ION bags multiple awards at FOW International Awards 2025

LONDON, Feb. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ION, a global leader in trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporates, announces that two of its products took top honors at the FOW International Awards 2025. ION FX and ION LookOut won "Connectivity Provider of the Year" and "Market Surveillance Solution of the Year" respectively.

The awards, hosted by Futures & Options World (FOW), recognize excellence and achievements in the derivatives industry.

ION FX offers the market a unified front-to-back offering of leading-edge solutions, enabling seamless automation of workflows across execution, order management, and post-trade processing. Recognized as FOW's "Connectivity Provider of the Year", ION FX's MarketFactory connectivity offering provides clients with access to the entire market, across locations, workflows, protocols, instruments, or liquidity providers. Its flagship solution, Whisperer, is a single API connecting to over 100 FX venues, delivering ultra-low latency and comprehensive coverage of FX workflows (Spot, Forwards, NDFs, Swaps).

ION LookOut – developed by LIST, an ION company – offers a multi-compliance solution for trade surveillance, record keeping, and reporting. The solution helps brokers, investment banks, asset managers, and trading venues meet regulatory requirements across different asset classes. The product's broad coverage – including market manipulation, insider trading, best execution and trading obligation monitoring, market-making, and market integrity surveillance – made it a top choice for this award.

Alex Pirmohamed, Chief Product Officer, ION Markets (FX), said: "It's an honor to be named Connectivity Provider of the Year at the FOW International Awards. This recognition reflects ION FX's steadfast commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions that empower our clients to grow their FX trading businesses sustainably. Our FX technology stack helps simplify complex processes, automates workflows, and boosts efficiency. The MarketFactory products are integral components in the stack, contributing measurably to the value-add we provide to clients."

Mirko Marcadella, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at LIST, said: "We are delighted that ION LookOut is Market Surveillance Solution of the Year. This award showcases ION's commitment to developing advanced technology that meets the evolving needs of our clients. ION LookOut enhances efficiency by streamlining alert analysis and reducing response times, enabling clients to navigate the challenges of today's regulatory landscape."

About ION

ION provides mission-critical trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporate organizations. Our solutions and services simplify complex processes, boost efficiency, and enable better decision-making. We build long-term partnerships with our clients, helping transform their businesses for sustained success through continuous innovation. For more information, visit https://iongroup.com/

About ION Markets

ION Markets provides transformative technology and solutions to financial institutions dealing in asset management, cleared derivatives, equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, and secured funding. Our award-winning end-to-end solutions simplify clients' operations by automating the entire trade lifecycle, providing tools to manage risk, and maximizing access to liquidity, while giving real-time access to critical information required for timely operational decisions and execution on a global scale. For more information, visit https://iongroup.com/markets/.

About Futures & Options World

FOW is the leading provider of critical reference data and symbology service for exchange traded futures and options. Operating at the heart of the global investment community, we draw on unmatched industry coverage to deliver quality-assured reference data, timely industry insights, specialist market intelligence and analysis, and focused industry and regional events. Used by leading investment banks, hedge funds, issuers and distributors, exchanges and asset managers, FOW has all the data and information needed to stay ahead in global derivatives markets. The FOW International Awards recognise standout performance, innovation and achievement for firms and individuals in the derivatives industry. For more information, visit fow.com.

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SOURCE ION