The etfexpress Awards 2019 recognise excellence among managers and service providers of exchange traded funds. The winners, who were presented with their awards in London on 7 March, were decided by a poll of etfexpress readers, both investors and managers, as well as other industry professionals at firms including fund administrators, custodians, accountants and auditors, law firms, consultants and distributors.
The etfexpress Awards 2019 recognise excellence among managers and service providers of exchange traded funds. The winners, who were presented with their awards in London on 7 March, were decided by a poll of etfexpress readers, both investors and managers, as well as other industry professionals at firms including fund administrators, custodians, accountants and auditors, law firms, consultants and distributors.
The winners of the etfexpress Awards 2019, are:
Best Commodity ETF Provider – Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp
Best Fixed Income (all excluding cash) ETF Provider – Amundi ETF
Best Fixed Income – cash (money market) ETF Management Firm – PIMCO
Best North America Equity ETF Provider – SPDR ETFs
Best Emerging Markets Equity ETF Provider – UBS
Best Europe Equity ETF Provider – Amundi ETF
Best APAC Equity ETF Provider – Nikko Asset Management
Best Global Equity ETF Provider – BlackRock iShares
Best Multi- Asset ETF Provider – WisdomTree
Best Alternative ETF Provider – Index IQ
Best New Equity ETF – Lyxor ETF
Best New Fixed Income ETF – Tabula
Most Innovative North American ETF Provider – WisdomTree
Most Innovative European ETF Provider – Ossiam
Best Smart Beta ETF Provider – Candriam IndexIQ
Most Innovative North American ETP Provider – Invesco
Most Innovative European ETP Provider – XBT Provider
Firm Showing the Best Innovation in ETFs – Candriam IndexIQ
Best European ETF Market-Maker – Optiver
Best North American ETF Market-Maker – Jane Street
Best Asia-Pacific ETF Market-Maker – Flow Traders
Best North American Exchange for Listing ETFs – NYSE ARCA
Best Asian Exchange for Listing ETFs – ASX
Best European Exchange for Listing ETFs – EURONEXT
Most Innovative Index Provider – STOXX
Best OTC Trading Platform for Institutional Investors – Tradeweb
Best OTC Trading Platform for Retail Investors – Interactive Investor
Best ETF Research Provider – Citi
Best ETF Distributor – HANetf
Best North American ETF Fund Administrator – JP Morgan
Best European ETF Fund Administrator – State Street Global Services
Best ETF Global Custodian – HSBC
Best ETF Global Liquidity Provider – ABNAMRO Clearing
Best ETF Research Paper from October 2018/2019 – SGCIB
Best ETF Marketing/Public Relations Firm – MacMillan Communications
Best ETF Legal & Compliance Firm – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Individual Worthy of the 2019 ETF Lifetime Achievement Award – Arnaud Llinas, Head of Lyxor ETFs and Indexing