Analysis
Lifetime achievement award: Bennett W Golub
CRO and founding partner has helped grow – and guard – BlackRock for almost three decades
Risk solutions house of the year: Goldman Sachs
US bank restructured huge Swiss franc swap during market turmoil
Operational risk technology product of the year (sell side): NICE Actimize
More than 400 customers are now using the ERCM platform to keep a lid on financial crime
Bank risk manager of the year: HSBC
HSBC’s risk team helped traders minimise losses when the renminbi took a sharp dive in August
Emerging markets dealer of the year: Standard Bank
South African dealer reaping rewards of local market knowledge and international reach
Market risk technology product of the year (buy side): MSCI
LiquidityMetrics uses buy-side questionnaire to measure liquidity in data-scarce bond market
Corporate risk manager of the year: Ford Motor Company
Natural hedges and holistic analysis help auto giant cut hedging costs
Derivatives house of the year: Citi
Strong leverage ratio gives Citi flexibility to stick with full-service model
Exchange of the year: CME Group
Chicago exchange found fixes for five-year issuance gap in US Treasury bonds
Operational risk technology product of the year (buy side): CloudMargin
Clearing adds complexity for small buy-side firms; CloudMargin aims to take it away
Clearing house of the year: LCH.Clearnet
Basis explosion – and client surge – vindicate UK CCP's strategy
Trading technology product of the year (sell side): Droit Financial Technologies
Five banks now using start-up to navigate swaps reform minefield
Sovereign risk manager of the year: SHCP
Mexico hedged against the oil price collapse while diversifying its debt investor base
Market risk technology product of the year (sell side): Numerix
Vendor praised for speedy XVA calculations
Quant of the year: Alexandre Antonov
Numerix quant revolutionises negative rates modelling
Structured products house of the year: SG CIB
Banks needed agility as well as scale to succeed in structured products in 2015
Equity derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
Innovative risk-offloading trades enable the bank to power ahead of its rivals
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Citadel Securities
Swaps market outsider changes the way the game is played
Trading technology product of the year (buy side): Algomi
Vendor signed up 150 buy-side clients in 2015, offering them a peek at previously hidden bond flows
Fixed-income trading platform of the year: UBS
Firm prices saw 'real end-users' flock to Bond Port in 2015
Currency derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
French bank prospered despite Swiss franc surge, renminbi devaluation
Single-dealer platform of the year: Citi
Clients praise the US bank's Velocity platform for weathering the Swiss franc storm
Credit derivatives house of the year: Citi
Single-name CDSs still have buy-side fans and many have come to see Citi as the go-to dealer
Sef of the year: trueEx
Start-up Sef enjoys a breakthrough year by offering unique post-trade tools to the buy side