Sell-Side Technology Awards 2021: All the Winners and Why They Won
Here are all 30 category winners from this year's virtual Sell-Side Technology Awards.
Click on this link for a full list of last year’s SST Awards winners.
The 18-minute video clip above features the 30 category winners of the 2021 Sell-Side Technology Awards. This year’s winners include IPC Systems and SmartStream, both of which won three categories, a host of perennial recipients, and a number of newcomers to the winners’ circle.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2021 Category Winners:
- Best Alliance or Partnership – IPC Systems
- Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology – SmartStream
- Best Cloud Provider to the Sell Side – BT
- Best Data Provider to the Sell Side – FactSet
- Best Distributed-Ledger Technology Project – VALK
- Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm – Cosaic
- Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side – Avelacom
- Best Outsourcing Provider to the Sell Side – Broadridge Financial Solutions
- Best Reporting Platform or Service for the Sell Side – SteelEye
- Best Sell-Side Analytics Product – Numerix. Click on this link for an in-depth article on NXCore, Numerix’s new analytics product.
- Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform – Tethys Technology
- Best Sell-Side Back-Office Platform – Torstone Technology
- Best Sell-Side Compliance Product – Verint
- Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product – AxiomSL
- Best Sell-Side Data Management Product – Alveo
- Best Sell-Side Front-Office Platform – Itiviti
- Best Sell-Side Market Risk Product – Bloomberg
- Best Sell-Side Market Surveillance Product – Eventus Systems
- Best Sell-Side Middle-Office Platform – SmartStream
- Best Sell-Side Mobile Initiative – Tier1 Financial Solutions
- Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Regulation & Compliance) – Qomply
- Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Trading, Pricing & Analytics) – Riskfuel Analytics
- Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform – SWIFT
- Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System – IPC Systems
- Best Sell-Side Trading Network – Refinitiv
- Best Smart Order Routing Product/Tool – Quod Financial
- Best Swap Execution Facility (SEF) – Tradeweb
- Best Use of the Agile Methodology – MarketAxess
- Best Sell-Side Product, 2021 – SmartStream (Affinity)
- Best Overall Sell-Side Technology Provider, 2021 – IPC Systems
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Best reference data initiative—Derivatives Services Bureau
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Best corporate actions managed service—S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence wins Best corporate actions managed service at the IMD & IRD Awards 2025.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2025: Best distributed-ledger technology—Broadridge Financial Solutions
Project: Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR)
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2025: Best sell-side back-office platform—FIS
Product: FIS Post Trade Processing Platform