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. FactSet, Bloomberg, LSEG and S&P Global Market Intelligence won multiple categories in this year’s awards, each winning two categories. 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 – The 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