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.
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.
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.
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