Awards & Rankings
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…
AFTAs 2014: Mission Accomplished
Launched a decade ago, the American Financial Technology Awards were, for their first seven editions, dominated by the sell side. But as we have come to expect in recent times, the buy side was well represented in 2014, with Janus Capital, MSD Capital,…
The Champions, Part 2: AFTAs and Waters Rankings
A look back at the winners of the AFTAs and Waters Rankings
The Champions, Part 1: BST and SST Award Winners
A look back at the winners of Buy-Side and Sell-Side Technology Awards this year
FISD Awards Thai Exchange ‘Outstanding Data Provider'
Data industry association FISD's Service Level and Communications Working Group has named the Stock Exchange of Thailand as its Outstanding Data Provider for 2014, an annual award given to the exchange or data provider that the group believes best…
Waters Announces American Financial Technology Awards 2014 Winners
All winners in all categories revealed at event in New York City.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: William Haney, BI-SAM
William Haney, CEO of BI-SAM, speaks with Waters' James Rundle about his firm's win at the 2014 Buy-Side Technology Awards.
BST Awards 2014 ─ All the Winners and Why they Won
Analysis of this year's BST winners and why they won their respective categories.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Compliance Product—Charles River Development
For the third year in a row, there’s a different name on the top step of the compliance podium, with Charles River Development taking the crown from last year’s winner Linedata, which supplanted Fidessa in 2013.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Sergio Capanna, Bloomberg
Sergio Capanna, AIM product manager at Bloomberg, speaks with James Rundle of Waters at the 2014 Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Nosheen Amir-Ebrahimi, Markit
Nosheen Amir-Ebrahimi, director of portfolio valuations at Markit, speaks with Timothy Murray at the 2014 Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Stephen Butcher, Charles River
Stephen Butcher, managing director for EMEA at Charles River Development, speaks with James Rundle of Waters at the 2014 Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Dario Cintioli, StatPro
Dario Cintioli, managing director at StatPro Group, speaks with Marina Daras of Waters at the 2014 Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Mark Casey, CFN Services
Mark Casey, CEO at CFN Services, speaks with Timothy Murray of Waters at the 2014 Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Winners' Circle—Bloomberg
Bloomberg once again appears in the winners’ circle at this year’s awards, taking the top prize in the best OMS and best integrated front-office platform categories, thanks to its AIM platform. James Rundle speaks with Dan Matthies, global business head…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Winners' Circle—Eze Software Group
The consistent high quality of Eze Software Group’s entries across four categories in this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards earned the Boston-based buy-side specialist the top prize: the best overall buy-side technology provider for 2014. James Rundle…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Winners' Circle—Essentia Analytics
Clare Flynn Levy returned to the buy-side technology industry at the start of 2013, founding Essentia Analytics, which won this year’s best data analytics category in the Buy-Side Technology Awards. Victor Anderson caught up with her recently to find out…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Winners' Circle—Eagle Investment Systems
In the wake of its win in the best outsourcing provider to the buy side category in this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards, James Rundle caught up with Eagle Investment Systems’ CEO John Lehner to talk about outsourcing, cybersecurity, and what the BNY…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Winners' Circle—StatPro
StatPro once again takes its place in the Buy-Side Technology Awards winners’ circle, this year for its efforts on the risk front with its Risk Limits Monitoring Module. James Rundle speaks with Dario Cintioli, managing director of StatPro, to discuss…