Awards & Rankings
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Data Provider to the Buy Side—Rimes Technologies
Here we are in 2013 and still only one company, Rimes Technologies, has won the best data provider category since the first edition of the Buy-Side Technology Awards in 2007. One might be forgiven for assuming that perhaps this category is “unpopular” or…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Winners' Circle—Rimes Technologies
Waters speaks with Alessandro Ferrari, senior vice president of global marketing at Rimes Technologies, about the company winning the best data provider to the buy side category in the annual Buy-Side Technology Awards for the past seven straight years,…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Buy-Side Data Management Product—Markit
It’s difficult knowing what to write about Markit EDM that hasn’t already appeared in Buy-Side Technology and Waters. After all, the London-based vendor—known as Cadis until early 2012 when it joined the Markit stable, ending months of speculation…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Winners' Circle—Markit
Markit scored twice at this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards, taking home the honors for data management and best pricing/valuations service. Waters speaks to Daniel Simpson, managing director and head of enterprise software, and Armins Rusis, managing…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Pricing/Valuations Service—Markit
There are many companies that offer buy-side firms with pricing and valuation services, but few have the reach and reputation that Markit does for its work in typically hard-to-price assets. That’s hardly surprising when you consider that the company,…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Commodities Trading Platform—Misys
Sophis returns to the top of the commodities category for the second time in the BST Awards after having won this award in 2009. The firm has a lengthy buy-side pedigree, having been founded in 1985 by Hervé Vinciguerra. Misys acquired the Paris-based…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Buy-Side Performance Measurement and Attribution Product—BI-SAM
BI-SAM takes home this year’s best performance measurement and attribution product category, making it five wins for the Paris-headquartered vendor. As usual, this category was fought out by a small core of performance specialists, and BI-SAM, for the…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Buy-Side Risk/Portfolio Analytics Product—LCH.Clearnet
Given continuing regulatory change around risk and the cost of trading, innovative solutions that can combine the ability to crunch intensive calculations while still maintaining confidence through a list of definitive inputs are like gold dust—hard to…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Buy-Side EMS—Eze Software Group
In April of this year, RealTick LLC was acquired by Eze Software Group from ConvergEx Group. Its flagship product was renamed RealTick EMS. RealTick is a familiar name, having won the BST Award for the best buy-side execution management system (EMS)…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Winners' Circle—Eze Software Group
Jeff Shoreman, co-president of the Eze business at Eze Software Group, discusses the future of the company’s products, having won the best buy-side EMS and best buy-side OMS categories in this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards. Interview by James Rundle
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Buy-Side OMS—Eze Software Group
It would have been understandable if some buy-side firms had been worried when they heard that Eze OMS and RealTick EMS were being sold from ConvergEx Group to establish their own presence under the Eze Software Group moniker. On the order management…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Rolling Out the Big Gun
The last two editions of the Buy-Side Technology Awards have had a strong rugby union bias, given that the luncheon falls on the first Friday of November, coinciding with the Autumn Internationals, where the best teams from the southern hemisphere travel…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Jim Trotter, BI-SAM
Jim Trotter, managing director, performance and reporting at BI-SAM, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
American Financial Technology Awards 2013: All the Finalists
The following firms, projects, teams and individuals have made the shortlists of the 16 categories that make up this year's American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) 2013. The awards are scheduled to take place on the evening of December 9 in New York…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Padmesh Thuraisingham, Markit
Padmesh Thuraisingham, managing director and global head of portfolio valuations at Markit, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Alan Hamilton, Equipos
Alan Hamilton, CEO at Equipos, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: John Legrand, Eagle Investment Systems
John Legrand, managing director, head of EMEA and APAC at Eagle Investment Systems, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Ewan Scott, Markit EDM
Ewan Scott, director of buy-side sales at Markit EDM, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Tim Martin, SmartStream
Tim Martin, product manager at SmartStream Technologies, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Andrew Knowles, Rimes
Andrew Knowles, head of compliance services at Rimes Technologies, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
Congrats to the BST Award Winners, as Data/Risk Rule the Day
At an event today in London, the winners of this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards were announced. Anthony discusses what made those entrants special and also notes that data and risk management played a major a role.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: The Winners & Write-ups
Buy-Side Technology is pleased to announce the winners of the seventh annual Buy-Side Technology Awards. The Awards were held earlier today, Nov. 1, at the Waldorf Hilton in London. The guest of honor was former England rugby union international Will…
The American Financial Technology Awards Nominations Deadline Approaches
The American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) submissions deadline is Oct. 25, and that date won't be extended.
The American Financial Technology Awards Nominations Deadline Approaches
The American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) submissions deadline is Oct. 25, and that date won't be extended.