Sell-Side Technology Awards 2020: All the Winners and Why They Won
Here are all 30 category winners from this year's virtual Sell-Side Technology Awards.
Below are the winners of the 2020 Sell-Side Technology Awards winners, announced during a virtual awards ceremony on the afternoon of June 26. The final two category winners—best sell-side product for 2020 and best sell-side technology provider for 2020—were won by Torstone Technology and IPC Systems, respectively.
The Sell-Side Technology Awards 2020 Winners:
Best Alliance or Partnership: QuantHouse and SpiderRock
Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology: AlphaSense
Best Cloud Provider to the Sell Side: BT
Best Data Provider to the Sell Side: FactSet
Best Distributed-Ledger Technology Project: VAKT Global
Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm: OpenFin
Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side: HPR (Hyannis Port Research). Click on this link for an interview with Tony Amicangioli, founder and CEO of HPR and on this link for a written Q&A with Tony Amicangioli.
Best Outsourcing Provider to the Sell Side: Broadridge Financial Solutions. Click on this link for an interview with Kevin Moran, managing director, global head of business process outsourcing at Broadridge.
Best Reporting Platform or Service for the Sell Side: SteelEye
Best Sell-Side Analytics Product: 3Forge
Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform: Tethys Technology. Click on this link for an interview with Nitin Gambhir, founder and CEO of Tethys Technology.
Best Sell-Side Back-Office Platform: Torstone Technology
Best Sell-Side Compliance Product: SIX
Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product: Quantifi
Best Sell-Side Data Management Product: IHS Markit
Best Sell-Side Front-Office Platform: Bloomberg
Best Sell-Side Market Risk Product: Qontigo
Best Sell-Side Market Surveillance Product: NICE Actimize
Best Sell-Side Middle-Office Platform: UnaVista – LSEG
Best Sell-Side Mobile Initiative: Tier1 Financial Solutions
Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product): Qontigo
Best Sell-Side OTC Trading Initiative: Barchart
Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform: SmartStream Technologies
Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System: IPC Systems
Best Sell-Side Trading Network: MarketAxess
Best Smart Order Routing Product/Tool: Dash Financial Technologies
Best Swap Execution Facility: Tradeweb Markets
Best use of the Agile Methodology: TransFICC
Sell Side Product of the Year, 2020: Torstone Technology
Best Sell-Side Technology Provider, 2020: IPC Systems
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