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# 2020 Markets Choice Awards
Join Markets Media and Traders Magazine for the 8th Annual Markets Choice Awards in NYC, the premier event for identifying and recognizing the best companies, individuals and innovation in financial markets.
The MCAs span the most important sectors of institutional trading and technology – buy-side traders; sell-side execution desks; exchanges and platforms; incumbent technology providers and emerging fintech firms.
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.
#### PART 1
#### PART 2
#### PART 3
## INSTINET POSITIVE CHANGE AWARD WINNERS
#### NASDAQ
#### NYLIM
#### THOMAS PETERFFY
## MARKETS CHOICE AWARDS WINNERS
#### BOB SANTELLA, IPC
#### BRADY LEVY, FINOS
#### CRD
#### CITADEL SECURITIES
#### DASH
#### EATON VANCE
#### ED NEBENS, FPA
#### EVENTUS
#### FACTSET
#### FRTB, DTCC
#### FICC
#### IEX
#### IMPERATIVE EXECUTION
#### JANUS HENDERSON
#### JOE SCAFIDI, BRANDES
#### OCC
#### S3
#### SMARTTRADE
#### STATE STREET
#### TRADEWEB
#### TRUEFX
## WINNER
2020
**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
2019
| 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 |
2018
**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
2017
**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
2016
**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
2015
**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
2014
**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
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