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- Global award win recognises innovation in derivatives industry
- Caps year of accolades from publications covering different asset classes
Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) has been named “Global Exchange of the Year” at the FOW International Awards 2022, capping a year of accolades from major media publications covering different asset classes across the international derivatives industry.
FOW, the leading magazine of London-based Global Investor Group, yesterday announced its global awards recognising innovation in the derivatives industry. In September, SGX Group clinched “Exchange of the Year” at FOW’s Asia Capital Markets Awards, while SGX Chairman Kwa Chong Seng received its “Lifetime Achievement Award”.
Michael Syn, Head of Equities at SGX Group, said, “We are delighted to win this global innovation award in an exceptional year of challenge and opportunity for our industry. For our clients to navigate with confidence, we must be unwavering in pushing new ideas – across products, platforms and partnerships. In the coming year, we look forward to taking our service offering to the next level.”
During the year, SGX Group retained “Derivatives Exchange of the Year” at the Asia Risk Awards, one of the longest-running awards for the derivatives and risk-management industry. SGX FX picked up the “Best FX Exchange” distinction for a fifth consecutive year at FX Markets magazine’s Asia FX Awards, which celebrates the best-in-class across the foreign exchange industry in Asia-Pacific. SGX Commodities was named “Commodities Exchange of the Year” by Energy Risk Asia and “Metals Service Provider of the Year: Financial” at the Platts Global Metals Awards.
SGX Group also won “Exchange of the Year” for the fourth time at the Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence, while its ESGenome portal was named “ESG Initiative of the Year”.
