WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2021: All the Winners and Why They Won
Here are the 25 vendor and end-user category winners of this year's WatersTechnology Asia Awards.
Click on this link to view last year’s WatersTechnology Asia Awards category winners.
The 12-minute video clip above features the 25 end-user and technology and data vendor category winners of the 2021 WatersTechnology Asia Awards. This year’s winners include Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Bank, both of which won two categories, while the vendor categories were shared between 19 different companies.
Winners of the 2nd Annual WatersTechnology Asia Awards
Vendor Categories
- Best AI-Based Solution – Blue Fire AI
- Best Alternative Data Provider – IHS Markit
- Best Analytics Solution – Numerix
- Best Back-Office Platform – GBST Holdings
- Best Client Communication Initiative – FWD Group
- Best Execution Management System – AxeTrading
- Best Enterprise Data Management Provider – BNY Mellon Data and Analytics Solutions
- Best ESG Data Provider – FactSet
- Best Front-Office Platform – Itiviti
- Best Front-to-Back-Office Integration Initiative – State Street Corporation
- Best KYC/AML Service – SIX. Click on this link for a video clip with Neil Thomas, country and sales head for APAC at SIX.
- Best Market Surveillance Tool – Eventus Systems
- Best Middle-Office Platform – Wolters Kluwer
- Best Order Management System – SS&C Eze. Click on this link for a Q&A with Frank Maltais, regional director for APAC at SS&C Eze, and on this link for a video clip with Frank.
- Best Outsourcing Provider – Broadridge Financial Solutions
- Best Reconciliation Platform – SmartStream Technologies. Click on this link for a video clip with Vincent Kilcoyne, EVP of global product management at SmartStream.
- Best Regulatory Reporting Intitaive – Kaizen Reporting
- Best Risk Management Solution – Quontigo
- Best TCA Solution – Quod Financial
- Best Trading Network – Instinet
End-User Categories
- Best AI Initiative – Credit Suisse
- Best Alternative Data Initiative – Standard Chartered Bank
- Best Cloud Migration Project – DBS Bank
- Best IT Initiative – DBS Bank
- Best IT Team – Standard Chartered Bank
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