IMD & IRD Awards 2021: All the Winners and Why They Won

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)