Awards & Rankings
Tom Jordan Discusses WFIC and Lifetime Achievement Award
Tom Jordan, recipient of the 2013 FISD Lifetime Achievement Award discusses his accolade as well as other trends at this year's World Financial Information Conference
Industry ‘Advocate' Tom Jordan Wins FISD Lifetime Achievement Award
At the World Financial Information Summit event in Lisbon, Portugal on Monday, industry association FISD presented its 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award to Tom Jordan, founder, president and chief executive of Jordan & Jordan-perhaps the best-known…
Waters Editor Discusses Awards Programs
Victor Anderson, editor-in-chief of Waters, gives a detailed explanation of the awards that the magazine runs, what makes for a successful entry, who judges submissions and how the winners are determined.
Mark Your Calendars: The AFTAs, BST Awards and IMD Chicago
Anthony outlines the two awards programs under way and hopes to see you at Inside Market Data's Chicago event next week.
The American Financial Technology Awards 2013 Are Here
The ninth annual American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) are set to open for entries on Monday September 9, 2013.
The BST Awards are Upon us Once More
For the seventh year, entries for the Buy-Side Technology Awards are now open. Anthony explains what the judges are looking for when examining nomination forms.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Deadline Extended
Due to a flurry of last-minute requests for this year's BST Awards entry deadline to be extended, we have decided to close entries at the end of business (EST), Friday September 27.
Waters Rankings 2013: Eddie Galvez, Tibco StreamBase
Eddie Galvez is the senior architect at Tibco StreamBase and the founder of StreamBase.
Waters Rankings 2013: Steve O'Hanlon, Numerix
Steve O'Hanlon is the chief executive officer and president of Numerix.
Waters Rankings 2013: Michael Speranza, IPC Systems
Michael Speranza is the senior vice president of project management and marketing at IPC Systems.
Waters Rankings 2013: David Quinlan, Eze Software Group
David Quinlan is the co-president of Eze OMS Business and the head of strategy for Eze Software Group.
Waters Rankings 2013: Debra Walton, Thomson Reuters
Debra Walton is the managing director of enterprise content for Thomson Reuters.
Waters Rankings 2103: Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider — Goldman Sachs
In 2012, Goldman Sachs finished second to JPMorgan in this category, less than one percentage point away from dethroning the five-time champ. This year, Goldman has gone one better, narrowly edging out JPMorgan in a category that was again keenly…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Agency Brokerage — ITG
In times of constrained liquidity and fragmentation—and the risk and cost that comes with those conditions—firms are pushing harder than ever for cutting-edge algorithms and top-tier crossing capabilities. It’s this combination that has lead Waters’…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Exceptions and Reconciliation Management Provider — Omgeo
Establishing something of a dynasty, for the fourth straight year, Omgeo has been named the best exceptions and reconciliation management provider by Waters’ readers. As firms look to automate their reconciliation processes in order to better mitigate…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Sell-Side OMS Provider — Bloomberg
The extent to which a company dominates the market in which it operates can be seen in the way its name becomes a proxy for all offerings in that particular segment. Hoover, Coke, Tannoy, and iPod are all examples of this phenomenon. So too is Bloomberg,…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Portfolio Management System Provider — Bloomberg
If buy-side firms had to select two applications that were critical to managing their day-to-day trading operations, their order management system would be one, and their portfolio management system would be the other. It is hardly surprising, therefore,…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Buy-Side OMS Provider — Eze Software Group
Eze Software Group, established in early January this year in the wake of its previous owner, ConvergEx Group, selling off two of its brightest lights—Eze Castle Software and RealTick, which it acquired from Barclays in late 2010—has had to negotiate…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best EMS Provider — Eze Software Group
The RealTick EMS, along with its sibling, Eze OMS, was unexpectedly acquired from ConvergEx Group earlier this year. Now that the dust has settled, the move looks to be both astute and fortuitous for the new owner, Eze Software Group.
Waters Rankings 2013: Best EDM System Provider — Markit Enterprise Data Management
Coming out of nowhere is a company that didn’t make the top three in voting last year, when Sybase took home its fifth straight Waters Rankings gong. Markit Enterprise Data Management must have still been finding its sea legs two months after Markit…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Corporate Actions Solution — Markit Corporate Actions
It took a year for Markit’s strategic acquisition of Cadis to pay off in terms of yielding success in the Waters Rankings. But the London-based vendor’s corporate actions recognition was far more immediate, coming just over a month after its purchase of…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Reference Data Provider — Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has taken home the two data awards in the Waters Rankings for the second successive year. The strength of its reference data is in getting the basics right while updating its offering to meet changing needs in financial services. New…
Waters Rankings 2103: Best CEP Solution Provider — Tibco Streambase
Vivek Ranadivé made two splashy purchases in the last two months. First came the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. Next came StreamBase, the event-processing software provider scooped up in June by Tibco, Ranadivé’s Palo Alto,…
Waters Rankings 2103: Best Market Risk Solution — SunGard
Returning to the top spot in this category, SunGard has once again proven its dominance in the market risk field through its innovative combination with credit risk information.