Awards & Rankings
AFTAs 2017: Best Middle-Office Initiative—RIMES Technologies
This year RIMES Technologies takes home the award for the best middle-office initiative in the vendor section of the AFTAs, thanks to its work with institutional asset manager Fort Washington Investment Advisors. RIMES’ project with Fort Washington,…
AFTAs 2017: Best Third-Party Technology Vendor IT Team—Axioma
New York-based risk management solutions provider Axioma makes it into the winners’ circle at the 2017 AFTAs, bagging the best third-party technology vendor IT team award. The company has two IT teams—platform development and implementation. These two…
AFTAs 2017: Best Front-Office Initiative—State Street Global Exchange
The Quantextual Idea Lab blends AI with human expertise.
AFTAs 2017: Best Third-Party Technology Vendor CIO or CEO—Neil Barua, IPC Systems
This award, the second year it has been part of the AFTAs line-up, is arguably the most sought-after of the vendors’ section, given that it recognizes the innovation and leadership of just one individual. This year the category attracted 11 strong…
AFTAs 2017: Best Communications Infrastructure Provider—IPC Systems
Unigy has become a standard tool for communication across market participants.
Trophy Cabinet: Winners of the 2017 Waters Rankings and AFTAs
Looking back at the winners of Waters Rankings and the AFTAs for the past year.
Trophy Cabinet: Winners of the 2017 Buy-Side and Sell-Side Awards
We look back on the best of buy-side and sell-side platforms and services from 2017.
Update: Entry Deadline Extended to Women in Data and Technology Awards
The entry deadline to this year's Women in Data and Technology Awards, has been extended by a week to January 26, 2018.
BST Awards 2017 Winners' Interview: SmartStream Technologies
SmartStream Technologies is the first winner of the best buy-side technology provider category at the BST Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Commodities Trading Platform—Rival Systems
The upstart has done it again. For the second straight year, Rival Systems has claimed the prize for having the best commodities trading platform for the buy side. Launched in 2015, the company has quickly won over converts thanks to its derivatives…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side CRM Platform—Satuit Technologies
Satuit Technologies has done it again. For the second straight year since 2011, Braintree, Mass.-based Satuit clinches this year’s best buy-side customer relationship management (CRM platform) award thanks to its SatuitCRM platform. The provider of CRM,…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Client Reporting Platform—SimCorp Coric
SimCorp Coric takes home best client reporting platform, alongside its victory in the beast implementation category.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Collateral-Management Tool—CloudMargin
It’s certainly been on everyone’s mind in 2017, and whisper it quietly, but margin and collateral management have become some of the hottest areas in finance this year. At the center of this trend has been CloudMargin, which takes home the award for best…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Cyber-Security Platform/Tool—FIS
FIS becomes the third winner of the best cyber-security platform since the award's introduction three years ago.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Data Management Product—IHS Markit
EDM serves 210 members of the financial services industry
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best IBOR Platform/Service—SimCorp
SimCorp has been the sole winner of since this category was first introduced four years ago.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side OMS—IHS Markit
thinkFolio has become a tool to understand and keep pace of different investment products
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Market Surveillance Tool/Platform—Moody’s Analytics
Moody's Portal has attracted more than 120 financial services firms over the last three years.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Pricing/Valuation Service—AIM Software
AIM Software displaces Thomson Reuters for best pricing/valuation service, the vendor's first victory at the BST Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Risk Management Initiative Over the Last 12 Months—RiskVal
RiskVal Financial Solutions is on a roll this year, having already bagged a number of awards, including best market risk solution provider and best portfolio management system provider at this year’s Waters Rankings. Now it claims the best buy-side risk…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side TCA Tool—Tradeweb Markets
Tradeweb’s competitive advantage lies in that as an execution venue, it has its own propriety pricing mechanism
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Distributed-Ledger Technology Project—Symbiont
Symbiont repeats as the Best Distributed Ledger Technology Project
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product)—Thasos Group
While Thasos is a data provider, what makes its technology unique is that it combines GPS data and Wifi triangulation, this way they can cut that distance down to seven meters or less...
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Overall Buy-Side Technology Provider, 2017—FactSet
FactSet took its time making its way into the BST Awards winners’ circle, but if this year’s performance is anything to go by, the Norwalk, Conn.-based financial data and software specialist has designs on making up all that lost ground.