Citi, UBS and Nomura Win Risk Asia Awards 2026

Citi, UBS, and Nomura secured top honors at the Risk Asia Awards, where Risk.net’s Asia editorial team evaluated regional financial institutions on risk management, innovation, liquidity provision, and regulatory engagement, risk.net reported.

Derivatives and Structured Products Winners Named

Citi claimed multiple titles in the initial winner profiles released by Risk.net, capturing derivatives house of the year, Asia, interest rate derivatives house of the year, and currency derivatives house of the year. UBS dominated several categories, taking equity derivatives house of the year, credit derivatives house of the year, and QIS house of the year. Societe Generale secured structured products house of the year alongside the Singapore derivatives house award. Crédit Agricole CIB won RMB house of the year and the Hong Kong derivatives house award, while Huatai Securities was named securities house of the year, and BBVA took deal of the year.

Regional categories also highlighted Nomura as Japan derivatives house of the year and UBS as Australia derivatives house of the year. Institutional winners included RHB Bank Berhad as bank risk manager of the year, Singapore Exchange as exchange of the year, and Japan Securities Clearing Corporation as clearing house of the year. King & Wood won derivatives law firm of the year, and HSBC took derivatives client clearer of the year, according to risk.net.

Technology and Risk Solution Providers Recognized

The awards recognized numerous technology and software providers serving the financial sector across Asia. Murex received technology company of the year, pricing and trading system of the year, and best structured products support system. Nasdaq won cloud solution provider of the year and system support and implementation provider of the year. Numerix secured victories in four categories, taking XVA solution of the year, counterparty risk solution of the year, FRTB management solution of the year, and buy-side risk solution of the year.

Additional technology winners included MaLogica for technology product of the year, Regnology for IFRS 9 solution of the year, Quod Financial for buy-side trading system of the year, and SS&C Algorithmics for ALM solution of the year. S&P Global Market Intelligence won market data provider of the year and liquidity risk solution of the year. China Central Depository & Clearing took collateral management solution of the year, Sterling Trading Tech won margining solution of the year, NICE Actimize claimed governance, risk and compliance solution of the year, and Quantifi won credit risk management solution of the year.

Prospero Solutions captured operational risk solution of the year, Quantexa won anti-money laundering solution of the year, Tookitaki took fraud prevention solution of the year, and Napier AI won best AI solution for risk management, risk.net reported.

Energy Risk Asia Awards Celebration in Singapore

Parallel to the Risk Asia announcements, the Energy Risk Asia Awards celebrated industry leaders in energy risk management and trading throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Energy Risk reported. That program held its ceremony on October 19 at the Carlton Hotel Singapore, honoring producers, corporations, banks, technology and data firms, and exchanges including BNP Paribas, Macquarie Group, and SGX Group, according to Energy Risk.