Global Custodian is delighted to announce the winners of its annual Leaders in Custody awards, held at The Savoy in London last night.
Deutsche Bank and SIX each took home three honours on the evening, while BNP Paribas, Euroclear, JP Morgan, Mizuho Bank, Standard Chartered and State Street were among the organisations to pick up two awards.
The event celebrated the outstanding securities services providers, including those which have excelled in Global Custodian’s Agent Bank surveys, alongside our Editors’ Choice, Innovation, and Individual honours.
In our Editors’ Choice segment, BNY Mellon took home the coveted Global Custodian of the Year award for the second year running, while JP Morgan scooped two separate honours for its flagship data platform Fusion. 
Best New Asset Servicing Project was picked up by Brown Brothers Harriman for data solution InfuseDX.
The Deal of the Year accolade went to Northern Trust for its mandate from True Potential, while Proxymity was crowned Fintech of the Year for the second time in three years. Tokenbridge picked up the award for Fintech One to Watch.
Metaco and Zodia were handed the award for Asset Servicing Partnership of the Year, while Euroclear was awarded with Market Infrastructure Project of the Year for the roll out of its Digital Securities Issuance (D-SI) service. Digital Asset’s Canton Network also took home the crystal for Digital Asset Initiative of the Year.
Other winners in the Editors’ Choice segment included Broadridge for its DLR solution and TCS for Technology Vendor of the Year.
New Euroclear CEO Valerie Urbain picked up the prestigious Industry Person of the Year award, recognising her phenomenal achievements over the past 12 months, both personally and in driving the ICSD’s strategy.
The other winners across our survey awards included Eurobank, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Intesa Sanpaolo and UBS.
SIX won Best in Survey for its outstanding performance across our sub-custody surveys, while Standard Chartered was named Agent Bank of the Year for both Major and Frontier markets.
In a year when Global Custodian received a record number of nominations for its Innovation awards, honours were given to Citi, State Street, Lukka, National Stock Exchange, Saphyre, S&P Global, Nasdaq and Deutsche Bank.
A full list of winners can be found below:
| Best in Class: Global | |
| Asset Safety and Risk Management | Eurobank – Greece |
| Account Management | Intesa Sanpaolo – Italy |
| Data Services | SIX – Switzerland |
| Relationship Management | Mizuho Bank – Japan |
| Technology | SIX – Switzerland |
| Client Service | BNP Paribas – Turkey |
| Best Network | State Street |
| Agent Bank of the Year | |
| Major Markets | Standard Chartered Bank |
| Emerging Markets | Deutsche Bank |
| Frontier Markets | Standard Chartered Bank |
| Large Clients | UBS |
| Best in Survey | SIX |
| Best Provider as Rated by Network Managers | |
| Major Markets: Overall | SEB |
| Emerging Markets: Overall | Deutsche Bank |
| Frontier Markets: Overall | HSBC |
| Best Provider as Rated by Global Custodians | |
| Major Markets | Mizuho Bank |
| Emerging Markets | BNP Paribas |
| Innovation Award | |
| Innovation in T+1 Post-Trade Solutions | Saphyre |
| Innovation in Digital Custody Solutions | S&P Global Market Intelligence |
| Innovation in AI Technology | Deutsche Bank |
| Innovation in Post-Trade Technology | Nasdaq |
| Innovation in Blockchain for Private Markets | Citi |
| Innovation in Crypto Data Management | Lukka |
| Innovation in Front-to-Back-Office Service | State Street Alpha |
| Innovation in Market Structure | National Stock Exchange |
| Editors’ Choice | |
| Global Custodian of the Year | BNY Mellon |
| Custody Deal of the Year | Northern Trust – True Potential |
| Asset Servicing Partnership of the Year | Metaco – Zodia |
| ESG Initiative of the Year | JP Morgan – Sustainable Investment Data Solutions |
| Best New Asset Servicing Project | Brown Brothers Harriman – InfuseDX |
| Data Project/Initiative of the Year | JP Morgan – Fusion |
| Market Infrastructure Project of the Year | Euroclear – Digital Securities Issuance (D-SI) Service |
| Fintech of the Year | Proxymity |
| Fintech One to Watch | Tokenbridge |
| Technology Vendor of the Year | Tata Consultancy Services |
| Securities Finance/Collateral Initiative of the Year | Broadridge – DLR |
| Digital Asset/DLT Initiative of the Year | Digital Asset – Canton Network |
| Industry Person of the Year | Valérie Urbain |