Global Custodian is pleased to announce the shortlists for its annual Leaders in Custody awards being held in London at The Savoy on 14 May 2026, including survey-related honours and Editors’ Choice categories.
The evening will once again recognise the achievements of the global securities services industry, with awards celebrating global custodians, sub-custodians, technology providers and market infrastructure providers across a range of categories. 
The celebrations will honour top performers from Global Custodian’s Agent Banks in Major, Emerging and Frontier Markets surveys, along with Editors’ Choice awards recognising areas of innovation and achievements the research does not traditionally cover.
There is still an opportunity to nominate some of the industry’s brightest ideas for our Innovation awards categories, which you can do by clicking here.
Leading the way this year with the highest number of nominations is SIX, appearing across 10 categories, while BNP Paribas comes a close second with eight.
State Street, Standard Chartered and DTCC each secure an impressive seven nominations, while BNY is up for six honours.
Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Eurobank each receive five nominations, with HSBC, Clearstream, UBS and Piraeus Bank Securities Services appearing four times. Citi, Euroclear, Intesa Sanpaolo, SEB and Digital Asset are each recognised in three categories.
Multiple nominations have also been awarded to Brown Brothers Harriman, Zilo, Broadridge, Chainlink and CACEIS.
A major new addition this year is the expansion of our global custody focused honours as we introduce recognition for excellence across key client segments including asset owners, asset managers and private markets.
The two other new categories for this year are Institutional Digital Asset Custodian of the Year and Excellence in Digital Asset Innovation.
The other institutions and providers featured across this year’s shortlists are Mizuho Bank, RBI, SGSS, PBZ, RMB Custody, Mauritius Commercial Bank, Swift, Duco, Arcesium, Tokenovate, Saphyre, Proxymity, FNZ, FIS, TCS, Zodia, Komainu, GK8 by Galaxy, Taurus, Pirum, Eurex, Euronext and TS Imagine.
Individual awards including our Lifetime Achievement award, GC Legends and Industry Person of the Year will be announced at a later date.
Should you wish to attend the awards, please contact daljit.sokhi@globalcustodian.com. For survey related awards questions contact beenish.hussain@globalcustodian.com and for Editors’ Choice, or any editorial-related queries, contact jon.watkins@globalcustodian.com.
The full shortlist can be found below:
Agent Bank of the Year – Overall
- BNP Paribas
- Deutsche Bank
- Standard Chartered
Agent Bank of the Year – Frontier Markets
- Eurobank
- SEB
- Standard Chartered
Agent Bank of the Year – Emerging Markets
- BNP Paribas
- Deutsche Bank
- Standard Chartered
Agent Bank of the Year – Major Markets
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- SEB
- SIX
Agent Bank of the Year – Single Market
- BNP Paribas (India)
- Deutsche Bank (China)
- Mizuho Bank (Japan)
Best in Class
Account Management
- Eurobank (Greece)
- Piraeus Bank Securities Services (Greece)
- SIX (ICSD)
Asset Safety & Risk Management
- Eurobank (Greece)
- SIX (ICSD)
- SIX (Switzerland)
Client Service
- Eurobank (Greece)
- Piraeus Bank Securities Services (Greece)
- SIX (ICSD)
Relationship Management
- Piraeus Bank Securities Services (Greece)
- SIX (ICSD)
- UBS (Germany)
Service Innovation
- BNP Paribas (Hungary)
- Intesa Sanpaolo (Germany)
- SIX (ICSD)
Regional Awards
Best Provider – Central and Eastern Europe
- PBZ
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Societe Generale Securities Services
Best Provider – Northern Europe
- BNP Paribas
- SEB
- UBS
Best Provider – Western Europe
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- SIX
- UBS
Best Provider – Sub-Saharan Africa
- Mauritius Commercial Bank
- Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)
- Standard Chartered
Best Provider – Middle East and North Africa
- Deutsche Bank
- HSBC
- Standard Chartered
As Voted for by…
As Voted for by Network Managers – Major Markets
- CACEIS
- SIX Group
- UBS
As Voted for by Network Managers – Emerging Markets
- Deutsche Bank
- Eurobank
- Piraeus Bank Securities Services
As Voted for by Global Custodians – Major Markets
- CACEIS
- SIX
- Standard Chartered
As Voted for by Global Custodians – Emerging Markets
- BNP Paribas
- HSBC
- Standard Chartered
Editors’ Choice
Global Custodian of the Year
- BNP Paribas
- BNY
- Citi
- JP Morgan
- Northern Trust
- State Street
Outstanding Custody Provider – Asset Owners
- BNY
- JP Morgan
- Northern Trust
- State Street
Outstanding Custody Provider – Asset Managers
- BNY
- Citi
- JP Morgan
- State Street
Outstanding Custody Provider – Alternatives & Private Markets
- BNY
- HSBC
- JP Morgan
- State Street
Deal of the Year
- BNP Paribas – Allianz UK
- JP Morgan – The California State Treasurer’s Office
- Northern Trust – Aristotle
- State Street – Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Asset Servicing Initiative of the Year
- BNY – Eliza 2.0
- Citi – Single Event Processing
- Clearstream – Tokenised securities platform
- DTCC – Tokenisation service
Asset Servicing Partnership of the Year
- BBH – SimCorp
- DTCC – BNY
- SWIFT – Chainlink
- State Street – Intesa Sanpaolo
Fintech One to Watch
- Arcesium
- Duco
- Tokenovate
- Zilo
Fintech of the Year
- Chainlink
- Digital Asset
- Proxymity
- Saphyre
Technology Vendor/Platform Provider of the Year
- Broadridge
- FIS
- FNZ
- TCS
Institutional Digital Asset Custodian of the Year
- GK8 by Galaxy
- Komainu
- Taurus
- Zodia
Securities Finance/Collateral Initiative of the Year
- Broadridge – DLR
- DTCC – Collateral-in-lieu services
- Equilend – 1Source
- Pirum – ClearingConnect
Securities Finance/Collateral Partnership of the Year
- Clearstream/ Eurex – Treasury Spring
- DTCC – BNY
- Eurex – HQLAx – Clearstream
- Euroclear – Transcend
Excellence in Digital Asset Innovation
- DTCC – Tokenisation service
- Digital Asset – Canton Network
- Euroclear – Digital Financial Market Infrastructure (D-FMI) platform
- HSBC Orion
Digital Asset/DLT Initiative of the Year
- BNY – Digital Asset Data Insights product
- Clearstream – Tokenised securities platform
- DTCC – Tokenisation service
- Digital Asset– On chain financing of US Treasuries (UST)
Market Infrastructure Project/Initiative of the Year
- Clearstream– Tokenised securities platform
- DTCC – Tokenisation service
- Euroclear – Digital Financial Market Infrastructure (D-FMI) platform
- Euronext – Repo market expansion
Asset Servicing Project – One to Watch
- BBH – Front-to-back Platform
- Chainlink – AI Corporate Actions Initiative
- TS Imagine – LoanSmart
- Zilo/State Street – Transfer Agency Offering