Waters Announces 2011 American Financial Technology Awards Winners
Last night, Waters hosted the seventh annual American Financial Technology Awards banquet, following the Waters USA conference, at the New York Marriott Downtown in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District.
The two most coveted awards of the night went to Bank of America's Catherine Bessant and Barclays Capital for Best CIO and Best IT Team, respectively.
Below is a list of winners in each of the 12 categories. Full details will appear in the January 2012 issue of Waters.
Thank you to all who submitted nominations, to our judges, and to those who attended the festivities. And most of all, congratulations to all American Financial Technology Awards winners.
–Best Global Deployment: BNY Mellon—DM Edge
–Best Risk Analytics Initiative: LCH.Clearnet—SwapClear
–Best Reporting Initiative: Credit Suisse—Strategic Performance Exposure Attribution and Risk Reporting (SPEAR)
–Best Data Management Initiative: Knight Capital—Knight IQ
–Best Cloud Initiative: State Street—Platform-as-a-Service initiative
–Best Infrastructure Initiative: Investment Technology Group (ITG)—Storage Area Network deployment
–Most Cutting-Edge IT Initiative: JPMorgan Chase—FPGA Technology
–Best Green IT Initiative: State Street—Global PC Power Management
–Best OTC Trading Initiative: JPMorgan Chase—OTC Clearing: Integrated Client Statements
–Best IT Integration Initiative: State Street—Bank of Ireland Asset Management Integration
–Best CIO: Catherine Bessant (Bank of America)
–Best IT Team: Barclays Capital
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