Last night The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading 2015 honoured the top performers in their respective fields at the Museum of London.
The evening saw more industry leaders than ever before get together to celebrate talent and innovation across the industry, and was accompanied this year by the Rising Stars of Trading and Execution – sponsored by UBS – which recognised the up-and-coming traders of the future.
The TRADE would like to congratulate the winners and thank everyone who took part, including our sponsors – ITG, London Stock Exchange Group, Macquarie, Turquoise and UBS.
See below for the full list of winners and Rising Stars
The Hall of Fame
Outstanding TCA provider – Markit
Outstanding trading venue – Liquidnet
Outstanding technology vendor – Tradeweb
Outstanding market data provider – Interactive Data
Sell-side lifetime achievement – Richard Balarkas
Buy-side lifetime achievement – Paul Squires
Buy-side awards
Trader of the Year Hedge Funds – Benjamin Bouillou, GLG Partners
Trader of the Year Long-only – Christoph Hock, Union Investment
Mid-Cap Trader of the Year – Sascha Becker, Allianz Global Investors
Trading Desk of the Year – AXA IM trading and securities financing desk
Project of the Year – Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
Multi-Asset Desk of the Year – Candriam
Post-Trade Project of the Year – State Street Global Advisors
Blue ribbon categories
Execution Consistency (Hedge Funds) – Deutsche Bank
Clients using more than four Providers (Long Only) – Top Ranked: J.P. Morgan
Clients Using Algorithms for more than 40% of Trading (Long Only) – UBS
Clients with Assets >$50bn (Long Only) – Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Hedge fund categories
Reducing Market Impact (Hedge Funds) – Bloomberg Tradebook
Dark Pool Access (Hedge Funds) – Credit Suisse
Price Improvement (Hedge Funds) – ITG
Smart Order Routing (Hedge Funds) – Bloomberg Tradebook
Ease of Use – (Hedge Funds) – UBS
Internal Crossing (Hedge Funds) – Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Trade Productivity (Hedge Funds) – J.P. Morgan
Cost and Commissions (Hedge Funds) – Instinet
Customer Support (Hedge Funds) – Instinet
Anonymity (Hedge Funds) – Goldman Sachs
Speed and Latency (Hedge Funds) – Morgan Stanley
Customisation (Hedge Funds) – Citi
Execution Consulting and Analytics (Hedge Funds) – ITG
Long-only categories
Ease of Use (Long Only) – UBS
Reducing Market Impact (Long Only) – Instinet
Execution Consistency (Long Only) – Citi
Anonymity (Long Only) – Bernstein
Crossing (Long Only) – Credit Suisse
Trader Productivity (Long Only) – J.P. Morgan
Customer Support (Long Only) – Bernstein
Clients Based in the UK (Long Only) – Credit Suisse
Clients Based in Europe (Long Only) – UBS
Ones to watch
Algorithmic trading: Response Numbers – EXANE BNP PARIBAS
Algorithmic trading: Client Scores – Société Générale
Rising Stars
James Hathaway – First State Investments
Sam Spencer – Investec Asset Management
Russell Penn – Newton
Benjamin Bouillou – GLG Partners
Francesca Bullo – Generali Investments Europe
Gareth Coltman – Market Axess
Darren Fancourt – Seven Investment Management
Jonathan Finney – Fidelity Investment Management
Derek Flynn – Bluecrest Capital Management
Daniel Hughes – Ascentric
Vanaja Indra – Insight Investment
Zac Lewis – Liontrust
Rory Magrath – Union Bancaire Privée
Angela McLean – Nikko Asset Management
Matthew McLoughlin – Liontrust Asset Management
Tim Meggs – Fulcrum Asset Management
Terence Nahar – Aberdeen Asset Management
Alexander Neil – EFG Bank AG
Arjun Singh-Muchelle – Investment Association
Tim Snelgrove – Rare Infrastructure
Oliver Steinki – Evolutiq
David Sturgeon – Alliance Trust
Ben Thompson – BlueBay Asset Management
Matt Tonge – Liontrust
Vincenzo Vedda – Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
Kristian West – JP Morgan Asset Management
Jonty Field – Quantiative Brokers
Adam Batley – Aviva Investors
Raymond Joesoef – Delta Lloyd Asset Management
Jason Recordon – Henderson Global Investors
Russell Beer – Aberdeen Asset Management
Darren Bustin – Royal London Asset Management
Guillaume Chauvin – Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Stefan Garcia – Source
Jay Hockey – Schroders
Tim Marchant – Cardwell Investment
Jean Sayegh – Lyxor
Michel Vannier – Allianz Global Investors
Jin Wong – Old Mutual Global Investors