- The Stock Market Review Gala 2019 took place at the head office of the Warsaw Stock Exchange
- GPW presented awards for performance and support for the development of the Polish capital market in 2019
The Stock Market Review Gala 2019 was hosted by Members of the GPW Management Board: Izabela Olszewska and Piotr Borowski. The awards were also presented by Mariusz Bieńkowski, President of the BondSpot Management Board and Zbigniew Minda, President of the GPW Benchmark Management Board. The event brought together the awarded capital market institutions including issuers, brokers, banks, investment firms, industry organisations and associations.
“Last year was difficult for European capital markets, as evidenced by a double-digit drop in turnover on the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Boerse, Wiener Boerse. Owing to the modifications implemented in the past two years under the strategy #GPW2022, we were in a position to defend our turnover more successfully than other European exchanges. The directions of development decided in 2018 proved us right. Our innovative solutions were appreciated: we received financial support from the National Centre for Research & Development dedicated to the development of the new trading system and the strategic initiative GPW Data. Further growth of the Exchange and the entire capital market would not have been possible without the broad support for innovative solutions on the part of the key market participants – the leaders who contributed in 2019 to the growing importance of the Warsaw Stock Exchange,” said Marek Dietl, President of the GPW Management Board.
The awards were presented in the following categories:
GPW Awards on the Main Market in shares:
- Dom Maklerski Banku Handlowego S.A. - for the highest share of a local exchange member in EOB turnover in shares on the Main Market in 2019
- JP Morgan Securities PLC - for the highest share of an exchange member in EOB turnover in shares on the Main Market in 2019
- Beta Securities Poland S.A. - for a new quality on the Polish ETF market
- ING Bank N.V. - for the biggest number of structured certificates introduced in 2019
GPW Awards on NewConnect:
- Biuro Maklerskie mBanku - for the highest share in EOB turnover in shares on NewConnect in 2019
- Dom Maklerski BDM - for the highest share of a market maker in EOB turnover in shares on NewConnect in 2019
GPW Awards on Catalyst:
- Biuro Maklerskie PKO Banku Polskiego - for the highest share in turnover in bonds on Catalyst in 2019
- KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. - for the biggest bond offering in 2019
- ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. - award to the first mortgage bank to newly list “green” covered bonds on Catalyst
GPW Awards on the derivatives market:
- Dom Maklerski Banku Ochrony Środowiska - for the biggest activity on the futures market in 2019
- Santander Biuro Maklerskie - for the biggest share in the volume of turnover in index options excluding market maker transactions in 2019
GPW Awards for Data Vendors:
- Biuro Maklerskie PKO Banku Polskiego - for the biggest number of real-time data subscribers in 2019
- mBank S.A. - for the biggest value of the order portfolio for information products containing GPW and BondSpot data in 2019
Broker of the Year 2019:
- Biuro Maklerskie PKO Banku Polskiego – for the biggest value of EOB and block trades turnover in shares on the Main Market and NewConnect, Treasury and non-Treasury bonds on the regulated market and GPW and BondSpot ATS, and for supporting liquidity in the biggest number of asset classes listed on GPW in 2019
BondSpot Awards:
- mBank S.A. - Treasury BondSpot Poland cash market leader
- ING Bank Śląski S.A. - Treasury BondSpot Poland conditional transactions leader
- mBank S.A. - Treasury BondSpot Poland market making leader
GPW Benchmark Awards:
- Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń S.A. – award to PZU Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. for its contribution to the launch of the regional index CEEplus and its promotion in the inPZU Akcje CEEplus Subfund
- Investors TFI S.A. – award to the first entity to establish relations with GPW Benchmark in the administration of the customised index “MS Investors” under the Benchmark Regulation
IR Excellence Programme Awards
Furthermore, awards were presented at the Gala in the framework of the IR Excellence Programme, a survey dedicated to the quality of investor relations in public companies participating in WIG20, mWIG40, sWIG80 and 20 gaming industry companies. The survey looked into the availability of specific data, including data in English, on the corporate websites of issuers listed on GPW. All the award winners had the highest possible score.
The awards for the best score in the second (final) IR Excellence Programme survey and for the maximum Code of Best Practice compliance score went to:
- KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.
- Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A.
- Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń S.A.
The Stock Market Review Gala 2019 was organised by the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The event partners were BondSpot and GPW Benchmark.
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The Warsaw Stock Exchange Group (GPW Group) operates trading platforms for shares, Treasury and corporate bonds, derivatives, electricity and gas, and provides indices and benchmarks including WIBOR and WIBID. The index agent FTSE Russell classifies the Polish capital market as a Developed Market since 2018. The markets operated by the GPW Group are the biggest in Central and Eastern Europe. For more information, visit www.gpw.pl
