Awards
Best provider of FX clearing: Citi
Despite the challenges associated with clearing foreign exchange, Citi wins this award as one of the best-placed banks to succeed when it becomes mandatory
E-FX Awards: Coming full circle in technology
Traiana, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, EBS and Citi's Jeff Feig are among the winners of the 2013 e-FX awards, which recognise excellence and innovation in FX technology
Best retail platform: Spotware Systems' cTrader
Spotware Systems wins the retail award having successfully launched a platform that challenges the dominance of MetaTrader in the retail market
Best FX white-label liquidity service: Saxo Bank
Saxo retains its lead in the white-labelling business, having seen particular traction with private banks over the past year
Best professional e-trading venue: EBS
EBS wins the award in recognition of the thought leadership role it has taken in FX execution over the past year, which has won the support of many of the platform's users
Best algorithmic trading technology provider: BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas successfully breaks into the increasingly competitive market for algorithmic execution in foreign exchange
Vendor e-FX initiative of the year: Traiana
Traiana's CreditLink product wins this year's award, having tackled an important layer of risk in the FX market, and enabled trading relationships to be terminated in real time on five occasions
Bank e-FX initiative of the year: Deutsche Bank
Deutsche scoops two awards, one for its revamped AutobahnFX platform, launched last year, and another for its ACT platform for corporates trading FX
Options platform of the year: Digital Vega
Despite the challenges faced by multibank options platforms as a result of delays in regulation, Digital Vega has managed to build consistent liquidity on its Medusa platform
Best liquidity aggregation system: TraderTools
TraderTools wins the award for best liquidity aggregation system after adding a unique product to the increasingly crowded market with its LightFX hosted service
Achievement award: Jeff Feig
Citi’s global head of G-10 FX wins the 2013 e-FX achievement award in recognition of the exceptional contribution he has made to Citi’s foreign exchange franchise and the broader industry over the past nine years
Best post-trade services provider: DealHub
DealHub scoops the award for best post-trade services provider, having continued to launch new products and help clients prepare for regulatory change
Best transaction cost analysis technology: ITG
Investment Technology Group (ITG) takes the inaugural award for best FX TCA provider, having successfully leveraged its experience in the delivery of TCA in equities
Best trading technology vendor: Barracuda FX
Niche vendor Barracuda FX wins trading technology vendor of the year, having cornered the market for FX-focused order management technology
Defining innovation in e-FX
As the 2013 e-FX Awards open for entry, the parameters of innovation in FX technology continue to evolve in line with changes in the market environment
Best Banks 2012: Kevin Rodgers talks to FX Week
Kevin Rodgers, global head of foreign exchange at Deutsche Bank, the winner of this year's Best Banks Awards survey, talks to Joel Clark about the challenges the bank has faced in 2012
Doing more with less volatility
The winners of this year's Best Banks awards are those that have proven themselves capable of winning business even when markets are less volatile
LCH.Clearnet bags FX clearing house award
In the inaugural award for best FX clearing house, LCH.Clearnet is voted top for the successful launch of ForexClear, which has cleared roughly 23,000 trades over the past eight months
Barclays grabs top spot for FX options
The UK bank has risen from fourth to third place in this year's survey, and has also added FX options to its awards tally
UBS holds Swiss franc lead despite intervention
UBS wins best bank for the Swiss franc and best bank for post-trade services as it continues to provide liquidity despite the challenges posed by the EUR/CHF floor
SuperDerivatives and Bloomberg scoop vendor awards
SuperDerivatives has risen gradually to the top spot for risk management and options pricing, while Bloomberg has again won best market data provider for FX
Thomson Reuters and FXall still on top
As two become one, FXall and Thomson Reuters have both topped their individual award categories again this year
Icap lands emerging markets award as NDF volumes grow
Icap has topped the spot-broking category once again and has also picked up the award for best broker in emerging markets, in recognition of its strength in NDFs
Best Banks 2012: Deutsche holds top spot for fourth year
Deutsche Bank and Citi remain in first and second place in this year's market survey, while Barclays has risen to third place