Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: The Winners & Write-ups

Two awards were announced on the day: Best Overall Buy-Side Product for 2013 and Best Buy-Side Technology Provider for 2013, won by LCH.Clearnet for its SwapClear Margin Approximation Risk Tool, and Eagle Investment Systems, respectively. Detailed articles on each of the category winners will appear in the December issue of Waters magazine.

BST Awards 2013 Category Winners

Best Buy-Side OMS — Eze Software Group 

• [WINNERS' CIRCLE: Jeff Shoreman, co-president of the Eze business at Eze Software Group]

Best Buy-Side EMS — Eze Software Group

Best Buy-Side Risk/Portfolio Analytics Product — LCH.Clearnet

Best Buy-Side Performance Measurement and Attribution Product — BI-SAM 

• [VIDEO: Jim Trotter, managing director, performance and reporting at BI-SAM] 

Best Buy-Side Algorithmic/DMA Product or Service — Deltix

Best Buy-Side Commodities Trading Platform/Service — Misys

Best Buy-Side Pricing/Valuation Service — Markit 

• [VIDEO: Padmesh Thuraisingham, managing director and global head of portfolio valuations at Markit]

Best Buy-Side Data Management Product — Markit 

• [WINNERS' CIRCLE: Daniel Simpson, managing director and head of enterprise software, and Armins Rusis, managing director and head of information at Markit] 
• [VIDEO: Ewan Scott, director of buy-side sales at Markit EDM]

Best Data Provider to the Buy Side — Rimes Technologies 

• [WINNERS' CIRCLE: Alessandro Ferrari, senior vice president of global marketing at Rimes Technologies] 
• [VIDEO: Andrew Knowles, head of compliance services at Rimes Technologies]

Best Buy-Side Integrated Front-Office Platform — Bloomberg

Best Buy-Side Portfolio Accounting Platform — SimCorp

Best Buy-Side Client Reporting Platform — Equipos 

• [VIDEO: Alan Hamilton, CEO at Equipos]

Best Broker-Supplied Tool/Technology — Barclays

Best Buy-Side Compliance Product — Linedata

Best Buy-Side Execution Venue — Liquidnet

Best Fund Administrator — SEI

Best Buy-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product) — DealVector

Best Product Implementation at a Buy-Side Firm — Vermilion Software

Best Buy-Side Risk Management Initiative Over the Last 12 months — LCH.Clearnet

Best Buy-Side CRM Product/Service — Digiterre

Best Buy-Side CEP Product/Service — OneMarketData

Best Buy-Side Reconciliation Platform/Service — SmartStream Technologies 

• [VIDEO: Tim Martin, product manager at SmartStream Technologies]

Best Outsourcing Provider to the Buy Side — SS&C GlobeOp

Best Cloud Provider to the Buy Side — Microsoft

Best Big Data Technology Provider to the Buy Side — Datawatch Corporation

Best TCA Provider to the Buy Side — ITG

Best Buy-Side Product for 2013 — LCH.Clearnet

Best Overall Buy-Side Technology Provider for 2013 — Eagle Investment Systems 

• [WINNERS' CIRCLE: John Lehner, Eagle's president & CEO]
• [VIDEO: John Legrand, managing director, head of EMEA and APAC at Eagle Investment Systems]