After months of nominations, deliberation and judging, The TRADE is excited to announce the shortlists for Leaders in Trading 2026 Editors’ Choice Awards for London and New York.
Our editorial judging panel took in nominations from across the industry and compiled the shortlists, with London winners set to be revealed at The Savoy on 5 November 2026, followed by the New York winners on 19 November at Chelsea Piers.
The awards will also be announced alongside The TRADE’s Buy-Side Awards, as well as the EMS, Algorithmic Trading and Outsourced Trading categories.
Read more: Leaders in Trading 2026: Buy-Side Awards shortlists unveiled, voting now open!
The Editors’ Choice Awards return with their established line-up of industry categories, recognising standout firms and venues across categories including: Outstanding Exchange Group, Fixed Income Trading Venue, FX Trading Venue and Derivatives Trading Venue.
The shortlist also shines a light on innovation and expertise across technology, market data, TCA, clearing and market structure services on the sell-side, among other areas.
Moreover, the Industry Person of the Year 2026 award will also return in London and will be decided by a public vote on the night. The shortlist will be revealed in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for more details…
Should you wish to attend the awards, please contact Serena Franklin serena.franklin@thetradenews.com. If you are on the buy-side and would like to attend please contact Karen Delahoy karen.delahoy@thetradenews.com.
Congratulations and best of luck to all of our nominees!
London:
Outstanding Exchange Group (Equities)
EuronextLSEG
Nasdaq Nordic
SIX Swiss Exchange
Outstanding Fixed Income Trading Venue
BrokerTecEuronext, MTS Markets
MarketAxess
Trumid
Outstanding FX Trading Venue
CME Group, EBS
FXSpotStream
LSEG FXall
SGX FX
Outstanding Derivatives Trading Venue
Eurex
Euronext
OneTrading
Tradeweb
Outstanding Dark Trading Venue
Aquis Matching Pool (AMP)
Bloomberg MTF
Instinet BlockMatch
Turquoise
Block Trading Venue of the Year
Instinet BlockMatch
Liquidnet
MarketAxess
Turquoise
Outstanding Bilateral Trading Offering
BTIGInvestec
Liquidnet
Rothschild & Co
Clearing House of the Year
Cboe Clear Europe
Euronext Clearing
Nasdaq Clearing
LCH
TCA Provider of the Year
Berenberg
Bloomberg
Trading Technologies
xyt
Outstanding Market Data Services Provider – Equities
Bloomberg
BMLL Technologies
EuroCTP
LSEG Data & Analytics
Outstanding Market Data Services Provider – Fixed Income
Etrading Software
FactSet
Neptune Networks
TransFICC
Outstanding Trading Technology Provider
BestEx Research
FlexTrade
ipushpull
Quantitative Brokers
Thought Leader of the Year
Niki Beattie, founder and managing director, Market Structure Partners
Emily Prince, group head of AI, LSEG
Virginie Saade, head of government and regulatory policy, EMEA, Citadel
Jeremy Smart, head of distribution, XTX Markets
Sell-side Market Structure Excellence
Scott Charity, head of market structure, Berenberg
Gargi Purandare, executive director, JP Morgan
Joelle Tarrant, head of market structure and strategy, Rothschild & Co
James Wardle, director and head of execution consulting, Bank of America
New York:
Outstanding Equities Trading Venue
IEX
MEMX
Nasdaq
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Outstanding Fixed Income Trading Venue
BGC Group Fenics
ICE Bonds
MarketAxess
Trumid
Outstanding Futures and Options Trading Venue
Cboe
CME Group
ICE Futures
Miami International Securities Exchange (MIAX)
Outstanding Exchange – One to Watch
CIX
IEX Options
Texas Stock Exchange
24X
Alternative Trading System of the Year
Goldman Sachs SIGMA X MTF
IntelligentCross
Morgan Stanley MS POOL
TMX AlphaX US
Outstanding Trading Technology Provider
Broadridge
Trading Technologies
SimCorp
SS&C Technologies
TCA Provider of the Year
Abel Noser
BestX
Bloomberg
Virtu
Outstanding Market Data Services Provider
BMLL
Bondwave
Cboe Data and Access Solutions
Exegy
Digital Asset Innovation of the Year
Broadridge
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
TP ICAP
Tradeweb
Market Structure Excellence
Jesse Forster, vice president, client and product development, Texas Stock Exchange
Adrian Griffiths, head of market structure, MEMX
Mark Kepner, vice president, electronic equities and head of market structure, State Street
Jennifer Keser, managing director, Tradeweb
Justin Schack, managing director and partner, Rosenblatt Securities