Analysis
Best seeder: Tages Emerging Opportunities Fund I & LFP Absolute Return Selection
Tages’ hedge fund seeding business concentrates on spotting top early-stage managers
Most innovative FoHF: Evolution (Lyxor Asset Management)
Alternative multi-manager fixed-income fund offers exposure to diversified performance drivers
European FoHF of the year: ACL Alternative Fund (Abbey Capital)
Success comes from time in the market, not timing of the market
Outstanding contribution to the European FoHF industry: Lionel Paquin, CEO, Lyxor Asset Management
Continual innovation is how FoHFs will be able to meet the challenges of the future
Exchange of the year: SIX Swiss Exchange
In a tough year for exchanges, SIX continued to innovate
Regtech initiative of the year: Modelity Technologies
Israeli firm provides Kid documentation and calculations under one roof
Pricing and analytics platform of the year: Numerix
Technology vendor launches services to help navigate FRTB and Priips
Law firm of the year: Simmons & Simmons
UK firm wins for its work helping the industry navigate the incoming Priips rules
Switzerland house of the year: UBS
Product innovation and increased investor support wins plaudits
Iberia house of the year: Commerzbank
Partnerships with local brokers powers German lender to 30% market share in Iberian peninsula
Nordic region house of the year: Commerzbank
Command of flow and bespoke products puts bank ahead of the pack
Italy house of the year: BNP Paribas
Commitment to innovation amid nervy local markets sees issuer ride to the fore
Germany house of the year: UBS
Swiss bank wins plaudits for bespoke investment strategies
France house of the year: Societe Generale
Strong focus on innovation powers French giant to home win
Central and Eastern Europe house of the year: Raiffeisen Centrobank
Bank brings products to a new audience with strong gains across listed markets
Benelux house of the year: BNP Paribas
French bank grew market share despite volatility challenges
ETF house of the year: UBS
Product innovation and depth of client franchise enables Swiss bank to shine
Index provider of the year: MSCI
Continued commitment to innovation in factor-based investment powers indexer to crown
Bank technology provider of the year: BNP Paribas
Smart Derivatives sees continued success as an outstanding primary and secondary market tool
Breakout issuer of the year: Natixis
Strong performance in core markets sees French lender close the gap on Europe’s largest issuers
Deal of the year: Societe Generale
French bank solves an investment product’s low interest rate problem
FICC house of the year: Societe Generale
French bank applies equity know-how to fixed-income underlyings
Equity derivatives house of the year: Societe Generale
Internal restructure helps streamline risk recycling
Institutional structurer of the year: BNP Paribas
French bank’s innovations help yield-hungry investors in volatile markets