WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2020: All the Winners and Why They Won
Here are all 27 category winners from the inaugural WatersTechnology Asia Awards.
Below are this year’s WatersTechnology Asia Awards winners, announced during a virtual awards ceremony on the afternoon of July 9, hosted by Katie Palisoul, global brand director of WatersTechnology, and Wei-Shen Wong, WatersTechnology’s Asia editor. The final category winner of this year’s Awards—the best third-party technology provider for 2020—was won by SS&C Eze.
End-User Categories:
Best AI-based Solution: AXA China Region Insurance Company Limited
Best Client Communication Initiative: Standard Chartered Bank (SC Connect App)
Best Cloud Migration Project: DBS Bank
Best IT Initiative: Standard Chartered Bank (Fit-for-Purpose)
Best IT Team: Barclays
Best Regulatory Reporting Initiative: Standard Chartered Bank (EDM Data Sourcing)
Best Use of Alternative Data: DBS Bank
Best Use of Machine Learning: DBS Bank (NLP Asset Hub)
Vendor Categories:
Best AI-based Solution: IPC Systems
Best Alternative Data Provider: Four Twenty Seven
Best Back-Office Platform: Torstone Technology
Best Data Analytics Solution: FactSet
Best EMS: SS&C Eze
Best Enterprise Data Management Provider: AxiomSL
Best Front-Office Platform: Charles River Development (a State Street Company)
Best Front-to-Back-Office Integration: Intellect Design Arena Ltd.
Best Infrastructure Provider: Neo & Partners Global Private Limited
Best KYC/AML Service: Refinitiv
Best Market Surveillance Tool: NICE Actimize
Best Middle-Office Platform: Moody’s Analytics
Best OMS: SS&C Eze
Best Outsourcing Provider: Broadridge Financial Solutions
Best Reconciliation Platform: SmartStream Technologies. Click on this link for an audio interview with SmartStream’s Radha Pillay, and on this link for a written Q&A with him.
Best Risk Management Solution: Numerix. Click on this link for an audio interview with Erdem Özgül and Stephen Cheng.
Best TCA Solution: Tradeweb Markets
Best Trading Network: MarketAxess
Best Third-Party Technology Provider for 2020: SS&C Eze
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