Global Custodian is delighted to announce the winners of its annual Leaders in Custody awards, held at The Savoy in London last night. 
Standard Chartered and SIX stood out with three accolades apiece on the evening, while State Street, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, Clearstream, Deutsche Bank, Euroclear, and Mizuho Bank 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, State Street took home the coveted Global Custodian of the Year award, while JP Morgan scooped up an honour for its flagship data platform Fusion. Citi was handed the Global Securities Services Provider of the year, an award encompassing multiple areas of services including sub-custody, global custody, fund administration and more.
The Deal of the Year accolade went to Northern Trust for its impressive mandate with Nest, while Digital Asset was crowned Fintech of the Year. Chainlink picked up the award for Fintech One to Watch, while the Asset Servicing Project – One to Watch honour was picked up by DTCC for ComposerX.
BNY and BlackRock were handed the award for Asset Servicing Partnership of the Year, while Euroclear was awarded with Digital Asset/DLT Initiative of the Year for the roll out of its Digital Securities Issuance (D-SI) service.
Clearstream’s D7 received Market Infrastructure Project of the Year, while also being recognised for Asset Servicing Outstanding Achievement.
Other winners in the Editors’ Choice segment included Broadridge for innovation across the full asset servicing lifecycle, and S&P Global Market Intelligence for Innovation in Post-Trade Operations Technology.
Komainu picked up the award for Innovation in Digital Asset Custody, Saphyre for Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and ICICI Bank for Innovation in Custody Services.
Standard Chartered was named Agent Bank of the Year for Frontier Markets, Deutsche Bank for Emerging Markets, and Mizuho Bank for Major Markets. 
The other winners across our survey awards included SEB, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Eurobank, Piraeus Bank and UBS.
SIX won three awards within Best in Class for its outstanding performance across Account Management, Asset safety and Risk Management, and Data Services, while BNP Paribas was recognised for Service Innovation.
Our individual honours saw Emily Portney receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, while Margaret Harwood-Jones was voted on the night as the Industry Person of the Year.
More stories and an awards gallery are set to follow on our website today.
| Agent Bank of the Year | Major Markets | Mizuho Bank |
| Agent Bank of the Year | Emerging Markets | Deutsche Bank |
| Agent Bank of the Year | Frontier Markets | Standard Chartered Bank |
| Best in Class: Global | Account Management | SIX (ICSD) |
| Best in Class: Global | Asset Safety and Risk Management | SIX (ICSD) |
| Best in Class: Global | Asset Servicing | Eurobank (Greece) |
| Best in Class: Global | Client Service & Relationship Management | Piraeus Bank (Greece) |
| Best in Class: Global | Data Services | SIX (ICSD) |
| Best in Class: Global | Service Innovation | BNP Paribas (Hungary) |
| Best in Class: Global | Technology | SEB (Sweden) |
| Best Provider as Rated by Network Managers | Major Markets | Mizuho Bank |
| Best Provider as Rated by Network Managers | Emerging Markets | HSBC |
| Best Provider as Rated by Network Managers | Frontier Markets | Standard Chartered Bank |
| Regional Award – Best Custodian | Central and Eastern Europe | Raiffeisen Bank International |
| Regional Award – Best Custodian | Western Europe | UBS |
| Regional Award – Best Custodian | Middle East and North Africa | Standard Chartered Bank |
| Regional Award – Best Custodian | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mauritius Commercial Bank |
| Editors’ Choice | Deal of the Year | Northern Trust – Nest |
| Editors’ Choice | Asset Servicing Outstanding Achievement | Clearstream – D7 |
| Editors’ Choice | Asset Servicing Partnership of the Year | BNY – BlackRock |
| Editors’ Choice | Outstanding Data Platform | JP Morgan – Fusion |
| Editors’ Choice | Fintech One to Watch | Chainlink |
| Editors’ Choice | Fintech of the Year | Digital Asset |
| Editors’ Choice | Securities Finance & Collateral Initiative of the Year | Pirum / BNY – ECPOConnect |
| Editors’ Choice | Digital Asset / DLT Initiative of the Year | Euroclear – Digital Securities Issuance (D-SI) Service |
| Editors’ Choice | Market Infrastructure Project of the Year | Clearstream – D7 |
| Editors’ Choice | Digital Asset Partnership of the Year | State Street – Taurus |
| Editors’ Choice | Asset Servicing Project – One to Watch | DTCC – ComposerX |
| Innovation Award | Innovation for the Full Asset Servicing Lifecycle | Broadridge |
| Innovation Award | Innovation in Post-Trade Operations Technology | S&P Global Market Intelligence |
| Innovation Award | Innovation in Digital Asset Custody | Komainu |
| Innovation Award | Innovation in Artificial Intelligence | Saphyre |
| Innovation Award | Innovation in Custody Services | ICICI Bank |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Emily Portney | |
| Agent Bank of the Year | BNP Paribas | |
| Editors’ Choice | Global Securities Services Provider of the Year | Citi |
| Editors’ Choice | Global Custodian of the Year | State Street |
| Industry Person of the Year | Margaret Harwood-Jones |