2025 Global Markets Choice Awards Finalists
Listed below are some of the finalists for select categories in Markets Media Group’s 2025 Global Markets Choice Awards.
The GMCAs will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 5, at Central Park Boathouse in New York City.
Best in Equities |
Euronext |
Japan Exchange Group |
Nasdaq |
NYSE |
Toronto Stock Exchange |
Best in Derivatives |
B3 |
Cboe Global Markets |
CME Group |
Eurex |
Intercontinental Exchange |
National Stock Exchange of India |
SGX |
Best in Fixed Income |
Tradeweb |
Propellant |
Trumid |
MarketAxess |
Best in Digital Assets |
Binance |
Coinbase Exchange |
Gemini |
LMAX |
Kraken |
Best in Clearing |
CME Clearing |
DTCC |
LCH |
OCC |
Best Emerging Market Exchange |
B3 |
BMV |
Bombay Stock Exchange |
Saudi Stock Exchange |
Shanghai Stock Exchange |
Best Exchange Group |
Cboe Global Markets |
HKEX |
Intercontinental Exchange |
LSEG |
Nasdaq |
SGX |
Best EMS |
Bloomberg |
FactSet |
Flextrade |
SS&C Eze |
TS Imagine |
Best OMS |
Bloomberg |
Broadridge |
Interactive Brokers |
Trading Technologies |
Charles River |
BlackRock Aladdin |
Best Retail Trading Technology |
Charles Schwab |
eToro |
Fidelity |
Interactive Brokers |
Robinhood |
Tiger Brokers |
XTB |
Best Derivatives Trading System |
Broadridge |
FIS |
Sterling Trading Tech |
Trading Technologies |
TS Imagine |
Mizuho Corporate Culture Award |
Balyasny Asset Management |
Bank of America |
Bridgewater Associates |
DBS Bank |
DWS Asset Management |
J.P. Morgan |
Best buy-side trading team (listed products) |
AllianceBernstein |
BlackRock |
Federated Hermes |
Fidelity |
Goldman Sachs Asset Management |
HSBC Global Asset Management |
JP Morgan Asset Management |
State Street Global Advisors |
Best buy-side trading team (OTC Products) |
M&G |
AXA IM |
Schroders |
T. Rowe Price |
Best Sell-Side Trading Desk |
Bank of America |
Citi |
Goldman Sachs |
J.P. Morgan |
Mizuho |
Morgan Stanley |
Most inspirational trading leader (buy side) |
Kaustav Dasgupta, Two Sigma |
Amy Koch Flynn, Fidelity Investments |
Andy Munro, Janus Henderson |
Tobi Molko, Bridgewater Associates |
Jatin Vara / Dan Veiner, BlackRock |
Best quant investment team |
AQR Capital Managemern |
Balyasny |
Citadel |
Man AHL |
Millennium Management |
Renaissance Technologies |
Most effective electronic liquidity provider |
Citadel Securities |
Flow Traders |
Hudson River Trading |
Jane Street |
Optiver |
Susquehanna |
Virtu Financial |
CEO of the Year |
Loh Boon Chye, SGX |
Larry Fink, BlackRock |
Jane Fraser, Citi |
Billy Hult, Tradeweb |
Charles Scharf, Wells Fargo |
Lifetime Achievement |
Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg LP |
Jim Esposito, Citadel Securities |
Howard Lutnick, US Secretary of Commerce |
Andy Munro, Janus Henderson |
Daniel Pinto, JP Morgan |
Jonathan Pruzan, Pretium Partners (ex- Morgan Stanley) |
Please note: Global Markets Choice Awards nominations are open through April 25. This GMCAs finalists list represents a snapshot of where we are in the evaluation process. The list is not final, and not being listed does not preclude consideration for an award. We reserve the right to drop, modify or add awards categories for the final GMCAs program.