Awards & Rankings
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Sell-Side Data Management Product — Markit
It’s a challenge when it comes to writing something new about Markit EDM (Enterprise Data Management) that hasn’t already appeared in the pages of Waters over the years. We first encountered the platform back in early 2007 as it took its first tentative…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform — SmartStream
SmartStream is a name that has, by virtue of its domination of this category in the Buy-Side Technology (BST) Awards in recent years, become synonymous with reconciliations, having won this category for four straight years from 2010 to 2013. The London…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product — Numerix
Provider now goes for fourth straight.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Cloud Provider to the Sell Side — BT
BT also won in the best sell-side trading network category.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side — Perseus
This is Perseus' first win at the Sell-Side Awards.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform — SunGard
This year is the first occasion that SunGard has won the best automated trading platform category.
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…