Markets Media Group is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2026 Global Markets Choice Awards, slated for June 11 at the Central Park Boathouse in New York. Set alongside the lake, the venue will once again be the setting for an early-summer evening recognizing excellence across capital markets.
2025 GMCAs at the Central Park Boathouse
The GMCAs build on Markets Media Group’s long-running Markets Choice Awards, first launched in 2013 to recognize leadership and innovation across capital markets trading and technology. What began as a North America–focused program has evolved alongside the markets themselves. As trading, investment, and market infrastructure have become increasingly global, the awards expanded in 2025 to reflect that shift, with the 2026 program continuing that global focus.
“Elevating the Markets Choice Awards to the Global Markets Choice Awards was a logical next step for the program,” said Mohan Virdee, Chairman and CEO of Markets Media Group.
Yie-Hsin Hung, State Street Investment Management, Person of the Year (2019).
“The GMCAs better reflect the global markets our editorial platforms cover every day, and we look forward to another strong crop of nominations from across the industry.”
Loh Boon Chye, CEO of Singapore Exchange, CEO of the Year (2025).
Over the years, the awards have recognized individuals whose leadership has had a lasting impact on global markets. These include Thomas Peterffy, Founder of Interactive Brokers, who received the Visionary Award in 2020, and Daniel Pinto of J.P. Morgan, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025.
Other past honorees include Yie-Hsin Hung, President and CEO of State Street Investment Management, who won Person of the Year in 2019; Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, who won CEO of the Year in 2021; and Loh Boon Chye, CEO of Singapore Exchange, who won CEO of the Year in 2025.
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🏆 The 2026 Global Markets Choice Awards are here! 🌍 Nominations are officially OPEN for the celebration of excellence in global capital markets trading & technology. Nominate below:
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