Awards
Women in Technology & Data Awards
Recognizing outstanding women within the data and technology industries serving the capital markets
Sell-Side Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party services catering to the global sell-side community
Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards
Recognizing outstanding market, reference, and alternative data and data-related technologies across the capital markets
WatersTechnology Asia Awards
Recognizing excellence in the development and deployment of technology and data services across Asia's capital markets community
Waters Rankings
The longest-running of all WatersTechnology’s awards where the category winners are determined exclusively by the brand’s readers
Buy-Side Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party services catering to the global buy-side community
American Financial and Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party vendors serving both sides of the financial services industry
About the WatersTechnology Awards
WatersTechnology runs seven awards programs annually, starting with the Women in Technology & Data Awards, held on or around International Women’s Day in March, and culminating with the American Financial Technology Awards, held in the first week of December. All awards are online only and are free to enter for all firms regardless of their location, although entrants should be aware that these awards focus on the data, technologies and services used by capital markets participants (investments banks, asset managers, hedge funds, exchanges, etc.) and not the retail sector. Firms may enter as many categories as they wish, on the condition that the technology or service they are entering is appropriate for the category they have selected.
Awards winners
Waters Rankings 2025: Best buy-side order management system (OMS) provider—Bloomberg
Name of product or service: Bloomberg AIM
Waters Rankings 2025: Best artificial intelligence (AI) technology provider—S&P Global Market Intelligence
Name of product or service: S&P Capital IQ Solutions AI-Powered features
Waters Rankings 2025: Best market data provider—S&P Global Market Intelligence
Name of product or service: S&P Capital IQ Pro
Waters Rankings 2025: Best managed data service provider—SmartStream Technologies
Name of product or service: Reference Data Services
Waters Rankings 2025: Best ESG data provider—FactSet
Name of product or service: FactSet ESG Investing Solutions
Waters Rankings 2025: Best performance measurement and attribution system provider—FactSet
Name of product or service: FactSet Performance Solutions
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Waters Rankings 2025: All the winners and why they won
WatersTechnology readers voted to determine the winners in 35 technology and data categories comprising this year’s virtual Waters Rankings.
Waters Rankings 2025: Best corporate actions solution provider—SIX
Name of product or service: Global Corporate Actions
Waters Rankings 2025: Best enterprise data management (EDM) system provider—Finbourne Technology
Name of product or service: EDM+ (Enterprise Data Management+)