Analysis/Awards & Rankings
SST Awards 2018: Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm—SmartStream Technologies
The best implementation award is the only category of all 32 on offer in this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards where the winner is determined by the effectiveness of an implementation at a sell-side firm.
SST Awards 2018 Winners' Circle: SmartStream Technologies
SmartStream Technologies made a little bit of history at this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards by winning the best implementation category for the first time. Victor Anderson chats to SmartStream’s Vincent Kilcoyne about his firm’s relationship with…
SST Awards 2018: Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side—Avelacom
Two years ago, Avelacom was a name that many in the capital markets community were not familiar with. But the Moscow-headquartered company has grown rapidly and is this year’s recipient of the best infrastructure provider to the sell side category in…
SST Awards 2018: Best Outsourcing Provider to the Sell Side—Broadridge Financial Solutions
For the third year in a row, Broadridge has won the best outsourcing provider to the sell side category in the Sell-Side Technology Awards.
SST Awards 2018: Best Reporting Platform or Services for the Sell Side—AxiomSL
AxiomSL has been a champion of regulatory technology for a number of years with its approach to managing data and tracking data lineage. This year, its hard work and underlying technologies have been focused on its efforts to resolve the Comprehensive…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Analytics Product—NEX TriOptima
Stricter regulatory capital rules and accounting developments are forcing firms to adopt new analytics solutions that are more efficient than their predecessors. TriOptima, a NEX Group company, claims this year’s best sell-side analytics product award,…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Back-Office Platform—Murex
Risk management and processing solutions provider Murex is the first to bag this award, one of the new categories in this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards.
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product—Numerix
In contrast to the market risk award, which has changed hands every year since the Sell-Side Technology Awards started in 2013, there has only ever been one winner of its sister category in credit risk—Numerix. There’s a reason for that—none come close…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Data Management Product—IHS Markit
Once again, IHS Markit takes home the best sell-side data management product at the Sell-Side Technology Awards, making it the winner of this category for four consecutive years.
SST Awards 2018: Best Front-Office Execution Platform—Pragma Securities
Pragma Securities wins this year’s best front-office execution platform category, thanks to Pragma 360, dethroning the winner for the past three years, Fidessa.
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Market Surveillance Product—Nasdaq
Unsurprisingly, Nasdaq handily beat out the competition in the surveillance category this year to take home the award, which it has won every year since 2014 in this program.
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Middle-Office Platform—UnaVista, London Stock Exchange Group
Once regarded as little more than a reporting platform, UnaVista has become a powerhouse in its own right over recent years, as regulations have continued to force a focus on transparency on pre-trade, at-trade and post-trade levels.
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Mobile Initiative—Saxo Bank
For busy capital markets professionals who are always on the move, this is a particularly important category, given that trading has increasingly become a mobile activity. Last year, the award was taken home by London-based Dealogic for its mobile app of…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Newcomer—OpenDoor Trading
Coming off its win as the most promising startup in 2017, OpenDoor Trading is back in the SST Awards winners’ circle as this year’s best sell-side newcomer. Last year, it was IHS Markit who won the category.
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform—NEX Group
NEX Group’s triResolve reconciliation platform has beaten previous staple winner SmartStream to the title in the best reconciliation platform category, which it had won for the previous five years. Jenny Nilsson, head of product marketing at triResolve,…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System—IPC
Communication is key. That concept has formed the foundation of IPC’s success for well over 40 years and 2018 is no different. Taking home the award for the best sell-side trading communication system at the Sell-Side Technology Awards this year, the…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Market Risk Product—RiskVal Financial Solutions
When it comes to market risk, the challenges—and solutions—facing all at present center on transparency. From closing loopholes that in the past allowed regulatory arbitrage, through to more accurately analyzing the market impact of a portfolio’s…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Trading Network—BT
BT takes home the award for the best sell-side trading network at the Sell-Side Technology Awards for the third time, a reflection of the company’s comfortable lead in this ever-competitive category.
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Web-Based Development Environment—Pershing, a BNY Mellon Company
Last year, the winner of this category was OpenFin, thanks to its Chromium-based desktop operating layer. However, this time around, Pershing, a BNY Mellon Company, came out on top in the best sell-side web-based development environment category, thanks…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side OTC Trading Initiative—FIS Front Arena
Tech giant FIS picks up the gong for the best over-the-counter (OTC) trading initiative this year for its Front Arena product, the second year in a row that it has won the award.
SST Awards 2018: Best Smart Order Routing Tool/Product—Pragma Securities
Pragma Securities has attracted widespread attention over the years due to its flagship offering, Pragma 360, an algorithmic trading platform for foreign exchange (FX), North American equities and futures.
SST Awards 2018: Best Swap Execution Facility—Tradeweb Markets
When it comes to the ultra-competitive world of swap execution facilities (SEFs), volume is king. But before the mandate to trade certain derivatives contracts through SEFs kicked in during early 2014, Tradeweb’s TW SEF didn’t look at first like it would…