IMD & IRD Awards 2022: All the winners and why they won

The 26 category winners of the 2022 IMD & IRD Awards were announced on Tuesday May 17 at a reception following this year’s North American Financial Information Summit in New York. This year’s three big winners were Bloomberg, S&P Global Market Intelligence and FactSet. Bloomberg won four categories, including the data provider of the year for 2022, while S&P Global Market Intelligence and FactSet both won three, with the latter picking up the data product/service of the year for 2022. 

This year’s IMD & IRD Awards category winners:

• Best AI/Machine Learning Data Initiative – SmartStream Technologies. Click on this link for an interview with Jethro MacDonald.
• Best Alternative Data Initiative – QuantCube Technology
• Best Alternative Data Provider – FactSet. Click on this link for an interview with FactSet’s Jonathan Reeve.  
• Best Corporate Actions Data Initiative – SIX
• Best Corporate Actions Data Provider – S&P Global Market Intelligence
• Best Counterparty Data Project or Initiative – Fitch Solutions. Click on this link for an interview with Paul Whitmore. 
• Best Data Analytics Provider – Bloomberg
• Best Enterprise Data Management Initiative – Rimes
• Best Enterprise Data Management Vendor – BNY Mellon
• Best ESG Data Initiative – Substantive Research
• Best ESG Data Provider – FactSet. Click on this link for an interview with FactSet’s Jonathan Reeve.  
• Best Evaluated Pricing Service Provider – Bloomberg
• Best Low-Latency Data or Technology Provider – Iress
• Best Market Data Newcomer (Vendor or Product) – MayStreet’s Analytics Workbench
• Best Market Data Provider (Broker) – Fenics Market Data
• Best Market Data Provider (Exchange) – CME Group
• Best Market Data Provider (Vendor) – Bloomberg
• Best Reference Data Initiative – Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics company. Click on this link for an interview with Matt McDonald.
• Best Reference Data Managed Service – Alveo
• Best Reference Data Provider – S&P Global Market Intelligence. Click on the link for an interview with Lance Risi. 
• Best Research Provider – S&P Global Market Intelligence. Click on this link for an interview with John Webber. 
• Best Risk Data Aggregation Initiative – Opensee
• Most Innovative Market Data Project – dxFeed. Click on this link for an interview with Antonio Goncalves. 
• Most Innovative Regulatory Solution – Qomply Data
• Product/Service of the Year, 2022 – FactSet
• Data Provider of the Year, 2022 – Bloomberg