WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2025: All the winners and why they won
The winners of the 6th annual WatersTechnology Asia Awards have been announced.
Here are the winners of the 33 categories that make up the 6th annual WatersTechnology Asia Awards, announced in Hong Kong on the evening of May 22.
Category and winner
- Best front-office platform – Charles River Development (State Street)
- Best middle-office platform – OSTTRA
- Best back-office platform – Nasdaq
- Best AI-based solution – WealthRyse
- Best ESG data provider – FIS
- Best execution management system (EMS) provider – Trading Technologies
- Best market data provider – Fenics Market Data
- Best reference data service – The Derivatives Service Bureau
- Best evaluated pricing data provider – S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Best outsourcing provider – Northern Trust
- Best market risk product – SS&C Algorithmics
- Best credit risk platform – SAS Institute
- Best integrated market surveillance platform – Eventus
- Best KYC/AML service – LSEG Risk Intelligence
- Best order management system – Broadridge Financial Solutions
- Best reconciliation platform – FIS
- Best regulatory reporting platform – AML Partners
- Best transaction-cost analysis (TCA) solution – BestX
- Best trading network – Iress
- Best managed data service provider – S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Best performance measurement and attribution product – Finastra
- Best algo trading solution – ION
- Best portfolio analysis tool – Interactive Brokers
- Best new product/service introduced over the last 12 months – Bloomberg
- Best client implementation project – Wolters Kluwer
- Best IBOR platform – SimCorp
- Best data management platform – NeoXam
- Best analytics initiative – DBS Bank
- Best AI initiative – HWA Asset Management
- Best data management initiative – DBS Bank
- Best IT initiative – FWD Group
- Best alternative data provider – ExtractAlpha
- Best analytics solution – big xyt
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Best market data newcomer (vendor or product)—Octaura
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Best market data provider (broker)—Fenics Market Data & Analytics
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Best evaluated pricing service provider/vendor—Infront
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