ADVFN International Financial Awards 2021 | ADVFN PLC | 15 January 2021 | TBA

The panel-judged awards - held by global stocks, shares and crypto information website ADVFN - recognise and celebrate the best of breed products and services from across the financial industry. Free to enter, they are open to established and nascent companies as well as individuals operating in any country. In 2020's awards, advisers, platform providers, financial journalists and publications, trusts, exchanges, brokers and companies operating in the cryptocurrency space were amongst those honoured across 81 categories. DeFi (decentralised finance) will be a key focus area for the judges in 2021.

2020 Winners

Best Execution Only Broker:
• AJ Bell Youinvest

Self Select ISA Provider of the Year:
• AJ Bell Youinvest

Best Technology Trust:
• Allianz Technology Trust

Best Online Trading Services:
• ATFX

Best Advisory CFD Broker:
• Atlantic Capital Markets

Best EMEA Region Broker:
• AxiTrader

Best European Growth Trust:
• Baillie Gifford

Best Junior ISA Provider:
• BestInvest

Best Crypto Exchange Global:
• Bitpanda

Best Crypto Exchange Europe:
• Bittrex Global

Asset Management Company of the Year:
• BlackRock

Best UK Smaller Companies Trust:
• BlackRock Throgmorton

Best Crypto Exchange Africa:
• ChangeNOW

Best IPP Provider:
• Charles Stanley Direct

Best Platform for the Active Trader:
• City Index

Best CFD Provider:
• City Index

Best Spread Betting and CFD Education Tools:
• CMC Markets

Best Website for Cryptocurrency News:
• CoinDesk

Best Website for Cryptocurrency Data:
• CryptoCompare

Breakthrough in Cryptocurrency Trading:
• Currency.com

Best Personal Finance Journalist:
• Emma Agyemang, FT Money

Best Customer Service:
• ETFinance

Best Spread Betting Platform:
• ETX Capital

Best Multi-Asset Brokerage Company:
• eToro

Best Robo Investing Product:
• OpenMoney

Best Live Trading Events:
• FinecoBank

Best Alternative Market:
• Football Index

Best Mainstream Media Crypto Coverage:
• Forbes

Best Emerging Markets Trust:
• Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust

Best CFD Research Service:
• Frederick & Oliver

Best Peer to Peer Provider:
• Funding Circle

Most Innovative Product:
• GraniteShares

Best Investment Platform:
• Hargreaves Lansdown

Best Finance App:
• IG

Best Multi Platform Provider:
• IG

Best ESG Trust:
• Impax Environmental Markets

Best ECN Broker:
• InstaForex

Best Stockbroker for International Dealing:
• interactive investor

Best Low Cost Stockbroker:
• interactive investor

Best Investment Magazine:
• Investors Chronicle

Best Investor Access Platform:
• Investor Meet Company

Best North American Trust:
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Best Asia-Pacific Trust:
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Best Currency Exchange Service:
• Key Currency

Wealth Manager of the Year:
• Killik & Co

Best UK Property Investment Adviser:
• Knight Knox

Most Exciting Listed Blockchain Company:
• KR1

Best Crypto Exchange North America:
• Kraken

Best Cold Storage Wallet:
• Ledger

Best Crypto Exchange Asia:
• Liquid.com

Best ETF Provider:
• Lyxor’s Exchange Traded Fund

Best Sustainable Multi-Asset Performer:
• M&G

Best Tools and Analysis:
• MarketsX

Best Global Capital Growth Trust:
• Martin Currie

Best Personal Finance Broadcast Journalist:
• Martin Lewis

Best Private Investor Firm:
• Mello

Best UK Equity Income Trust:
• The Merchants Trust PLC

Best Crypto Exchange South America:
• Mercado Bitcoin

Best Financial Print journalist:
• Miles Costello

Best APAC Region Broker:
• MultiBank Group

Best Newcomer:
• Nexo

Best Private Equity Trust:
• Oakley Capital Investments

Best Performing Investment Company IPO:
• Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust Plc

Best Crypto Journalist:
• Kharif

Best Forex Platform:
• Pepperstone

Best Investor Relations Firm:
• piworld.co.uk

Best Platform for Trading Cryptocurrencies:
• Plus500

Best Mining Pool:
• Poolin

Best Bitcoin Platform for Margin Trading:
• PrimeXBT

Best Investment Research:
• QuotedData

Best Global Equity Income Trust:
• Martin Currie

Best Trading Alert Service:
• Spreadex

Best Mobile Trading Platform:
• Spreadex

Best Online Stockbroker:
• The Share Centre's

Best Trading Education Provider:
• Trendsignal

Best Low Cost ISA Provider:
• VANGUARD

Financial Blogger of the Year:
• Vitaliy Katsenelson (ContrarianEdge)

Best Bullion Exchange:
• World Markets

Best Social Trading Platform:
• ZuluTrade

Best LATAM Region Broker:
• 2Invest

Most Innovative Crypto Product:
• 21Shares