Global Custodian is pleased to reveal the Editors’ Choice shortlists for its inaugural Leaders in Custody awards for Asia Pacific, to be held at Raffles in Singapore on 25 May.
The Editors’ Choice categories cover the areas of the market not reached by our annual surveys, primarily covering global custodians, fintechs and market infrastructures through recognising products, projects and innovation. 
All nominations are for those organisations with roots in the APAC region, or servicing clients, launching projects or collaborating throughout Asia, Australasia, or – in only a handful of cases – the Middle East.
There are multiple nominations within the Editors’ Choice categories for Citi, DBS, Euroclear, FNZ, HSBC, METACO, Proxymity and State Street. Meanwhile, BlackRock, BNY Mellon, Clearstream, DTCC, Komainu, Standard Chartered, UBS and Zodia Custody also earned a shortlist spot.
The categories cover asset servicing deals, initiatives and collaborations, along with fintech and digital asset initiatives.
Winners will be announced on 25 May at the awards ceremony at Raffles, Singapore. The shortlist for our survey-based awards has already been published, while our Innovation and Individual honours will be announced on the evening.
Should you wish to attend the awards, please contact daljit.sokhi@globalcustodian.com. For survey related awards questions contact richard.schwartz@globalcustodian.com and for Editors’ Choice or any editorial-related queries, contact jon.watkins@globalcustodian.com.
Asset Servicing Deal of the Year
Citi & BlackRock Aladdin – Singlife
HSBC – ETF Securities
Standard Chartered – iFAST Financial
State Street – Australian Retirement Trust
Best New Asset Servicing Project/Initiative
BNY Mellon – EPF Investment Accounting Project
Citi – Vote Connect Total
Proxymity – Digital Proxy Voting Service
State Street – Fund Connect ETF Portal
Asset Servicing Partnership of the Year
Citi – BlackRock Aladdin
METACO – DBS
Proxymity – Computershare
UBS – FNZ
Market Infrastructure Project/Partnership of the Year
Clearstream – QFI Status, Korea
DTCC – Iyo Bank
Euroclear – iETF cross-listing
Euroclear – MoU, Korea cross-border link
Digital Assets Initiative of the Year
DBS – Digital Exchange and Custody
HSBC – Orion
METACO – Harmonise
Zodia Custody – SBI Digital Asset Holdings
Fintech of the Year for Projects in APAC
FNZ
Komainu
METACO
Proxymity