The Market Data Oscars: Voting Now Open
Fancy yourself the Daniel Day-Lewis of data? The Anne Hathaway of analytics? Or maybe the Martin Scorcese of market data, or the Robert De Niro of reference data? It's almost time to present the annual Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data Awards to the companies and individuals that represent the best actors and directors of the financial data industry.
Voting in our online poll to identify the best data providers, deals and new products over the past 12 months is already underway on our awards website, so cast your votes now -- and don't forget to nominate your suggestion for this year's entry into the Inside Market Data Hall of Fame.
You can also nominate yourself -- or your customers, partners or suppliers, for that matter -- in our call-for-entry awards for individuals, teams and projects, both for data providers and end-user firms
In addition, this year we introduce a new award-the "Above and Beyond Award," which recognizes individuals or companies that put their expertise to broader use for the greater good. All the call-for-entry categories will be decided by a panel of judges from the industry.
So get voting and nominating, to make sure you and your colleagues get the recognition you deserve. But hurry -- voting closes April 5!
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More on Awards & Rankings
Best private markets data provider—MSCI
MSCI’s Private Capital Transparency standardises manager‑reported and independent private‑asset data, linking private and public markets.
Most innovative market data project/initiative—firmfact
Firmfact automates market‑data contracts, invoices and entitlements for banks and asset managers. Its AI reads documents, matches invoices line‑by‑line and verifies licences with minimal keying.
Best market data newcomer (vendor or product)—Octaura
Octaura’s Insights Platform is an integrated market intelligence and analytics offering purpose-built for the leveraged loan market.
Best market data provider (broker)—Fenics Market Data & Analytics
FMD’s Broker Data service draws on BGC Group’s global brokerage operations to provide pricing, trade and order-flow information across FX, rates, fixed income, commodities and derivatives.
Best evaluated pricing service provider/vendor—Infront
Infront Quant supplies independent, cross‑asset valuations with a “white‑box approach”, offering level 1 and 2 transparency.
IMD & IRD Awards 2026 winner’s interview—Smartstream
Smartstream wins Best reference data managed service at the IMD & IRD Awards 2026
Best reference data integration vendor—Gresham
Gresham’s AI-native EDM Suite combines data from disparate sources and systems and provides user-firms with a single point of integration across the data life cycle.
Best ESG data initiative—Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s Impact and Allocation dataset provides investors with a consistent means of assessing how proceeds are being deployed and what outcomes issuers report.
