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[ L E A D E R S O n 25 October at the prestigious Savoy Hotel in London, the buy-side, sell-side, technology vendors and exchange operators gathered for a memorable night at The TRADE’s annual Leaders in Trading awards. In a record-setting year, over 220 guests were in attendance, including more buy-side traders than ever before. The Leaders in Trading awards ceremony aims to ac- knowledge and commend the many moving parts of the industry with the algorithmic trading awards, the buy- side awards and The TRADE’s editors choice awards. Deutsche Asset Management, Millennium Manage- ment, Union Investment, Fidelity international and Liontrust Asset Management were the winners in this year’s highly competitive and much celebrated buy-side awards. Adam Conn from Baillie Gifford received the coveted lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the industry during his career. Elsewhere, Kepler Cheuvreux, the London Stock Exchange Group, Cboe Global Markets and RBC Capital Markets were the standout winners, taking home multi- ple awards each. RBC Capital Markets won the customer support and increased trader productivity, while Kepler Cheu- vreux took home the execution consistency and price improvement trophies from the algorithmic trading awards. I N T R A D I N G A W A R D S ] The recently rebranded Cboe Global Markets was not only recognised as the outstanding market data pro- vider, but also handed the outstanding global exchange honour in the editors choice awards. For the London Stock Exchange Group, its post-trade business LCH was acknowledged with the innovation in clearing prize, the exchange itself took home the out- standing equities trading venue award and Turquoise Plato Block Discovery won block trading venue of the year. The TRADE also recognised Red Deer and RSRCHX- change as FinTech ones to watch, with CloudMargin earning a win in the all-new FinTech innovation award category. All three firms were honoured after having made their mark in the growingly important FinTech space throughout the last 12 months. The event – which was The TRADE’s biggest awards ceremony yet – marked the end of an eventful and memorable year. As the industry prepares to be turned on its head with the introduction of regulatory change come January, next year’s Leaders in Trading ceremony promises to be just as highly anticipated...see you there! Full winners list on following pages Issue 54 TheTradeNews.com 13