Wall Street Letter, one of the Industry’s must-read publications courtesy of financial media company Pageant Media, just announced its “short list” of finalists in connection with WSL’s 3rd Annual institutional trading awards.

While the 2014 “best of” categories  cover each of the likely specialties (e.g. best agency-broker/options, best brokerage platform, best DMA platform, best algo platform,  best technology vendor(s), best research, etc.), this year’s “bake-off of the best” includes not only the ‘likely suspects’ whose brands are burnished across the industry landscape, but a selection of boutique firms that certainly deserve a shout-out (and perhaps the trophy!), particularly when looking at those on the short list of nominees for “Best Options Trading Platform“, “Best DMA Offering”, Best Client Service-Broker/Dealer“, “Best Research-Fixed Income” and “Best Options Broker-Dealer.”

Far be it from us to front-run WSL by disclosing the full picture of front-runners; we’ll give credit where credit is due…..”And, the WSL 2014 Award nominees are (drum roll please!)…..CLICK HERE