IMD & IRD Awards 2025: All the winners and why they won

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