IMD & IRD Awards 2025: All the winners and why they won
The 33 category winners of this year’s Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards


Below are the category winners of this year’s Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards. Alkymi, FactSet, Bloomberg, LSEG and S&P Global Market Intelligence won two categories each in this year’s awards. Click on the links in the winners’ names for information about why they won their respective categories.
- Best AI/machine learning data initiative – AlphaSense
- Best alternative data initiative – Alkymi
- Best alternative data provider/vendor – Bloomberg
- Best cloud-based data provider – Gresham (Prime EDM)
- Best corporate actions data initiative – S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Best corporate actions data provider – SIX
- Best data analytics initiative – New Change FX
- Best data analytics provider/vendor – Bloomberg
- Best data feed management solution – BCC Group International
- Best data governance solution – Siepe
- Best enterprise data management initiative – FactSet
- Best enterprise data management provider/vendor – FINBOURNE Technology
- Best ESG data initiative – Spatial Risk Systems
- Best ESG data provider/vendor – OpenCorporates
- Best evaluated pricing service provider/vendor – CanDeal DNA
- Best low-latency data or technology provider/vendor – Exegy
- Best corporate actions managed service – S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Best market data newcomer (vendor or product) – SGX FX
- Best market data provider (broker) – Marex
- Best market data provider (exchange) – London Stock Exchange
- Best market data provider (vendor) – dxFeed
- Best private markets data initiative – Alkymi
- Best private markets data provider – SOLVE
- Best real-time market data initiative – FactSet
- Best reference data initiative – Derivatives Service Bureau
- Best reference data integration vendor – SmartStream Technologies
- Best reference data managed service – FIS
- Best reference data provider – The Association of National Numbering Agencies (Anna)
- Best regulatory reporting solution/initiative – LSEG Regulatory Reporting
- Best research provider/vendor – MSCI
- Best risk data aggregation initiative – Opensee
- Most innovative market data project/initiative – PostSig
- Most innovative regulatory solution/initiative – Qomply
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