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Waters Rankings 2012 ─ Polling Opens

The Waters Rankings is back for its 10th year. Polling begins today and closes on May 25. Get your votes in now.

Waters | Special | Awards & Rankings | 25 Apr 2012

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The Waters Rankings Are Approaching

Anthony provides a rundown of the Waters Rankings in advance of this year's awards.

Buy-Side Technology | Opinion | Awards & Rankings | 05 Apr 2012

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Waters Rankings 2011: Saluting the Winners

Waters launched its annual Waters Rankings in 2003, with a simple goal—to acknowledge the best vendors that our readers rely on every day. Rather than, for example, polling a small panel of judges, we queried our 10,000 readers around the world. Their...

Waters | Special | Awards & Rankings | 01 Aug 2011

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Waters Rankings' Best Server Virtualization Provider: VMware

1. VMware 45.2%2. IBM 16.4%3. EMC 10.5% In the most lopsided win in all of the Waters Rankings this year, readers didn’t say that VMware was the Best Server Virtualization Provider; they shouted. Who could blame them? VMware has a long history in...

Waters | Special | Awards & Rankings | 01 Aug 2011

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Waters Rankings' Best Full-Service Brokerage: Goldman Sachs

1. Goldman Sachs 18.6%2. JPMorgan 14.6%3. Morgan Stanley 11.2% Waters subscribers once again have selected Goldman Sachs as their favorite full-service brokerage, regardless of whether the markets are up or down. This marks the firm’s sixth straight...

Waters | Special | Awards & Rankings | 01 Aug 2011

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Waters Rankings' Best Agency Brokerage: Investment Technology Group

1. Investment Technology Group (ITG) 29.5%2. BNY ConvergEx 24.9%3. Instinet 20.7%    When it comes to agency brokerages, clients look for research, execution tools, and, most of all, access to reliable and good-quality liquidity. For Waters readers,...

Waters | Special | Awards & Rankings | 01 Aug 2011

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Waters Rankings' Best Crossing Network Provider: Liquidnet

1. Liquidnet 21.1%2. Goldman Sachs and ITG 13.9%3. NYSE Technologies 11.2% (Please click here to watch Vlad Khandros of Liquidnet discuss the trends that his firm is seeing.) When it comes to judging the best crossing network, there really is only...

Waters | Special | Awards & Rankings | 01 Aug 2011

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Waters Rankings' Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider: JPMorgan

1. JPMorgan 18.3%2. Goldman Sachs 13.3%3. Morgan Stanley 11.2% The results in this year’s Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider category mirror those of last year. For the third year in a row, and for the fourth year out of the past six, JPMorgan takes...

Waters | Special | Awards & Rankings | 01 Aug 2011

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Waters Rankings' Best Exceptions and Reconciliation Management: Omgeo

1. Omgeo 33.2%2. SmartStream 30% 3. SunGard 19% (Please click here to watch Lee Cutrone of Omgeo discuss the trends that his firm is seeing.) In a world where every organization is trying to shrink its operational budgets, and trade exceptions are...

Waters | Special | Awards & Rankings | 01 Aug 2011

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Waters Rankings' Best Sell-Side OMS: Bloomberg TOMS

1. Bloomberg TOMS 35.8%2. SunGard 27.1%3. Fidessa 19.1% The Bloomberg Trade Order Management System (TOMS) ranks the highest among Waters subscribers, who voted it the Best Sell-Side Order Management System (OMS) for the second year in a row. Tightly...

Waters | Special | Awards & Rankings | 01 Aug 2011

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