Global Custodian reveals Editors’ Choice awards shortlists for Industry Leaders in New York 2025

Shortlist includes honours for client deals, acquisitions, projects, partnerships and initiatives across fund services, along with our annual ‘One to Watch’ and technology vendor accolades. Agent Banks of the Year for North America and Latin America are also included. 

By Editors

Global Custodian is pleased to announce its Editors’ Choice shortlist for the annual Industry Leaders awards to be held in New York on 20 November this year.   

The Editors’ Choice shortlists go beyond the results of our flagship surveys into the products, partnerships and milestones achieved by the industry over the past 12 months.  

We are also pleased to reveal the shortlists for our annual Agent Bank of the Year awards for North America and Latin America. 

Across the two shortlists, the big four custodians – BNY, Citi, JP Morgan and State Street – feature heavily, while there are also multiple nominations for RBC Investor Services and Apex Group. 

This year’s fiercely contested Fund Services One to Watch features some fascinating tech-driven players in Allocations, HIGHVERN, Juniper Square and Reliant Fund Services. 

This latest shortlist follows the publication of our survey awards from last week, which can be viewed by clicking here.  

The remaining awards to be announced on the evening include our Innovation awards and our Individual Honours – GC Legend, Lifetime Achievement and Industry Person of the Year. Shortlists will not be published for these awards.   

For more information on attending the event please click here or contact matt.aldred@globalcustodian.com or daljit.sokhi@globalcustodian.com 


Editors’ Choice 

Fund Services Deal of the Year  

  • Northern Trust – Igneo 
  • RBC Investor Services – Kaleido Growth  
  • State Street – Coller Capital 
  • State Street – Columbia Threadneedle Investments 

ETF Administration Deal of the Year  

  • BNY – Franklin Templeton 
  • BNY – WisdomTree 
  • JP Morgan – Nordea Asset Management 
  • State Street – VanEck 

Best Fund Services Project    

  • Apex Digital 3.0  
  • BNY – ETF Front-Office Optimisation Project 
  • Citi – ETFs  Services
  • JP Morgan – Private Markets Data on Fusion  

Fund Services Merger/Acquisition of the Year 

  • Alchelyst – Lyra  
  • Apex – Flow  
  • SS&C – Calastone  
  • TMF Group – EWM Global 

Fund Services Partnership of the Year  

  • Euroclear – Apollo  
  • Fidelity – Stone Coast 
  • RBC Investor Services – FundGuard  
  • U.S. Bank – Fenergo  

Technology Provider of the Year  

  • Canoe Intelligence   
  • Fenergo  
  • FundGuard  
  • Multifonds  

Fund Services One to Watch  

  • Allocations 
  • Highvern 
  • Juniper Square  
  • Reliant Fund Services 

 

Agent Banks 

Agent Bank of the Year North America 

  • BNY 
  • Citi 
  • MUFG 
  • UBS 

Client Service and Relationship Management, North America 

  • BNY 
  • Citi 
  • MUFG 
  • UBS 

Agent Bank of the Year Latin America 

  • BNP Paribas 
  • Deutsche Bank 
  • Citi 

 

 

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