Leaders in Trading 2025: Editors’ Choice Awards shortlists revealed for London event

Awards for exchanges, sell-side firms, technology vendors and more to be handed out on 6 November at the Savoy in London alongside previously announced survey honours.

By Editors

Following an extensive and lengthy selection process over the summer, The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlists for the Leaders in Trading Editors’ Choice London Awards 2025.

Following a record number of nominations for this year’s categories, our editorial judging panel compiled the list, with the winners set to be revealed at The Savoy Hotel on 6 November 2025, alongside our other prestigious awards including the EMS, Algorithmic Trading and Buy-Side categories.

The mainstay awards of the Editors’ Choice segment are back again: Outstanding Exchange Group, Equities Trading Venue, Dark Trading Venue, Fixed Income Trading Venue, FX Trading Venue, and Derivatives Exchange Group.

Other categories span Technology, Market Data, TCA Clearing, Market Structure Services on the Sell-Side and more.

Now in its fourth year, the vote for the Industry Person of the Year 2025 will once again be opened up to a public vote on the awards night, so keep your eyes peeled for a shortlist announcement in the coming weeks.

Visit our event page for more information.

Should you wish to attend the awards, please contact Daljit Sokhi daljit.sokhi@thetradenews.com to book a table for the dinner. 

If you are a member of the buy-side community and would like information on attending Leaders in Trading as a guest of The TRADE, please contact Karen Delahoy

karen.delahoy@thetradenews.com.

Congratulations and best of luck to all of our nominees!

Editors’ Choice Awards 2025 shortlists:

Outstanding Exchange Group

Deutsche Borse

Euronext

LSEG

SIX Group

Outstanding Equities Trading Venue

Cboe Europe

LSEG

Nasdaq Nordic

SIX Group

Outstanding Dark Trading Venue

Aquis Matching Pool (AMP)

Liquidnet

SwissatMid

Virtu POSIT

Outstanding Fixed Income Trading Venue

Bloomberg

ICE Bonds

MarketAxess

Tradeweb

Outstanding FX Trading Venue

Deutsche Börse, 360T

LSEG, Refinitiv FXall

LMAX Exchange

MillTech

Outstanding Derivatives Trading Venue

CME Group

Eurex

Euronext

ICE Futures Europe

Block Trading Venue of the Year

Cboe BIDS Europe

InTick

LeveL Markets, Luminex

Liquidnet

Clearing House of the Year

Cboe Clear Europe

ICE Clear Europe

Euronext Clearing

LCH

TCA Provider of the Year

BestX

Tradefeedr

Virtu Financial

xyt

Outstanding Market Data Services Provider – Equities

BMLL Technologies

Exegy

Pico

xyt

Outstanding Market Data Services Provider – Fixed income

Bloomberg

Ediphy

Propellant Digital

S&P Global Market Intelligence

Proprietary Trading Firm of the Year

IMC Trading

Jane Street

Virtu Financial

XTX Markets

Outstanding Trading Technology Provider

Adaptive

Broadridge

TransFICC

TS Imagine

Sell-Side Market Structure Excellence

Gareth Exton, Liquidnet

Byron Griffin, ODDO BHF

Emma Lokko, Susquehanna

Robert Miller, Kepler Cheuvreux

«