Awards
Best trading platform for retail: OCBC Bank
OCBC diversifies its FX offering with more currencies and 24/7 trading to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of retail and SME clients
HSBC wins six Apac FX house of the year awards
With one of the strongest footprints in the Asia-Pacific region (Apac), HSBC provides international clients with an extensive local FX franchise while facilitating local clients’ access to international markets
Best FX prime broker and Best compression/optimisation service for FX: HSBC
With one of the largest FX networks worldwide – and strong coverage in Asia and other emerging markets – HSBC’s FX prime brokerage remains a strategic partner to key financial institutions
Best aggregator and Best FX analytics provider: oneZero
oneZero continues its rapid growth as FX brokers, banks and non-banks in Asia and beyond benefit from the advanced features its multi-asset trading and analytics technology provide
Firms seek optimisation gains as UMR and SA-CCR bite
A wider range of market participants is taking advantage of service providers such as OSTTRA’s optimisation cycles to drive margin and counterparty credit risk efficiencies across asset classes including FX, rates, equities, commodities and credit
Best FX overlay manager: State Street
In the most challenging market environment in many years, demand for State Street’s currency management offering spiked in 2022 as market participants sought assistance in minimising their FX risk and optimising their hedging activities
Best settlement initiative: CLS
Created 20 years ago to mitigate FX settlement risk, CLS continues to lead the settlement sphere with new solutions designed to meet the challenges of an ever-evolving FX market
Best single-dealer platform: Citi
To better connect its various FX solutions and allow its client base access to a broader set of markets, Citi has undertaken an ambitious project to consolidate its entire FX offering under its single-dealer platform
Best connectivity, hosting and co‑location service: smartTrade Technologies
As regional market participants have upmarketed their workflows, smartTrade Technologies has reinforced its offering with more advanced and bespoke services and modules, incorporating such tools as machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in…
Best liquidity aggregation service: oneZero
oneZero’s technology helps market participants gain a better understanding of the market, as well as access to quality liquidity, better manage their risk and maximise the hedging potential of their FX portfolios
Best exchange for FX: CME Group
Following years of investment in its platform, CME Group has created an FX marketplace that provides market participants with a breadth of trading options that cater for myriad execution and trading styles and market conditions
FX house of the year, Malaysia: OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad
OCBC Bank Berhad, the Malaysian subsidiary of the second-largest banking group in the region, impressed the judges with its agile and customer-centric multichannel FX offering, which allows clients access to the bank via a treasury dealer, its e-platform…
Best retail FX platform/FX house of the year, Singapore: OCBC Bank
OCBC Bank's wins are testament to its endeavours and innovation within the FX industry
FX Markets Asia FX Awards 2023: Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse operates an automated market-making business in principal FX and precious metals, which attracted the judges’ attention in the Best e-FX trading house category
e-FX Awards 2023: The winners
JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank win two categories each, while UBS is best for spot
Asia FX Awards 2023: The winners
The FX Markets Asia FX Awards present 34 categories, which were determined by an esteemed judging panel comprising industry experts and FX professionals across the Apac region. They have paid attention to firms that brought unique and innovative ways to…
Best FX aggregator: oneZero
In addition to expanding its network and achieving strong revenue growth, oneZero hit an impressive stride in 2022 by processing 9 trillion quotes on average per month
Best FX technology provider: oneZero
oneZero’s market-neutral technology has built its brand and business on the success of its award-winning modular trading technology solutions
Best buy-side FX trading platform: Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s trading platform FXGO’s best-in-class FX trading solutions have cemented it as an indispensable platform, with impressive system integration and extensive liquidity gaining particular praise
Best FX analytics provider: smartTrade Technologies
The smartTrade LiquidityFX system has allowed smartTrade Techologies’ customers across Asia’s FX markets to optimise liquidity provision based on their specific FX needs
BNP Paribas recognised in three categories at the 2022 Best Banks Awards
Amid the market commotion of the past several years, BNP Paribas’ FX franchise has weathered the storm and proven its scope and strength to become one of the top liquidity providers in the industry