Awards
What sets the SP Intelligence Awards apart is the depth, independence, and rigor of our evaluation process. Winners are not selected through popularity or superficial metrics. Instead, each participant is assessed using our proprietary, independent data, combined with detailed submissions outlining achievements, innovations, and performance over the past 12 months. This is further reinforced by the collection of consistent, comparable data across all participants, enabling a truly objective benchmarking of competing banks.
As a result, these awards are among the most difficult to win and carry one of the highest reputations in the market.
Each Award for Excellence is granted only to the participant that demonstrates clear and outstanding leadership in its category. Criteria include market share, sustained growth, relative outperformance versus peers, and the ability to adapt to evolving market conditions and client needs — particularly through meaningful innovation.
Following the submission process, our team of researchers, together with an independent jury, conducts a comprehensive and meticulous review of every entry.
Thank you for your continued support of the awards. We look forward to welcoming you to our events.
Categories
Best Derivatives House
This award recognizes the leading derivatives house dedicated to hedge structured products and Equity Derivatives. The winner demonstrates excellence in innovation, pricing, and issuance of the most structured products for the European market, as indicated by SP Intelligence’s league tables. The top 5 finalists will each nominate a client to form an independent jury, responsible for ranking the finalists based on their performance.
Best European Issuer
This award acknowledges the issuer of structured products that has shown exceptional innovation, pricing, and issuance performance in the European market, as reflected in SP Intelligence’s league tables.
Best Structuring
This award honors the issuer demonstrating the utmost innovation, exceptional capability in pricing various underlyings, and delivering diverse payoffs across the European landscape.
Best European Distributor
This award acknowledges the distributor of structured products that has shown exceptional innovation, breath of platform with issuers and product types, and issuance performance in the European market, as reflected in SP Intelligence's league tables.
Issuer Rising Star
This award celebrates the issuer of structured products that had highest growth across Europe.
Deal of the Year
The independent jury will recognise the best deal of the year, taking into account deal significance, innovation, and financial impact.
Country Specific Issuer Awards
These awards acknowledge the issuer of structured products in the following countries with the highest innovation, best pricing, and issuance performance in the market according to SP Intelligence’s league tables.
Country Specific Distributor Awards
This award acknowledges the best distributor of structured products in the specific country taking into account the highest innovation, market share, performance and breath of issuers in their platform according to SP Intelligence’s league tables.
Hall Of Fame
The jury will recognize the winner in this category for their impact on the structured products industry. Any industry stakeholder can submit a candidate who will be analyzed by the independent jury considering the longevity, impact in the industry and highest ethical standards/reputation.
2025 Winners
Best Derivatives House
Best European Issuer
Best Structuring
Issuer Rising Star
Deal of the Year
Best Belgian Issuer
Best Dutch Issuer
Best French Issuer
Best German Issuer
Best South African Issuer
Best Spanish Issuer
Best French Distributor
Best Irish Distributor
Best Italian Distributor
Best Portuguese Distributor
Best Spanish Distributor
Best Swiss Distributor
2024 Winners
Best Derivatives House
Best European Issuer
Top Performance
Issuer Rising Star
Deal of the Year
Best Austrian Issuer
Best Dutch Issuer
Best French Issuer
Best German Issuer
Best Italian Issuer
Best Portuguese Issuer
Best South African Issuer
Best Spanish Issuer
Best Swiss Issuer
Best UK Issuer
Best Portuguese Distributor
Submission Guidelines
Each candidate must submit a written application for the award that draws SP Intelligence’s attention to some of the highlights of your performance over a 12 month period.
This will be considered as the most important part of your submission. In your own words, you should explain why your company has been the most outstanding financial institution in a particular category or categories over this period.
Submissions can also include product lists and volume league tables IC. These must include all parameters used in the search, such as date and issue type, or they will be disregarded.
Submissions should only include information that SP Intelligence can use to qualify you receiving an “Award for Excellence”. Nothing will be considered as “off the record” if you have submitted it in the application.
The maximum length for any award submission is four sides of A4 paper sent via email to tiago.fernandes@wsd.com.
What Happens Next
After you have read the submission guidelines, you may have some questions. These should first be addressed to us at support@sp-intelligence.com. One of our editors or researchers will respond to you as quickly as possible.
What sets the SP Intelligence Awards apart is the depth, independence, and rigor of our evaluation process. Winners are not selected through popularity or superficial metrics. Instead, each participant is assessed using our proprietary, independent data, combined with detailed submissions outlining achievements, innovations, and performance over the past 12 months. This is further reinforced by the collection of consistent, comparable data across all participants, enabling a truly objective benchmarking of competing banks.
As a result, these awards are among the most difficult to win and carry one of the highest reputations in the market.
Each Award for Excellence is granted only to the participant that demonstrates clear and outstanding leadership in its category. Criteria include market share, sustained growth, relative outperformance versus peers, and the ability to adapt to evolving market conditions and client needs — particularly through meaningful innovation.
Following the submission process, our team of researchers, together with an independent jury, conducts a comprehensive and meticulous review of every entry.
Thank you for your continued support of the awards. We look forward to welcoming you to our events.
Categories
Derivatives House 2025
This award recognizes the leading derivatives house dedicated to hedge structured products and Equity Derivatives. The winner demonstrates excellence in innovation, pricing, and issuance of the most structured products for the US market, as indicated by SP Intelligence’s league tables. Each broker-dealer and independent broker-dealer will be part of jury, responsible for ranking the finalists based on their performance.
Best Annuity
QIS & Annuities
This award recognizes the best annuity available to consumers over the past 12 months. The jury will primarily consider investors success (total AUM gathered), innovation and estimated performance to investors.
Best Hedge Provider
QIS & Annuities
This award recognizes the provider with higher market share hedging derivatives with carriers and those which provide better post-sales service and the delivery of innovation (submission-based).
Best Carrier
QIS & Annuities
Carriers submitted for this award should demonstrate a proven track record in best-in-class AUM, client service, diversification, and innovation.
Best New Index
QIS & Annuities
This award recognizes the best new index of the year, which outlines the performance, risk diversification and value to investors.
Best Non-Traditional Index Provider
QIS & Annuities
This award recognizes the best non-traditional index provider of the year, which outlines its methodology and value to investors.
Best Issuer
Structured Products
This award recognizes the leading derivatives house dedicated to hedge structured products and Equity Derivatives. The winner demonstrates excellence in innovation, pricing, and issuance of the most structured products for the US market, as indicated by SP Intelligence’s league tables. Each broker-dealer and independent broker-dealer will be part of jury, responsible for ranking the finalists based on their performance.
Issuer Rising Star
Structured Products
This award celebrates the provider of structured products that had highest growth across US. Each candidate should submit an editorial highlighting growth, size of team, and any other information that helps recognize the winner.
Best Offshore Issuer
Structured Products
This award recognizes the issuer of structured products that delivered the highest innovation, best pricing and issuance of the most structured products for the offshore market (using SP Intelligence’s league tables).
Best RIA Platform
Structured Products
RIA Platform providers submitting for this award will need to send a submission to demonstrate a proven track record of the quality of their services, including cutting-edge technology, post-sales support, and educational support.
Best Broker Dealer
Structured Products
This award recognizes the best wirehouse in the U.S. for structured products. The winner will be selected based on its position in the sector and the breadth of offering and post-sales service.
Best Wholesaler
Structured Products
This award recognizes the best wholesaler in the U.S. for structured products. The winner will be selected based on its position in the sector and the breadth of offering and post-sales service.
Deal of the Year
Structured Products
The independent jury will recognise the best deal of the year, taking into account deal significance, innovation, and financial impact.
Best MLCD Provider
Structured Products
This award recognizes the issuer of MLCDs that delivered the highest innovation, best pricing, and issuance (using SP Intelligence’s league tables).
Best Independent Broker-Dealer
Structured Products
Independent broker-dealers submitted for this award will need to demonstrate a proven track record of the quality of their services to the Financial Advisors community including innovation, post-sales, and education support.
Hall Of Fame
Structured Products
The jury will recognize the winner for their impact on the structured products industry. Any industry stakeholder can submit a candidate who will be analyzed by the jury considering their longevity, impact and highest ethical standards.
2025 Winners
Best Carrier
Best New Index
Best Hedge Provider
Hall of Fame
Issuer Rising Star
Best Offshore Issuer
Best RIA Platform
Best Broker Dealer
Best Wholesaler
Deal of the Year
Best MLCD Provider
Derivatives House 2025
2024 Winners
Best Carrier
Best New Index
Best Hedge Provider
Hall of Fame
Issuer Rising Star
Best Offshore Issuer
Best RIA Platform
Best Broker Dealer
Best Independent Broker Dealer
Best Wholesaler
Deal of the Year
Best MLCD Provider
Best Issuer
Derivatives House 2025
Submission Guidelines
Each candidate must submit a written application for the award that draws SPi’s attention to some of the highlights of your performance over the 12 month period from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025.
This will be considered as the most important part of your submission. In your own words, you should explain why your company has been the most outstanding financial institution in a particular category or categories over this period.
Submissions can also include product lists and volume league tables IC. These must include all parameters used in the search, such as date and issue type, or they will be disregarded.
Submissions should only include information that SPi can use to qualify you receiving an “Award for Excellence”. Nothing will be considered as “off the record” if you have submitted it in the application.
The maximum length for any award submission is four sides of A4 paper sent via email to tfernandes@wsd.com by 29th of July, 2025.
What Happens Next
After you have read the submission guidelines, you may have some questions. These should first be addressed to us at support@sp-intelligence.com. One of our editors or researchers will respond to you as quickly as possible.
Tiago Fernandes will be managing the awards submissions process this year. We feel that our submission guidelines are thorough and straightforward, and ask that you only contact us when efforts to make sense of the guidelines have completely failed.
What sets the SP Intelligence Awards apart is the depth, independence, and rigor of our evaluation process. Winners are not selected through popularity or superficial metrics. Instead, each participant is assessed using our proprietary, independent data, combined with detailed submissions outlining achievements, innovations, and performance over the past 12 months. This is further reinforced by the collection of consistent, comparable data across all participants, enabling a truly objective benchmarking of competing banks.
As a result, these awards are among the most difficult to win and carry one of the highest reputations in the market.
Each Award for Excellence is granted only to the participant that demonstrates clear and outstanding leadership in its category. Criteria include market share, sustained growth, relative outperformance versus peers, and the ability to adapt to evolving market conditions and client needs — particularly through meaningful innovation.
Following the submission process, our team of researchers, together with an independent jury, conducts a comprehensive and meticulous review of every entry.
Thank you for your continued support of the awards. We look forward to welcoming you to our events.
Categories
Best Issuer
This award recognizes the leading Issuer in Canada. The winner demonstrates excellence in innovation (number of payoffs and unique underlyings offered), performance (average return on expired/matured products), and market share (by volume) of the most structured products for the Canadian market, as indicated by SP Intelligence’s league tables. The top 5 finalists will each nominate a dealer to form an independent jury, responsible for ranking the finalists based on four categories: pricing, innovation, client service (pre and post sales) and technology.
Best Principal Protected Issuer
This award recognizes the issuer of structured products that delivered the highest innovation, offered the best pricing and issued Principal Protected Notes and GICs for the Canadian market in the last year (using our SP Intelligence league tables). It’s 100% data-driven, with 33% Sales, 33% number of diverse products and 34% performance of expired and matured products for the year.
Best Principal At Risk Issuer
This award recognizes the issuer of structured products that delivered the highest innovation, offered the best pricing and issued the most capital at risk notes for the Canadian market in the last year (using our SP Intelligence league tables). It’s 100% data-driven, with 33% Sales, 33% number of diverse products and 34% performance of expired and matured products for the year.
Best Client Service
The independent jury representing the dealers will recognize the winner in this category for their outstanding performance to investors, advisors and industry. The award winner will be decided by the ranking of the dealers for the Best Issuer award.
Best Independent Dealer
The winner of this category will be an independent dealer recognized by a jury of manufacturers for their impact in the structured products industry during the last year.
Best Independent Agent
The winner of this category will be an independent agent recognized by a jury of manufacturers for their impact in the structured products industry during the last year.
Deal of the Year
The independent jury will recognise the best deal of the year, taking into account deal significance, innovation, and financial impact.
Hall Of Fame
The jury will recognize the winner in this category for their impact on the structured products industry. Any industry stakeholder can submit a candidate who will be analyzed by the independent jury considering the longevity, impact in the industry and highest ethical standards/reputation.
2025 Winners
Best Independent Agent
Best Independent Dealer
Deal of the Year
Hall of Fame
Best Principal Protected Issuer
Best Principal at Risk Issuer
Best Client Service
Best Issuer for Independent Wealth Management
Best Issuer for Wealth Management
2024 Winners
Best Independent Dealer
Deal of the Year
Hall of Fame
Best Principal Protected Issuer
Best Principal at Risk Issuer
Best Technology
Best Adivsor
Best Issuer
2023 Winners
Best Independent Dealer
Best GIC Issuer
Best Principal at Risk Issuer
Best Client Service
Best Adivsor
Best Issuer
Submission Guidelines
Each candidate must submit a written application for the award that draws SPi’s attention to some of the highlights of your performance over the 12 month period from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025.
This will be considered as the most important part of your submission. In your own words, you should explain why your company has been the most outstanding financial institution in a particular category or categories over this period.
Submissions can also include product lists and volume league tables IC. These must include all parameters used in the search, such as date and issue type, or they will be disregarded.
Submissions should only include information that SPi can use to qualify you receiving an “Award for Excellence”. Nothing will be considered as “off the record” if you have submitted it in the application.
The maximum length for any award submission is four sides of A4 paper sent via email to tfernandes@wsd.com by 29th of July, 2025.
What Happens Next
After you have read the submission guidelines, you may have some questions. These should first be addressed to us at support@sp-intelligence.com. One of our editors or researchers will respond to you as quickly as possible.
Tiago Fernandes will be managing the awards submissions process this year. We feel that our submission guidelines are thorough and straightforward, and ask that you only contact us when efforts to make sense of the guidelines have completely failed.
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