Finance Monthly is pleased to announce that the full list of winners of our 2021 Women in Finance Awards has been published.
Working in the financial services sector as a woman has always meant facing challenges, barriers to entry and an unequal gender balance in the workplace. Since the release of the Finance Monthly Women in Finance Awards 2020, we have seen some progress towards gender parity in the sector – however, 20% representation of women on executive committees and 23% on boards is still a far cry from our end goals and proof that a good deal of work remains to be done to ensure greater opportunity for women’s advancement in financial services.
As a leading financial publication, Finance Monthly strives to shine a light on the work of female professionals, the obstacles they face and the challenges they overcome. Each of the finance experts featured in this year’s edition of the Finance Monthly Women in Finance Awards are women who consistently achieve more than is expected of them despite barriers within the industry at large.
This year’s standout winners include Susie Hillier, Head of Wealth Planning at Stonehage Fleming, who tells us about her success in building a diverse and high-performing team. We also hear from Rebecca Fels Larsson on her career progress as an investment professional at CORDET, among many other stories of achievement from female professionals.
At Finance Monthly, we are proud to share each of these stories with you. Congratulations to all our winners.
Finance Monthly is pleased to announce that its 2021 Finance Monthly M&A Awards edition has now been published.
Every year the Finance Monthly M&A Awards recognise the achievements of the world’s most prominent dealmakers, management teams, financiers and professional advisers whose hard work over the past 12 months deserves to be celebrated. The first eight months of 2021 have seen a focus on recalibrating strategy and accelerated adoption of technology as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With GDP and CPI rates promising growth, however, the hopes for strong economic recovery are emerging and the appetite for mergers and acquisitions is intensifying. It is now more than ever that the firms and professionals who operate in the M&A sector need recognition, as well as an acknowledgement that their efforts are never going unnoticed.
At Finance Monthly, we are extremely proud to be able to provide a platform that celebrates the M&A professionals who work tirelessly to ensure the smooth completion of complex deals and exceed their clients’ expectations every day.
Finance Monthly would like to thank all contributors and participants in the 2021 Finance Monthly M&A Awards. Congratulations to our winners and finalists.
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BrokerChooser is a global online service for comparing and choosing investment brokers. Below, their CEO and co-founder Tibor Bedő talks us through the awards process, discusses the top five awards and the firms that have been selected, providing some insight on the complex world of investment brokering.
Every year we carry out a comprehensive review of the market and of the brokers in it. We then make awards based on nine criteria: fees, trading platforms, product portfolio, security, account opening (ease and cost), deposit and withdrawal (costs and time it takes), customer service (the support across all channels), research (the resources and tools they provide) and education (does the broker offer support services such as webinars and other tool).
This year we collected much wider and more in-depth data on brokers and their services than ever before. Our aim was to make the scoring more precise and better reflect the differences between brokers.
This year we collected much wider and more in-depth data on brokers and their services than ever before. Our aim was to make the scoring more precise and better reflect the differences between brokers.
It was important to use the right parameters for each category. To ensure we got this right, we interviewed our customers about their preferences and, of course, also used our own professional knowledge and insight into the brokerage industry.
There were 24 awards in total. However, the key ones, the winners, and the criteria we used for judging them, are below.
We considered how brokers performed across all the criteria, particularly fees, product selection and trading platforms. This is the second year in a row that Interactive Brokers have won this category. It won high scores due to its low trading fees, comprehensive product range, and well-developed trading platforms. It is a strong company with a great reputation.
This award is all about the fees and how cost effective the broker is. It is a key consideration with our customers. DEGIRO won this for the second year in a row as its trading fees are low for all asset classes. In addition, there are no withdrawal, inactivity, or account fees charged.
Stock is one of the most popular asset classes (more than 60% of our clients focus on investing in stocks). The main parameters for this award are fees, stock exchanges availability and the overall quality of their service. DEGIRO won this award due to its low stock fees, global stock exchange coverage, and the high quality of the service it provides.
Here we were obviously looking for outstanding performance in criteria that are relevant to forex trading. Our customers told us that these are low forex and withdrawal fees, advanced trading platforms with great charting tools, and wide range of currency pair selection. Saxo Bank has performed well in all these categories.
This is a new broker category. We created it as many from our customers are looking for great value forex trading. The most important factor here is therefore the forex fees. Fusion Markets charge the lowest commission per lot for buying and selling the currency pairs ($2.25) and doesn't charge any withdrawal fee.
Best broker for funds Firstrade
Best broker for bonds Fidelity
Best CFD broker XTB
Best broker for cryptos eToro
Best broker for options TD Ameritrade
Best broker for futures Interactive Brokers
Best broker for beginners Robinhood
Best broker for millennials Revolut
Best broker for buy and hold TradeStation Global
Best broker for day trading Interactive Brokers
Best web trading platform Saxo Bank
Best mobile trading platform Oanda
Best app for stock trading Robinhood
Best desktop trading platform TD Ameritrade
Best broker for research Saxo Bank
Best broker for API trading Oanda
Best social trading eToro
Best digital bank Revolut
Best robo-advisor Betterment
All the winners offer exceptional services but of course there are some brokers who perform very badly. Even investors with a lot of experience can find it difficult to identify the good ones, or the ones that suit them best, without weeks of research. The idea behind these awards is that we do this work for you.
Finance Monthly Magazine is pleased to announce that its 2016 M&A Awards edition has now been published.
Every year Finance Monthly M&A Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of dealmakers, management teams, financiers and professional advisers who, over the 12 months, have demonstrated their deal making excellence when working on some of the most important deal across the globe.
Finance Monthly’s research department has spent the past several months carefully researching and identifying some of the most respected individuals and firms from all over the world. The process, compromising of an online vote and personal nominations, culminated in Finance Monthly’s research team collating the totals to compile a definitive list of industry leaders. All of our M&A Awards winners show an insight into the market that proves why the demand for expert dealmakers continues to increase year upon year.
Editor-in-chief, Mark Palmer commented: “The M&A process is a tried and tested formula for the growth and prosperity of a company, and yet, it is a very complex field to navigate. We are extremely proud that all of the individuals and organisations that are listed within Finance Monthly’s 2016 M&A Awards have excelled in helping companies overcome the complications that can arise during these transactions and have contributed to achieving excellent results.”
Finance Monthly would like to thank all contributors and participants in the 2016 M&A Awards. Congratulations to our winners and finalists.
To view the awards publication please visit: http://mandaawards.finance-monthly.com/