Awards
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.
Our Awards and Ranking
Women in Technology & Data Awards
Recognizing outstanding women within the data and technology industries serving the capital markets
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Sell-Side Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party services catering to the global sell-side community
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Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards
Recognizing outstanding market, reference, and alternative data and data-related technologies across the capital markets
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WatersTechnology Asia Awards
Recognizing excellence in the development and deployment of technology and data services across Asia’s capital markets community
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Waters Rankings
The longest-running of all WatersTechnology’s awards where the category winners are determined exclusively by the brand’s readers
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Buy-Side Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party services catering to the global buy-side community
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American Financial and Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party vendors serving both sides of the financial services industry
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Awards winners
AFTAs 2025: Best data provider—Allvue Systems
Product: Private Credit Intelligence
AFTAs 2025: Best IT team—TCW Group
Team: TCW Group’s Investment Technology Team; Project: Engineering Solutions—ABF and insurance launches during Aladdin stabilization
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2025 winner’s interview: 73 Strings
73 Strings’ win in the BST Awards 2025 Best middle-office platform category
AFTAs 2025: Most cutting-edge IT initiative—J.P. Morgan
Project: Vida Beta One
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2025 winner’s interview: S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence’s success in the first year the Best private markets data provider category has been on offer.
AFTAs 2025: Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (data management and data services)—S&P Global Market Intelligence
Project: Kensho LLM-ready API
AFTAs 2025: Most innovative third-party technology vendor (operations)—AutoRek
Company name: AutoRek
AFTAs 2025: All the winners and why they won
Here are the winners of the 31 categories making up this year’s American Financial Technology Awards.
AFTAs 2025: Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (trading, risk and compliance)—IntelligentCross
Project: IntelligentCross JumpStart