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 Banks of the Year
Agent Bank of the Year – Overall
Agent Bank of the Year – Frontier Markets
Agent Bank of the Year – Emerging Markets
Agent Bank of the Year – Major Markets
Agent Bank of the Year – Single Market
Best in Class
Account Management
Piraeus Bank Securities Services (Greece)
Asset Safety & Risk Management
Client Service
Piraeus Bank Securities Services (Greece)
Relationship Management
Piraeus Bank Securities Services (Greece)
Service Innovation
Intesa Sanpaolo (Germany)
Regional Awards
Best Provider – Central and Eastern Europe
Raiffeisen Bank International Societe Generale Securities Services
Best Provider – Northern Europe
Best Provider – Western Europe
Best Provider – Sub-Saharan Africa
Mauritius Commercial Bank Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)
Best Provider – Middle East and North Africa
As Voted for by…
As Voted for by Network Managers – Major Markets
As Voted for by Network Managers – Emerging Markets
Piraeus Bank Securities Services
As Voted for by Global Custodians – Major Markets
As Voted for by Global Custodians – Emerging Markets
Editors’ Choice
Global Custodian of the Year
Outstanding Custody Provider – Asset Owners
Outstanding Custody Provider – Asset Managers
Outstanding Custody Provider – Alternatives & Private Markets
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
Citi – Single Event Processing Clearstream – Tokenised securities platform DTCC – Tokenisation service
Asset Servicing Partnership of the Year
State Street – Intesa Sanpaolo
Fintech One to Watch
Fintech of the Year
Technology Vendor/Platform Provider of the Year
Institutional Digital Asset Custodian of the Year
Securities Finance/Collateral Initiative of the Year
DTCC – Collateral-in-lieu services Pirum – ClearingConnect
Securities Finance/Collateral Partnership of the Year
Clearstream/ Eurex – Treasury Spring 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
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