WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2020: All the Winners and Why They Won

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