IMD & IRD Awards 2021: All the winners and why they won
Here are the 27 category winners of this year's Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards.
Click on this link for a full list of last year’s IMD & IRD Awards winners.
The 12-minute video clip above features the 27 category winners of the 2021 IMD & IRD Awards. This year’s winners include Bloomberg, S&P Global Market Intelligence, SmartStream and FactSet, all of which won two categories, while at the end of the clip we welcome a new inductee to the IMD & IRD Hall of Fame.
This year’s IMD & IRD Awards category winners:
- Best AI/Machine Learning Data Initiative – AlphaSense
- Best Alternative Data Initiative – Sentifi
- Best Alternative Data Provider – Factset
- Best Corporate Actions Data Provider – SIX. Click on this link for a corporate actions whitepaper and on this link for an on-demand corporate actions webinar.
- Best Counterparty Data Project or Initiative – D2 Legal Technology
- Best Data Analytics Provider – MahiMarkets
- Best Data Governance Solution – Alation
- Best Enterprise Data Management Initiative – S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Best Enterprise Data Management Vendor – GoldenSource
- Best ESG Data Initiative – Bluefield Technologies
- Best ESG Data Provider – FactSet
- Best Evaluated Pricing Service Provider – Bloomberg
- Best Low-Latency Data or Technology Provider – QuantHouse
- Best Market Data Newcomer (Vendor or Product) – Fenics Market Data
- Best Market Data Provider (Vendor) – MayStreet
- Best Real-Time Market Data Initiative – BCC Group International
- Best Reference Data Initiative – SmartStream Technologies
- Best Reference Data Integration Vendor – SmartStream Technologies
- Best Reference Data Managed Service – Alveo. Click on this link for a video interview with Alveo’s Mark Hepsworth and Simon Rayfield.
- Best Reference Data Newcomer (Vendor or Product) – 360T and DIGITEC
- Best Reference Data Provider – Bloomberg
- Best Research Provider – S&P Global Market Intelligence. Click on this link for a video interview with S&P Global’s Brett Azuma.
- Best Risk Data Aggregation Initiative – Siepe
- Most Innovative Market Data Project – Quantitative Brokers
- Most Innovative Regulatory Solution – IHS Markit
- Best Overall Data or Service Provider for 2021 – FactSet
- Hall of Fame Award for 2021 – Karla McKenna (GLEIF)
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