SST Awards 2015: All the Winners and Why they Won

As with last year's SST Awards, there were a number of new faces in the winners' circle: Scivantage, CounterpartyLink, RiskVal, Perseus, Traiana, Green Key Technologies, Wolverine Execution Services, and the Australian Securities Exchange, the first time an Antipodean firm has won a Waters award. New categories for 2015 included the most promising start-up, the best swap execution facility (SEF), the best over-the-counter (OTC) initiative, and the best reporting initiative, while the two highest-profile awards ─ product of the year and technology provider of the year, announced on the evening of the awards ─ went to Quartet FS and Bloomberg, respectively.

Below is a list of this year's Sell-Side Technology Awards winners. Click on the embedded links to read why they won their respoective categories.   

SST Awards 2015 Category Winners

• Best Sell-Side Front-Office Execution Platform ─ Fidessa (click here for the video interview)  
• Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform ─ SunGard 
• Best Sell-Side Market Risk Product ─ RiskVal Financial Solutions
• Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product ─ Numerix
• Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side ─ Perseus 
• Best Cloud Provider to the Sell Side ─ BT
• Best Sell-Side Data Management Product ─ Markit
• Best Data Provider to the Sell Side ─ Thomson Reuters
• Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System ─ IPC Systems (click here for the video interview)
• Best Sell-Side Mobile Initiative ─ Scivantage
• Best Sell-Side Trading Network ─ BT 
• Best Data Center Provider to the Sell Side ─ The Australian Securities Exchange
• Best Outsourcing Provider to the Sell Side ─ Saxo Bank
• Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform ─ SmartStream (click here for the video interview)
• Best Sell-Side Compliance Product ─ CounterpartyLink
• Best Sell-Side Market Surveillance Product ─ Nasdaq 
• Best Sell-Side Web-Based Development Environment ─ Caplin Systems
• Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm ─ Numerix
• Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product) ─ Symphony
• Best Sell-Side Analytics Product ─ Quartet FS
• Best Smart Order Routing Product/Tool ─ Wolverine Execution Services
• Best Sell-Side OTC Trading Initiative ─ SmartTrade
• Most Promising Sell-Side Start-Up ─ Green Key Technologies
• Best Reporting Platform or Service for the Sell Side ─ Traiana
• Best Swap Execution Facility (SEF) ─ Tradeweb
• Best Overall Sell-Side Product of the Year ─ Quartet FS
• Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year ─ Bloomberg (click here for the video interview and here for the winners' circle Q&A)