Awards

September 2023

Clearing and Settlement Provider

Clearing and Settlement Provider

CLS has been named the winner of the Best FX Clearing and Settlement Provider at the Euromoney FX Awards 2023. The award recognizes CLS’s contribution to risk mitigation and liquidity optimization in the global FX market through its suite of settlement, processing and data products. In particular CLSSettlement and CLSNet – both of which have seen significant market adoption over the last year.



June 2023

Best Settlement Initiative

Best Settlement Initiative

CLS has been named the winner of the Best Settlement Initiative award at the FX Markets e-FX Awards 2023. The award recognizes the growth of CLSSettlement, which has seen record volumes over the last year, as well as the broader strengths of CLS in mitigating settlement risk and increasing efficiency in the FX markets. It also recognizes CLS’s focus on growing participation in CLSNet.



May 2023

The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 (big business)

The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 (big business)

The Sunday Times 'Best Places to Work', powered by WorkL, is a nationwide workplace employee survey that honors and celebrates Britain's top employers and acknowledges the best workplaces for women, LGBTQIA+ community, disabled employees, ethnic minorities, younger and older workers, and well-being.



May 2023

Market Infrastructure Project of the Year

Market Infrastructure Project of the Year

CLS has been named the winner of the Market Infrastructure Project of the Year at the Global Custodian Leaders in Custody Awards 2023. The award recognizes CLSNet – CLS’s automated bilateral payment netting calculation service – and its significant market penetration over the past year.



December 2022

Third place in Britain’s Healthiest Workplace (medium business)

Third place in Britain’s Healthiest Workplace (medium business)

Britain’s Healthiest Workplace is an initiative run by Vitality in partnership with Aon, Rand Europe, the University of Cambridge and the Financial Times. The study tracks the health and productivity of the British workforce to identify the best employers in the private and public sectors.



August 2022

Best FX Settlement Risk Mitigation Solution

Best FX Settlement Risk Mitigation Solution

For the third year running, CLS wins Best FX Settlement Risk Mitigation Solution for CLSSettlement. The service provides market participants with access to the highest standard of FX settlement risk mitigation, as well as improved funding and operational efficiencies.



December 2021

Market Infrastructure of the Year

Market Infrastructure of the Year

CLS wins Market Infrastructure of the Year for CLSSettlement. The award also recognizes the role it plays as a systemically important financial market infrastructure critical to the orderly functioning of the global FX market.



December 2021

Best Trading Infrastructure Provider

Best Trading Infrastructure Provider

CLS wins Best Trading Infrastructure Provider, recognizing the role it plays in the smooth running of the FX market – particularly throughout the extreme market volatility and increased FX trading during the onset of Covid-19 in 2020.



August 2021

Best FX Settlement Risk Mitigation Solution

Best FX Settlement Risk Mitigation Solution

For the second year running, CLS wins Best FX Settlement Risk Mitigation Solution for CLSSettlement. The service mitigates settlement risk for 18 of the world’s most actively traded currencies globally - making FX safer, smoother and more cost effective.



August 2020

Best FX Settlement Risk Mitigation Solution

Best FX Settlement Risk Mitigation Solution

CLSSettlement wins Best FX Settlement Risk Mitigation Solution. The increasing awareness of settlement-related risk in the Asia Pacific region means mitigating this risk a priority for market participants and is why thousands of counterparties are using CLSSettlement to reduce it.



August 2020

Best Market Data Provider

Best Market Data Provider

CLS wins Best Market Data Provider for its comprehensive suite of FX datasets. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of market transparency and this award recognizes CLS’s key role in supporting market participants with its broad FX market data coverage.



July 2019

Best Market Data Provider

Best Market Data Provider

CLS wins Best Market Data Provider for its comprehensive suite of FX datasets which helps market participants understand market dynamics and improve decision making. CLSMarketData is the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.