Institutional Investor Announces Inaugural iiFintech Symposium and Awards; Bank of America's Catherine Bessant to Keynote


NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Nov 14, 2016) - Institutional Investor announces its inaugural iiFintech Symposium and Awards, to be held on December 1, 2016, at Current at Chelsea Piers. The event will honor industry leaders from Institutional Investor's annual Tech 50, Fintech Finance 35 and Trading Technology 40 rankings. 

The day's events will begin in the afternoon with the iiFintech Symposium. Hosted and moderated by editors of Institutional Investor, this intimate, interactive discussion will bring together 2016 winners to illuminate their thoughts and strategies on how financial technology is, and will continue to transform the industry. The Symposium will culminate with a one-on-one interview with Catherine Bessant, chief operations and technology officer at Bank of America, who took the #1 spot in this year's Tech 50.

Symposium speakers include:

  • Daniel Coleman, Chief Executive Officer, KCG Holdings
  • Jane Gladstone, Senior Managing Director, Evercore Partners
  • Blythe Masters, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Asset Holdings
  • Jonathan Korngold, Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Services, General Atlantic
  • Gaurav Suri, CEO, Arcesium
  • Catherine Bessant, COO and CTO, Bank of America

The iiFintech Awards dinner and ceremony will follow the Symposium, and will recognize the industry visionaries and the financiers who drove fintech innovation and deals in 2016.

Sponsors of the iiFintech Symposium and Awards dinner include AQR Capital Management, Arcesium, Bats Global Markets, Broadridge Financial Solutions, CME Group, Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., Evercore Partners, Financial Technology Partners, General Atlantic, Numerix, Portware, S3 Partners, SenaHill Partners and Vela.

Registration to the Symposium is complimentary for qualified delegates. Click here to register

For information on attending or sponsoring the Awards dinner, please contact Patricia Bertucci at pbertucci@institutionalinvestor.com or +1 212-224-3890

Please visit the website for additional information: www.iifintech.com

2016 iiFintech Award Winners
(winners appear in alpha order by company name)

Company Winner Name Award
Accion Michael Schlein Fintech Finance 35
Adyen Pieter van der Does Tech 50
Algomi Stu Taylor Trading Technology 40
AMTD Calvin Choi Fintech Finance 35
Andreessen Horowitz Alex Rampell Fintech Finance 35
Anthemis Group Amy Nauiokas and Sean Park Fintech Finance 35
AQR Capital Management Anton Katz and Stephen Mock Trading Technology 40
AQR Capital Management Neal Pawar Tech 50
Aquis Exchange Alasdair Haynes Trading Technology 40
Arcesium Gaurav Suri Trading Technology 40
AXA Strategic Ventures François Robinet Fintech Finance 35
Axioma Sebastián Ceria Tech 50
Bain Capital Matt Harris Fintech Finance 35
Bank of America Corp. Catherine Bessant Tech 50
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Bina Kalola Fintech Finance 35
Bats Global Markets Chris Concannon Tech 50
Bats Global Markets Chris Isaacson Trading Technology 40
BlackRock Richard Prager Trading Technology 40
BlackRock Robert Goldstein Tech 50
Bloomberg Raymond Tierney III Trading Technology 40
Bloomberg Shawn Edwards and Vlad Kliatchko Tech 50
Broadhaven Capital Partners Gerard von Dohlen Fintech Finance 35
Broadridge Financial Solutions Robert Schifellite Tech 50
Broadway Technology Tyler Moeller and Joshua Walsky Trading Technology 40
BT Radianz Michael Cooper Tech 50
Capital One Financial Corp. Robert Alexander Tech 50
CBOE Holdings Gerald O'Connell Trading Technology 40
Cinnober Financial Technology Veronica Augustsson Trading Technology 40
Citadel Securities Paul Hamill Trading Technology 40
Citi Dan Keegan Trading Technology 40
Citi Ventures Deborah Hopkins Tech 50
Citi Ventures Vanessa Colella Fintech Finance 35
CME Group Ari Studnitzer Trading Technology 40
CME Group Phupinder Gill Tech 50
CME Ventures Rumi Morales Fintech Finance 35
Convergex Eric Noll Trading Technology 40
Corvil Donal Byrne Trading Technology 40
D.E. Shaw & Co. Neil Katz Tech 50
Dash Financial Peter Maragos and David Karat Trading Technology 40
DBS Bank David Gledhill Tech 50
Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. Michael Bodson Tech 50
Deutsche Börse Andreas Preuss Tech 50
Digital Asset Holdings Blythe Masters Tech 50
Digital Currency Group Barry Silbert Fintech Finance 35
Electronifie Amar Kuchinad Trading Technology 40
Euclid Opportunities (ICAP) Steve Gibson Fintech Finance 35
Evercore Partners Jane Gladstone Fintech Finance 35
eVestment Jim Minnick Tech 50
Fidelity Institutional Ronald DePoalo Trading Technology 40
Fidelity Investments Stephen Neff Tech 50
Fidelity National Information Services Gary Norcross Tech 50
Financial Technology Partners Steven McLaughlin Fintech Finance 35
Fintech Hong Kong Janos Barberis Fintech Finance 35
First Derivatives Brian Conlon Tech 50
FTV Capital Brad Bernstein and Richard Garman Fintech Finance 35
Future Perfect Ventures Jalak Jobanputra Fintech Finance 35
General Atlantic Jonathan Korngold Fintech Finance 35
Goldman Sachs Group Darren Cohen Fintech Finance 35
Goldman Sachs Group R. Martin Chavez Tech 50
Goldman Sachs Group Raj Mahajan Trading Technology 40
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Bill Chow and Richard Leung Trading Technology 40
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Charles Li Tech 50
ICAP Gil Mandelzis Trading Technology 40
ICAP Michael Spencer Tech 50
IEX Group Brad Katsuyama Tech 50
IEX Group Rob Park Trading Technology 40
IHS Markit Brad Levy Trading Technology 40
IHS Markit Lance Uggla Tech 50
Innovate Finance Lawrence Wintermeyer Fintech Finance 35
Intercontinental Exchange Jeffrey Sprecher Tech 50
Intercontinental Exchange Mayur Kapani Trading Technology 40
International Securities Exchange Robert Cornish Trading Technology 40
KCG Holdings Daniel Coleman Tech 50
KCG Holdings Jonathan Ross Trading Technology 40
Life.SREDA Vladislav Solodkiy Fintech Finance 35
Liquidnet Holdings Seth Merrin Tech 50
London Stock Exchange Group Chris Corrado Tech 50
Mana Partners Manoj Narang Trading Technology 40
MaplesFS Tyler Kim Tech 50
MarketAxess Holdings Nicholas Themelis Trading Technology 40
MarketAxess Holdings Richard McVey Tech 50
Marlin & Associates Kenneth Marlin Fintech Finance 35
Metamako Dave Snowdon Trading Technology 40
MillenniumIT John Mackay (Mack) Gill Trading Technology 40
Monetary Authority of Singapore Sopnendu Mohanty Fintech Finance 35
Nasdaq Adena Friedman Tech 50
Nasdaq Bradley Peterson Trading Technology 40
NRI Holdings America Yasuki Okai Tech 50
Numerix Steven O'Hanlon Tech 50
Nyca Partners Hans Morris Fintech Finance 35
OpenFin Mazy Dar Tech 50
Options Clearing Corp. Craig Donohue Tech 50
OTC Markets Group R. Cromwell Coulson Trading Technology 40
Partnership Fund for New York City Maria Gotsch Fintech Finance 35
PayPal Holdings Dan Schulman Tech 50
PDQ Enterprises D. Keith Ross Jr. Trading Technology 40
Perseus Jock Percy Tech 50
Portware Alfred Eskandar Trading Technology 40
Propel Venture Partners Jay Reinemann Fintech Finance 35
R3CEV David Rutter Tech 50
Rakuten Masayuki Hosaka Trading Technology 40
Rakuten FinTech Fund Oskar Miel Fintech Finance 35
REDI Holdings Rishi Nangalia Trading Technology 40
Ribbit Capital Micky Malka Fintech Finance 35
RRE Ventures James D. Robinson III and James D. Robinson IV Fintech Finance 35
S&P Global Market Intelligence Mike Chinn Tech 50
S3 Partners Robert Sloan Trading Technology 40
Santander InnoVentures Mariano Belinky Fintech Finance 35
Saxo Bank Kim Fournais Tech 50
SenaHill Partners Justin Brownhill and Neil DeSena Fintech Finance 35
Startupbootcamp Fintech Nektarios Liolios Fintech Finance 35
State Street Corp. Antoine Shagoury Tech 50
Swift Innotribe and Swift Institute Fabian Vandenreydt Fintech Finance 35
Thomson Reuters David Craig Tech 50
Thomson Reuters Philip Weisberg Trading Technology 40
TMX Group Lou Eccleston Tech 50
Tradeweb Markets Lee Olesky Tech 50
Tradier Dan Raju Trading Technology 40
TTV Capital Gardiner Garrard Fintech Finance 35
UBS Hyder Jaffrey Fintech Finance 35
Vela Jennifer Nayar Trading Technology 40
Wells Fargo & Co. Scott Dillon Tech 50
Winton Capital Management David Harding Tech 50
Xenomorph Software Brian Sentance Tech 50
Xignite Stephane Dubois Tech 50

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About the iiFintech Symposium and Awards
The iiFintech Symposium and Awards dinner and ceremony honor the industry executives who top Institutional Investor's three annual financial technology rankings for their vision, product innovation, investing decisions and leadership. The Symposium brings together the winners to illuminate their thoughts and strategies about how financial technology will continue to transform the industry. www.iifintech.com

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