Awards & Rankings
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Sell-Side OTC Trading Initiative ─ SmartTrade
The OTC trading initiative is a new category in the Sell-Side Technology Awards.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Data Provider to the Sell Side ─ Thomson Reuters
This year is Thomson Reuters' second consecutive win in what has become a fiercely competitive market.
Waters Rankings 2015: Open For Entries
Entries to this year's Rankings are online only and all firms wanting to be involved in the survey must register.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: The Winners
A complete list of all the winners from this year's Sell-Side Technology Awards.
Last Chance! Voting/Entry Deadline Extended for Voting and Submissions in 2015 IMD/IRD Awards
Enter now for your chance to win at the Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data Awards night on May 20.
SST Awards 2015: Entry Deadline Extended
Entries to this year's SST Awards will be accepted up until end of business (EST) Friday February 27.
It's About the People: A Look at The SS&C-Advent Deal & HFT's Big Week Ahead
Anthony looks at what the deal will mean for the sell side, and what's to come for HFT this week
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015 ─ Open for Entries
There are four new categories on offer this year, taking the total number up to 28.
AFTAs 2014: The Winners and Why They Won
A summary of all AFTAs content from this year's program.
AFTAs 2014: Best IT Team—Societe Generale
The best IT team was the final award handed out at the American Financial Technology Awards, and is the most prestigious of the categories on offer. It was Societe Generale Investment Banking team's ambitious initiatives that won this year's pièce de…
AFTAs 2014: Best Cloud Initiative—Bank of Montreal
Competition was fierce this year in the best cloud initiative category, with five products making the final cut. Challenged by BNY Mellon’s eXtreme Platform, Irish Life Investment Managers’ deployment of ITG Trade Operations Outsourcing, and a pair of…
AFTAs 2014: Best Cross-Asset Trading Initiative—JPMorgan Markets
Launched in January 2013, JPMorgan’s Nexus platform has won the American Financial Technology Award for best cross-asset trading initiative twice, this year edging out Interactive Brokers’ Trader Workstation.
AFTAs 2014: Best Global Deployment—State Street
State Street Global Exchange (SSGX) offers a full suite of risk and analytics solutions across all asset classes, and the crown jewel of the State Street subsidiary is its proprietary risk engine, truView, for which SSgX has taken this year’s best global…
AFTAs 2014: Best Reporting Initiative—Morgan Stanley
Reporting challenges are on the minds of every head of technology. Regulations vary by region, and firms are struggling to find a way to streamline their reporting operations. Morgan Stanley decided to turn to AxiomSL for a more proactive approach when…
AFTAs 2014: Best Analytics Initiative—Fannie Mae
The term “analytics” has gotten sexy in recent years. It’s even being used in TV commercials to sell mainstream products. In the capital markets, if you aren’t talking analytics then you are likely lost in the woods.
AFTAs 2014: Best Risk Management Initiative—Janus Capital
Most of the projects and initiatives that won American Financial Technology Awards fall into one of three categories: data management, analytics enhancements, and risk management.
AFTAs 2014: Best Data Management Initiative—MSD Capital
Traders want access to an ever-growing array of information. Risk managers are looking at a sea of datasets in order to protect their firms. Regulators are seeking an unprecedented number of metrics from asset managers, post-2008. Most firms have major…
AFTAs 2014: Best Infrastructure Initiative—Northern Trust
One of the more interesting trends to develop over the last few years is the financial services industry’s willingness to use cloud-based solutions to drive down costs while improving efficiencies. The next stage of that evolution has been the…
AFTAs 2014: Most Cutting-Edge IT Initiative—IEX Group
It took a Michael Lewis book to turn IEX from a largely unheard-of dark pool provider into a household name with a reputation for fighting for transparency and fairness in the capital markets. But it wasn’t because of the Flash Boys book that IEX took…
AFTAs 2014: Best Technology Executive, Sell Side—Tim Wood, FBR & Co.
When FBR & Co. hired Tim Wood in 2006 as its CIO, it was flush with cash and the IT budget was healthy. Then the mortgage crisis hit, and the Arlington, Va.-based firm shrank its staff by 68 percent between 2008 and 2012. IT budgets were slashed, but the…
AFTAs 2014: Best Compliance Initiative—BNY Mellon
Regulatory compliance has never been more important, with new mandates being passed on a seemingly weekly basis. As transparency becomes an increasingly important battle cry amongst regulators, firms need to stay on top of new requirements coming down…
AFTAs 2014: Best Mobile-Strategy Initiative—Pershing
Offering mobility to customers is no longer a differentiator but a necessity for financial services firms, as the concept of working from any location has become commonplace.
AFTAs 2014: Best Technology Executive, Buy Side—Bill Murphy, Blackstone
An award isn’t the most important thing in life; timing is. What happens when you combine the two? Ask Blackstone: Before CTO Bill Murphy’s arrival on the scene in 2011, Stephen Schwartzman’s veritable alternatives house never took home an American…
AFTAs 2014: Best IT Integration Initiative—Blackstone
Making two into one is probably a technology team’s most frequent—though often most complicated—task from year to year, and therefore the best IT integration award is not only one of the judges’ most important categories, but also one of the toughest to…