Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: All the Winners and Why they Won

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This year’s awards featured a total of 30 categories ─ 28 individual categories and two categories announced at the culmination of the ceremony: best overall sell-side product for 2017 and best sell-side technology provider for 2017, won by Nasdaq and IHS Markit, respectively. This year’s line-up featured four new categories ─ best distributed-ledger technology project; best artificial intelligence (AI) technology; best use of the Agile methodology; and best alliance or partnership. 

Below is the list of this year’s winners. Click on each of the company names below to read the write-up of their category win.  

• Best Distributed-Ledger Technology Project – Synechron (video interview) 
• Best Artificial Intelligence Technology – Digital Reasoning
• Best use of the Agile Methodology – Synechron
• Best Alliance or Partnership – Nasdaq & Digital Reasoning
• Best Sell-Side Front-Office Execution Platform – Fidessa
• Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform – FlexTrade
• Best Sell-Side Market Risk Product – FIS
• Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product – Numerix
• Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side – AlphaPoint
• Best Cloud Provider to the Sell Side – BT
• Best Sell-Side Analytics Product – AlphaSense 
• Best Sell-Side Data Management Product – IHS Markit
• Best Data Provider to the Sell Side – Thomson Reuters
• Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System – Cloud9 Technologies
• Best Sell-Side Mobile Initiative – Dealogic
• Best Sell-Side Trading Network – IPC Systems
• Best Smart Order Routing Product/Tool – Broadway Technology
• Best Outsourcing Provider to the Sell Side – Broadridge Financial Solutions (video interview)
• Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform – SmartStream (video interview)
• Best Sell-Side Compliance Product – AcadiaSoft
• Best Sell-Side Market Surveillance Product – Nasdaq
• Best Sell-Side Web-Based Development Environment – OpenFin
• Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm – AxiomSL
• Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product) – IHS Markit
• Best Sell-Side OTC Trading Initiative – FIS
• Most Promising Sell-Side Start-Up – OpenDoor
• Best Reporting Platform or Service for the Sell Side – NEX Abide Financial
• Best Swap Execution Facility (SEF) – Tradeweb
• Best Overall Sell-Side Product of the Year – Nasdaq
• Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year – IHS Markit