| 1. Central Bank of the Year |
| Bank of Canada |
| 2.Governor of the Year |
| Lesetja Kganyago (Governor of the South African Reserve Bank) |
| 3. Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Perng Fai-nan (Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China) |
| 4.Central Banking’s Transparency Award |
| Central Bank of Ireland Central Bank of Ireland places great importance in accountability and transparency as tools to enable us to safeguard stability and protect consumers. |
| 5.Reserve manager of the year |
| Bank of Korea a major overhaul of its reserves department, separating its old investment team and reclassifying its taxonomy. |
| 6. Initiative of the year |
| Bank of England It is for for its groundbreaking financial technology (fintech) project. Unlike other central bank sandbox programmes, the BoE’s FinTech Accelerator examines how fintech firms can streamline central bank processes. |
| 7. Banknote and Currency Manager of the Year |
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Norges Bank Norges Bank juxtaposed well-known and trusted practices with an innovative new format that has revolutionised banknote design. |
| 8. Website of the year |
| Bank of Lithuania Prominently showcasing the central bank’s core functions on its new homepage, the Bank of Lithuania has adhered to best practice and used more visual aids, including video and infographics. |
| 9.Asset Manager of the Year for the third time |
| BlackRock The US asset manager’s strong analytical work and training series – a key resource for many central banks – set it apart from its peers. |
| 10. Economics in central banking |
| Alberto Cavallo and Roberto Rigobon The US-based economists’ work on scraped prices led to the Billion Prices Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the formation of a new business, PriceStats, in 2010. |
| 11. Innovation in reserve management |
| HSBC (first winner Innovation in Reserve Management. ) The global bank stepped in during the Egyptian economic crisis of 2016 to help arrange a funding package for the central bank. The action helped safeguard the Central Bank of Egypt’s reserves and ultimately assisted in securing support from the International Monetary Fund. |
| 12.Securities lending services provider of the year |
| Northern Trust Northern Trust working in an environment where higher returns without high risk are hard to come by. |
| 13. Global custodian of the year |
| BNY Mellon The firm had $32.7 trillion under custody in 2017, its infrastructure meant there were significant legacy shortcomings in using information extracted through its systems. |
| 14. Banknote and currency services provider of the year |
| Landqart It is for its innovative hybrid substrate, which is used by some of the most security-conscious central banks. |
| 15. Risk Management Services Provider Award |
| Openlink It is for its technology platform Findur, which continues to deliver market-leading risk and treasury management services to central bank, government and private-sector clients around the world. |
| 16. Technology consultant of the year |
| Vizor Software It has earned a reputation as a trusted provider of technology to the world’s central banks and regulators. |
| 17. Payments and Market Infrastructure Provider of the Year |
| Perago The firm has helped a number of central banks around the world implement reliable and highly adaptable real-time gross settlement and retail payment systems. |
| 18. Consultancy and advisory provider of the year (Data and Regulatory Management) |
| BearingPoint The Netherlands-headquartered firm has built a strong reputation among central banks and supervisors as a firm that understands the data challenges inherent in today’s market – and one that can use technology to chart a means of tackling them |
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