Waters Rankings 2014: A Shot in the Arm

As with all of Waters’ awards programs, this year’s Waters Rankings, hosted at the Hudson Hotel in Manhattan, featured a retired sports star: Ex-major league pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden, who, although he turned out for a number of franchises during his 16-year career, will mostly be remembered for his decade-long stint at the New York Mets, making his major league debut with the “Amazins” in 1984 at the tender age of 19.

This year’s winners’ circle featured a number of multiple winners: Instinet, Thomson Reuters and Eze Software Group each won three categories, while the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp., SunGard and Bloomberg won two. Another change we introduced this year, which provided the rankings with something of a shot in the arm, was the requirement for all technology vendors and service providers that wanted to be considered for the win in each category to submit their entries themselves, instead of relying on the editorial staff to put their names forward, as was the case in the past. This resulted in an unprecedented 350 entries across the 30 categories, and, as usual, the winners were determined exclusively by the publication’s readers. 

Write-ups by Marina Daras, Tim Bourgaize Murray, Jake Thomases, James Rundle, Anthony Malakian and Victor Anderson.

Victor Anderson
Editor-in-Chief, Waters

2014 Waters Rankings Winners

Best Broker-Dealer: UBS
Best Agency Brokerage: Instinet
Best Crossing Network Provider: Instinet
Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider: DTCC
Best Reconciliation Management Provider: DTCC
Best Algorithmic Trading Provider: Instinet
Best Sell-Side OMS Provider: Bloomberg
Best Buy-Side OMS Provider: Eze Software Group
Best Portfolio Management System Provider: Bloomberg
Best EMS Provider: Eze Software Group
Best Performance Measurement and Attribution System Provider: ConvergEx Group
Best Transaction-Cost Analysis System Provider: ITG
Best EDM Systems Provider: Bloomberg PolarLake
Best Reference Data Provider: Thomson Reuters
Best Corporate Actions Solution Provider: Thomson Reuters
Best Low-Latency Data Feed Provider: Thomson Reuters   
Best Data Analytics Provider: S&P Capital IQ
Best CEP Solution Provider: Software AG
Best AML Compliance Solution Provider: NICE Actimize
Best Market Risk Solution Provider: SunGard
Best Credit Risk Solution Provider: Numerix   
Best Market Surveillance Provider: Nasdaq OMX
Best Reporting System Provider: Eze Software Group
Best Accounting System Provider: Multifonds
Best Trading Floor Communication System Provider: IPC Systems   
Best Datacenter Provider: Equinix
Best Network Provider: SunGard
Best Mobile Solutions Provider: Morningstar
Best Cloud-Based Services Provider: Eze Castle Integration   
Best Cloud Infrastructure Provider: BT