AFTAs 2024: All the winners
Here are the winners of the 27 categories in the 2024 American Financial Technology Awards. This year's multi-category winners are JP Morgan Asset and Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley, TCW Group and Northern Trust.
Below are the winners in the 27 categories making up this year’s American Financial Technology Awards. Four end-user firms―JP Morgan Asset and Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley, TCW Group and Northern Trust―won multiple categories, while the best IT team categories were won by TCW Group (end-user) and LiquidityBook (third-party technology vendor).
End-users’ section
- Best analytics initiative – JP Morgan Asset and Wealth Management
- Best reporting initiative – JP Morgan Asset and Wealth Management
- Best mobile strategy initiative – Wells Fargo
- Best compliance initiative – Morgan Stanley
- Best cross-asset trading initiative – JP Morgan Asset and Wealth Management
- Best data management initiative – Bank of America
- Best AI/machine learning initiative – TCW Group
- Best risk management initiative – Morgan Stanley
- Most cutting-edge IT initiative – Northern Trust
- Best infrastructure initiative – Northern Trust
- Best IT integration initiative – JP Morgan Asset and Wealth Management
- Best IT team – TCW Group
Vendors’ section
- Best collaboration/alliance initiative – BMLL & QuantHouse
- Best communication infrastructure initiative – Symphony
- Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (AI & machine learning) – Hakkoda
- Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (analytics) – Numerix
- Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (data, data services & data management) – Canoe Intelligence
- Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (infrastructure) – Exegy
- Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (trading, risk & compliance) – IEX Group
- Best third-party technology vendor IT team – LiquidityBook
- Best trading infrastructure initiative – IPC Systems
- Most innovative third-party technology vendor (AI & machine learning) – BigData.com by RavenPack
- Most innovative third-party technology vendor (analytics) – ActiveViam
- Most innovative third-party technology vendor (data, data services & data management) – Wall Street Horizon, a TMX Company
- Most innovative third-party technology vendor (infrastructure, outsourcing & managed services) – interop.io
- Most innovative third-party technology vendor (trading, risk & compliance) – Acadia
- Most innovative third-party technology vendor (communication) – LeapXpert
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