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Best private markets data provider—MSCI
MSCI’s Private Capital Transparency standardises manager‑reported and independent private‑asset data, linking private and public markets.
Best market data newcomer (vendor or product)—Octaura
Octaura’s Insights Platform is an integrated market intelligence and analytics offering purpose-built for the leveraged loan market.
Best market data provider (broker)—Fenics Market Data & Analytics
FMD’s Broker Data service draws on BGC Group’s global brokerage operations to provide pricing, trade and order-flow information across FX, rates, fixed income, commodities and derivatives.
Best evaluated pricing service provider/vendor—Infront
Infront Quant supplies independent, cross‑asset valuations with a “white‑box approach”, offering level 1 and 2 transparency.
IMD & IRD Awards 2026 winner’s interview—Smartstream
Smartstream wins Best reference data managed service at the IMD & IRD Awards 2026
Best reference data integration vendor—Gresham
Gresham’s AI-native EDM Suite combines data from disparate sources and systems and provides user-firms with a single point of integration across the data life cycle.
Best ESG data initiative—Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s Impact and Allocation dataset provides investors with a consistent means of assessing how proceeds are being deployed and what outcomes issuers report.
Best AI/machine learning data initiative—FactSet
FactSet unveiled its MCP server in December 2025, allowing secure, authorized access to the firm’s data from third‑party AI tools.
Best corporate actions data initiative—S&P Global Market Intelligence
MCA Plus consolidates specialist datasets, validation and operational oversight across five domains, reducing fragmented workflows and manual processes.
Best alternative data initiative—S&P Global Market Intelligence
Designed specifically for financial use-cases, ProntoNLP processes large quantities of information, and makes it actionable.
Davy enjoys efficiency gains in wake of FIS back-office implementation
How FIS helped Davy future proof operations through automation, data and scale.
Best enterprise data management provider/vendor—Rimes
Rimes’ Intelligence Fabric for Capital Markets transforms fragmented data, operations and workflows into decision-grade intelligence
Best corporate actions data provider—SIX
SIX has built extensive databases, broad asset-class coverage and a range of tools designed to help firms manage increasingly complex corporate actions workflows.
Best enterprise data management initiative—FINBOURNE Technology
FINBOURNE’s integrated platform, LUSID, connects buy-side firms’ front, middle and back offices, supporting a range of functions
Firms look to AI and automation to enhance corporate actions processing and increase STP rates
AI and automation are modernizing corporate actions processing, improving STP rates and reducing operational complexity
Waters Rankings 2026 winner’s interview—Rimes
Rimes’ president and CEO discusses the firm’s highly sought-after win
Reshaping risk and trading workflows
LSEG’s strategic partnership with Microsoft is reshaping how financial services are built, delivered and experienced
Waters Rankings 2026 winner’s interview—S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global’s Brandon Newland on this year’s Waters Rankings win
Trusted data fundamental to AI efficacy across the capital markets
As firms modernize infrastructures and embed AI into critical workflows, high-quality pricing and reference data will continue its evolution from operational necessity to competitive advantage
Waters Rankings 2026 winner’s interview—FundGuard
FundGuard’s CCO discusses the firm’s Best accounting system provider win in this year’s Waters Rankings.
Solving the entity resolution problem that’s costing firms millions
The Kensho Link update is one component of S&P Global's broader strategy to support clients across every stage of their AI journey