GFM Review announces the winner of its prestigious industry award for the Fourth Week of April 2025


Global Financial Market Review (GFM) is a dedicated online news aggregation portal specializing in financial market news and industry updates. It combines original editorials with curated content from global news providers, reaching over 14 million readers annually. With a focus on reliability and depth, GFM has positioned itself as a trusted source in the financial sector, boasting a strong social media presence with over 180,000 Twitter followers.


As part of its coverage of this huge and multi-disciplined industry, GFM has developed a series of Awards. Using a wide range of criteria such as Transparency, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Volume of Transactions, Innovation, Fintech and Customer Service, the Awards have been developed to recognise companies and institutions who have achieved notable success in their respective fields. This, in turn, has become a standard for reliability, performance and security within the financial community.


For the Fourth Week of April 2025,  GFM Review’s judging panel is proud to award the following institutions:


Strategic Year Holdings Limited


  • Best Family Office Alternative Investment Strategy Hongkong 2025


Strategic Year Holdings Limited is an Asia-based private investment company focusing on private equity and real estate sectors. The firm emphasizes a value-oriented investment strategy, utilizing extensive local networks to source and execute proprietary opportunities. Its senior management team brings over 150 years of combined global investment and operational experience. Strategic Year has made investments in regions including China, Hong Kong, the US, UK, Canada, and Japan, across various property types such as residential, retail, commercial, and mixed-use developments.


EZsimConnect


  • Best Tourism Technology Implementation Brazil 2025


EZsimConnect specializes in providing eSIM technology to travelers, enabling instant, secure, and affordable mobile connectivity in over 150 countries. Leveraging over 25 years of telecommunications experience, the company partners with leading global operators to offer tailored data plans and abundant talk time. Their services eliminate the hassle of physical SIM cards, offering instant activation and encrypted connections, ensuring users stay connected with friends and family while abroad, whether for leisure or business purposes.


Octane


  • Best FinTech Scale-up USA 2025 


Octane provides a digital financing platform tailored for powersports and outdoor equipment purchases, such as motorcycles, ATVs, and mowers. The company offers instant, personalized loan offers without impacting credit scores, thanks to soft credit checks. Octane's streamlined process ensures quick decisions, flexible terms, and competitive rates, catering to a wide spectrum of consumers, including first-time buyers and credit builders. By integrating financing solutions from online research to in-store purchases, Octane simplifies the buying experience for both customers and dealers.


Square Associates


  • Best Tourism Technology Implementation Brazil 2025


Based in Singapore, Square Associates is a boutique consultancy firm offering strategic and financial advisory services to both private and public sector clients. The firm assists companies from early to late stages of growth, providing customized solutions across various industries and geographies, with a particular emphasis on emerging markets. Their services include strategic consultancy, financial advisory, and investment management. Square Associates boasts a global network of over 3,000 institutional investors, including venture capital and private equity funds, family offices, and multinational corporations.


Oaklins France


  • Best M&A Advisory France 2025


Operating from Paris, Lyon, Nantes, and Toulouse, Oaklins France provides mid-market M&A and financial advisory services across various industries, including aerospace, consumer & retail, energy, food & beverage, healthcare, private equity, TMT, and wellness. The firm specializes in both sell-side and buy-side transactions, fundraising, and debt advisory. Collaborating with a global team of 850 professionals in 40 countries, Oaklins France combines local expertise with international reach, facilitating over 350 transactions annually, with half being cross-border deals.


Equity Law Firm


  • Best Restructuring Advisory Ukraine 2025


EQUITY Law Firm is a leading Ukrainian legal practice headquartered in Kyiv, recognized for its expertise in litigation, bankruptcy, and white-collar crime. Established over two decades ago, the firm boasts a team of over 50 lawyers and 8 partners. EQUITY offers comprehensive legal services, including corporate law, M&A, tax, and financial law. The firm has been consistently ranked among Ukraine's top law firms, with accolades from Legal 500 EMEA, Chambers Europe, and IFLR1000. ​


About GFM Review

Global Financial Market Review (GFM) is an online news portal that is focused on the financial industry. It has been developed to deliver informative and independent news from around the world. The articles on GFM are both sourced from a number of independent news sources as well as written in-house. This is reflected in the quality and insight that the portal delivers to readers. GFM readership is comprised of decision makers from global businesses including FT100 and Fortune 500 companies as well as high net worth individuals.