It received the award from London-based Global Investor Group at the FOW International Awards 2020, recently. chief executive officer Datuk Muhammad Umar Swift said the award was a significant honour to end the year with, validating the exchange operator’s commitment to serve its clients’ needs in providing a reliable hedging instrument against price volatilities, which have been critical given the COVID-19 pandemic this year. It has been a record year and on behalf of BMD, I would like to convey our appreciation to the industry for the trust and confidence in Bursa Malaysia’s derivative product offerings in managing price and risk exposures,” Muhammad Umar, who is also BMD chairman, said in a statement today.