweb |
| Best Equities Trading Platform | UBS |
| Best Execution Management System (EMS) | Newport, Instinet |
| Best Order Execution Management System (OEMS) | ITIVITI |
| Best in Operational Resiliency | th2, Exactpro |
| Best New Product | Agility, IPC |
| Best AI in Capital Markets | IntelligentCross |
| Best In Cloud | Integral |
| Best in RegTech | Eventus Systems |
| Best in Compliance and Reporting | NICE |
| Best Collaborative Technology Amid COVID | Symphony |
| Rising Star | Chika Nwafor, Assistant Vice President of Agency Mortgage Backed Securities, Tradeweb |
| Excellence in Trading | Eva Walsh, Executive Director, JP Morgan Asset Management |
| Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award | Anthony L. Abenante. Managing Director, Credit Suisse |
| Lifetime Achievement |
Michael Ptasznik, retired CFO, Nasdaq
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Instinet Positive Change Award: Philanthropy | Nasdaq
Instinet Positive Change Award for Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | New York Life Investments
Instinet Positive Change Jerome Pustilnik Visionary Award | Thomas Peterffy, Founder of Interactive Brokers
CEO of the Year | Bob Santella, IPC
Excellence in Trading | Ed Nebens, Head of Trading, First Pacific Advisors
Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award | Brad Levy, Chairman Emeritus, FINOS
Best Global Trading Desk | Janus Henderson
Best in RegTech, Reporting | S3
Best Clearing House, Fixed Income | Fixed Income Clearing Corporation
Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk | Eaton Vance
Best New Product, FX | TrueFX
Best in AI | IPC and GreenKey Technologies’ Blotter App
Best New Product, Equities | Imperative Execution’s IntelligentCross ATS
Best Technology for the Sell Side | Dash Financial Technologies
Best Company | Citadel Securities
Excellence in RegTech: Product Solution | FRTB Service, DTCC
Best in Cloud | IEX
Best Clearing House: Equities | Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
Best New Product | Portfolio Trading, Tradeweb
Best Multi-Asset EMS | smartTrade
Best OMS | Charles River Development
Excellence in Trading | Joe Scafidi, Director of Global Trading, Brandes Investment Partners
Best Buy-Side EMS | FactSet
Best RegTech: Surveillance and Financial Risk Management | Eventus Systems
Best Buy-Side Equities Trading Desk | State Street Global Advisors
| Best in Fintech | Battea |
| Excellence in AI | 7 Chord |
| Best Fixed Income Execution | GX2 Systems |
| Best Trading Infrastructure Analytics | Corvil |
| Best Execution Management System (EMS) | TradingScreen |
| Best Order Management System (OMS) | smartTrade Technologies |
| Best Cryptocurrency Trading Platform | smartTrade Technologies |
| Best Options Trading Broker | Dash Financial Technologies |
| Best New Trading Platform | Fenics USTreasuries |
| Best New Product | DTCC Exception Manager |
| Best New Algo Trading Product | Cantor Fitzgerald Precision |
| Best in Data | ICE Data Services |
| Best Clearing House | OCC |
| Best Crypto Exchange | Gemini |
| Best Exchange Group | Nasdaq |
| Best Fixed Income Trading Platform | MarketAxess |
| Positive Change, Visionaries | Jerome Pustilnik, Instinet Co-Founder (Posthumous) |
| Positive Change, Diversity | BNP Paribas |
| Positive Change, Philanthropy | Bryan Harkins, Cboe Global Markets |
| Excellence in Equities Trading | Frank Loughlin, AllianceBernstein |
| Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Technology | Wellington Management |
| Best M&A Deal | CME Group - NEX Group |
| Best Hedge Fund | Citadel |
| Best Global Trading Team | BlackRock |
| Best Buy-Side Trading Desk | AllianceBernstein |
| Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award | Rishi Nangalia |
| Best Algorithmic Trading Company | Clearpool Group |
| Best Company | Virtu Financial |
| CEO of the Year | Lee Olesky, Tradeweb Markets |
| Person of the Year | Yie-Hsin Hung, New York Life Investment Management |
| Lifetime Achievement |
Andrew M. Brooks, T. Rowe Price Associates |
Rising Star Maria Adamjee, CenturyLink
Rising Star Anshul Anand, Thesys Technologies
Rising Star Kelly Anlas, Clearpool Group
Rising Star Tim Coates, Synechron
Rising Star Maria Dwyer, GlobalCollateral
Rising Star Allison Gott, Citadel Securities
Rising Star Tyler Hallmark, OpenDoor Securities
Rising Star Alexandria McGrath, Vela
Rising Star Tim Miller, Dash Financial Technologies
Rising Star Erica Thomas, Tradeweb Markets
Best New Block Trading Product CODA Block
Best Clearinghouse Options Clearing Corporation
Best Sell Side OMS Fidessa
Best in AI Synechron AI Accelerators
Best Fixed Income Trading Platform Tradeweb Markets
Best Buy-Side EMS Portware Enterprise, a FactSet Trading Solution
Best Exchange Technology Nasdaq
Best Mid-Sized Broker-Dealer Clearpool Group
Best in RegTech Thesys Technologies
Best New Trading Platform OpenDoor Securities
Best Dark Pool Luminex Trading & Analytics
Best Fixed Income Data Provider MTS BondsPro
Best Multi-Asset EMS FlexTrade
Best Agency Broker Instinet
Best Enterprise Risk Management Aplomb Strategies
Best Algorithmic Trading Provider Dash Financial Technologies
Best Global Exchange Group CME Group
Best New Product GlobalCollateral’s Margin Transit Utility
Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award Greg Tusar
Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Technology Wellington Management
Best Buy-Side Equity Index Trading Desk Vanguard
Buy-Side Quantitative Trader of the Year Enrico Cacciatorre Voya Investment Management
Best Hedge Fund Trading Desk AQR
Best Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Efficiency and Resourcefulness in Trading Mark Louka, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk State Street Global Advisors
Best Buy-Side Trading Enterprise BlackRock
Buy-Side Trader of the Year Dan Royal, Janus Henderson Investors
Woman of the Year Jen Nayar, Vela
Best Company Liquidnet
CEO of the Year Michelle Neal, BNY Mellon Markets
Lifetime Achievement Terry Duffy, CME Group
Best New Product – Dark Pool Trading Fidessa BlockShadow
Best New Product – Execution FlexAlgoWheel
Lifetime Achievement Larry Eugene Thompson, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
Best Company Citadel Securities
Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk BlackRock, Inc.
Best Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Best Buy-Side FX Trading Desk T. Rowe Price
Best Global Exchange Group London Stock Exchange Group
Best Clearing House The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
Market Advocate Award Neil V. DeSena, SenaHill Partners, LP
CEO of the Year Jen Nayar, Vela
Woman of the Year Adena T. Friedman, Nasdaq
Trader of the Year Fixed Income Sam Priyadarshi, Vanguard
Trader of the Year Equities Nanette J. Buziak, Voya Investment Management
Excellence in Block Trading Mike Bellaro, Deutsche Asset Management
Excellence in ETF Trading Julie Abbett, J.P. Morgan
Excellence in Electronic Trading Linn Karstadt, Jefferies
Best Buy-Side EMS Portware, A FactSet Company
Best OMS Fidessa
Best New Product FlexONE
Best Multi-Asset EMS FlexTrade Systems
Best FinTech Company OpenDoor Trading, LLC
Best Fixed Income Trading Platform Liquidnet
Best ETF Platform Tradeweb Markets
Best New Risk Product Lime Watchdog Risk System, Lime Brokerage LLC
Best Emerging Fixed Income Trading Platform Trumid
Best Emerging Equity Trading Platform Luminex Trading & Analytics LLC
Best in Cloud Abacus Group
Best New Initiative Synechron Blockchain Accelerators
Rising Star Brittany Callaghan, FXSpotStream
Rising Star Sandra Delmore, Liquidnet, Inc.
Rising Star Robert LaMura, OpenDoor Trading, LLC
Rising Star Patrick Menard, Lime Brokerage LLC
Rising Star Priya Prasad, Citadel Securities
Rising Star Jennifer Tkachuk-Tremblay, TD Securities
Rising Star Vincenzo Vedda, Deutsche Asset Management
Rising Star Jon Watras, Hotspot
Best Agency Broker Convergex
Best Algorithmic Trading Platform Clearpool Autonomy
Best Asset Manager BlackRock
Best Buy-Side Derivatives Trading Desk Vanguard
Best Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Best Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading Desk AB
Best Buy-Side Trading Desk Deutsche Asset Management
Best Buy-Side Trading Technology Neuberger Berman
Best Clearing House LCH.Clearnet
Best Consultancy Sapient
Best CTO Mark Etherington
Best ETF Liquidity Provider Bloomberg Tradebook
Best Exchange Technology Provider MillenniumIT
Best Fixed Income Trading Platform Tradeweb
Best Futures Exchange CME Group
Best FX EMS FlexTrade
Best Hedge Fund BlueMountain Capital Management
Best M&A Deal FactSet-Portware
Best Mid-Sized Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk The Boston Company
Best Multi-Asset EMS FlexTrade
Best New Product Algomi Honeycomb
Best New Trading Platform Luminex
Best Order Management System Fidessa
Best Public Pension Plan Colorado PERA
Best Systematic Trading Technology Lime Brokerage
Lifetime Achievement Barbara Novick
Women in Finance, Outstanding Contribution Catherine Wood
Best Algorithm Provider Credit Suisse Best Asset Manager Fidelity Investments Best Bank Broker-Dealer Bank of America Merrill Lynch Best Buy-Side Dark Pool Liquidnet Best Buy-Side EMS Portware Best Buy-Side Equity Trading Desk T. Rowe Price Best Buy-Side Multi-Asset Trading Desk Goldman Sachs Asset Management Best Company BlackRock Best Electronic Liquidity Provider Citadel Securities Best Equity Exchange Nasdaq Best ETF Liquidity Provider Jane Street Best ETF Provider BlackRock iShares Best Financial Services Cloud Provider The Beast Apps Best Fixed-Income Algorithm Provider Quantitative Brokers Best Fixed-Income Trading Platform Tradeweb Best Fund Administrator State Street Best FX TCA FlexTrade Best Global Exchange CME Group Best Hedge Fund Two Sigma Best Hedge Fund Trading Desk AQR Capital Management Best Multi-Asset EMS FlexTrade Best New Clearing Product Traiana Harmony CCP Connect for Equities Best New Data Product Bloomberg Tradebook Strategy Analyzer (STAZ) Best New Product Perseus LiquidPath Best Options Exchange Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Best Public Pension Plan Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Best Swap Execution Facility Bloomberg SEF Best TCA Provider Markit Best Technology Company REDI Lifetime Achievement Duncan Niederauer Most Influential Person Michael Bloomberg Most Innovative New Product ITG RFQ-hub Women in Finance Outstanding Contribution Mee Warren
Lifetime Achievement Thomas Joyce Most Influential Person Jeff Sprecher, IntercontinentalExchange Best Company MARKIT Best Asset Manager Fidelity Investments Best Buy-Side Trading Desk Invesco Best Buy-Side Derivatives Trading Desk Allianz Global Investors Best Bank Bank of America Merrill Lynch Best Co-Location Facilities Provider Equinix Best Dark Pool Barclays LX Best Futures Exchange CME Group Best Multi-Asset EMS FlexTrade Systems Most Innovative New Product Perseus Telecom, High Precision Time Best Fixed Income Trading Platform Tradeweb Markets Best Algorithm Provider Credit Suisse Best Post-Trade Services TRAIANA Best Exchange Technology BATS Global Markets Best Data Provider Bloomberg Best Options Exchange Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Best Technology Company REDI Best M&A Deal IntercontinentalExchange-NYSE Euronext Best Buy-Side EMS Portware Best Equities Trading Platform Deutsche Bank Autobahn Innovators of the Year IEX Group Best Buy-Side Dark Pool Liquidnet Best Options Technology OptionCity Software Best Derivatives Risk-Management System Calypso Technology
