{"id":505978,"date":"2026-02-26T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/505978\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T19:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:30:18","slug":"global-custodian-reveals-shortlists-for-leaders-in-custody-2026-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/505978\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Custodian reveals shortlists for Leaders in Custody 2026 awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global Custodian is pleased to announce the\u202fshortlists\u202ffor its annual\u00a0Leaders in Custody awards<\/a>\u00a0being held in London at The Savoy on 14\u00a0May 2026, including survey-related honours and Editors\u2019 Choice categories.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The evening will once again recognise the achievements of the global securities services industry, with awards celebrating global custodians, sub-custodians, technology\u00a0providers\u00a0and market infrastructure providers across a range of categories.\u202f\u202f \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The celebrations will honour top performers from Global Custodian\u2019s Agent Banks in Major, Emerging and Frontier Markets surveys, along with Editors\u2019 Choice awards recognising areas of innovation and achievements the research does not traditionally cover.\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is\u00a0still\u00a0an opportunity to nominate some of the industry\u2019s brightest ideas for our Innovation awards categories, which you can do by\u202fclicking here<\/a>.\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Leading the way this year with the highest number of nominations is SIX, appearing across 10 categories, while\u00a0BNP Paribas\u00a0comes a close second with eight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

State Street, Standard Chartered and DTCC each secure an impressive seven\u00a0nominations, while BNY is up for six honours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Multiple nominations have also been awarded to\u00a0Brown Brothers Harriman, Zilo,\u00a0Broadridge,\u00a0Chainlink\u00a0and CACEIS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0asset owners, asset\u00a0managers\u00a0and private markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The two other\u00a0new categories\u00a0for this year are\u00a0Institutional Digital Asset Custodian of the Year\u00a0and\u00a0Excellence in Digital Asset Innovation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The other institutions and providers featured across this year\u2019s 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Individual awards including our Lifetime Achievement award, GC Legends and Industry Person of the Year will be announced\u00a0at a later date.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

Should you wish to attend the awards, please contact\u202fdaljit.sokhi@globalcustodian.com<\/a>. For survey related awards questions contact\u202fbeenish.hussain@globalcustodian.com<\/a>\u00a0and for Editors\u2019 Choice, or any editorial-related queries,\u00a0contact\u202fjon.watkins@globalcustodian.com<\/a>.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

The full shortlist can be found below:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Agent Banks of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

Agent Bank of the Year \u2013 Overall<\/p>\n

Agent Bank of the Year\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Frontier Markets\u00a0<\/p>\n

Agent Bank of the Year\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Emerging Markets\u00a0<\/p>\n

Agent Bank of the Year\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Major Markets\u00a0<\/p>\n

Agent Bank of the Year\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Single Market\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Best in Class\u00a0<\/p>\n

Account Management\u00a0<\/p>\n

Piraeus Bank Securities Services (Greece)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asset Safety & Risk Management\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Client Service\u00a0<\/p>\n

Piraeus Bank Securities Services (Greece)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Relationship Management\u00a0<\/p>\n

Piraeus Bank Securities Services (Greece)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Service Innovation\u00a0<\/p>\n

Intesa Sanpaolo (Germany)\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Regional Awards\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best Provider \u2013\u00a0Central and Eastern Europe\u00a0<\/p>\n

Raiffeisen Bank International\u00a0Societe Generale Securities Services\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best Provider\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Northern Europe\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best Provider\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Western Europe\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best Provider \u2013\u00a0Sub-Saharan Africa\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mauritius Commercial Bank\u00a0Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best Provider \u2013\u00a0Middle East and North Africa\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As Voted for by\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Voted for by Network Managers \u2013 Major Markets\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Voted for by Network Managers \u2013 Emerging Markets\u00a0<\/p>\n

Piraeus Bank Securities Services\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Voted for by Global Custodians \u2013 Major Markets\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Voted for by Global Custodians \u2013 Emerging Markets\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Editors\u2019 Choice\u00a0<\/p>\n

Global Custodian of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

Outstanding Custody Provider \u2013 Asset Owners\u00a0<\/p>\n

Outstanding Custody Provider \u2013 Asset Managers\u00a0<\/p>\n

Outstanding Custody Provider \u2013 Alternatives & Private Markets\u00a0<\/p>\n

Deal of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

BNP Paribas \u2013 Allianz UK\u00a0JP Morgan\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The California State Treasurer\u2019s Office\u00a0Northern Trust \u2013 Aristotle\u00a0State Street\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Columbia Threadneedle Investments\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asset Servicing Initiative of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

Citi\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Single Event Processing\u00a0Clearstream\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tokenised\u00a0securities platform\u00a0DTCC \u2013\u00a0Tokenisation\u00a0service\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asset Servicing Partnership of the Year\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

State Street \u2013 Intesa Sanpaolo\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fintech One to Watch\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fintech of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

Technology Vendor\/Platform Provider of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

Institutional Digital Asset Custodian of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

Securities Finance\/Collateral Initiative of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

DTCC\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Collateral-in-lieu services\u00a0Pirum\u00a0\u2013\u00a0ClearingConnect\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Securities Finance\/Collateral Partnership of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clearstream\/ Eurex \u2013 Treasury Spring\u00a0Eurex\u00a0\u2013\u00a0HQLAx\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Clearstream\u00a0Euroclear\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Transcend\u00a0<\/p>\n

Excellence in Digital Asset Innovation\u00a0<\/p>\n

DTCC \u2013\u00a0Tokenisation\u00a0service\u00a0Digital Asset\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Canton Network\u00a0Euroclear\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Digital Financial Market Infrastructure (D-FMI) platform\u00a0<\/p>\n

Digital Asset\/DLT\u00a0Initiative of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

BNY\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Digital Asset Data Insights product\u202f\u00a0Clearstream\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tokenised\u00a0securities platform\u00a0DTCC \u2013\u00a0Tokenisation\u00a0service\u00a0Digital Asset\u2013\u00a0On chain financing of US Treasuries (UST)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Market Infrastructure Project\/Initiative of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clearstream\u2013\u00a0Tokenised\u00a0securities platform\u00a0DTCC \u2013\u00a0Tokenisation\u00a0service\u00a0Euroclear\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Digital Financial Market Infrastructure (D-FMI) platform\u00a0Euronext \u2013 Repo market expansion\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asset Servicing\u00a0Project\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0One to Watch\u00a0<\/p>\n

BBH \u2013 Front-to-back Platform\u00a0Chainlink\u00a0\u2013\u00a0AI Corporate Actions Initiative\u00a0TS Imagine \u2013\u00a0LoanSmart\u00a0Zilo\/State Street \u2013 Transfer Agency Offering\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Global Custodian is pleased to announce the\u202fshortlists\u202ffor its annual\u00a0Leaders in Custody awards\u00a0being held in London at The Savoy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,186,184,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-505978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-finance","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}