2021 Markets Choice Awards
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
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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.
SUSTAINABILITY
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.
PHILANTHROPY
The Positive Change Award for philanthropy recognizes who in capital markets demonstrates support for charitable causes in an extraordinary and/or influential way.
DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING
The Positive Change Award recognizes those who go above and beyond to advance the cause of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in our industry.
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
