Awards

• Held on Friday March 7, 2025
• Entries open: November 25, 2024
• Entries close: January 17, 2025

Women in Technology & Data Awards

Recognizing outstanding women within the data and technology industries serving the capital markets

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• Held on Thursday June 5, 2025
• Entries open: January 20, 2025
• Entries close: March 14, 2025

Sell-Side Technology Awards

Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party services catering to the global sell-side community

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• Held on Thursday June 5, 2025
• Entries open: February 17, 2025
• Entries close: April 11, 2025

Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards

Recognizing outstanding market, reference, and alternative data and data-related technologies across the capital markets

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• Held on Thursday May 22, 2025
• Entries open: November  26, 2024
• Entries close:  March 14, 2025 

WatersTechnology Asia Awards

Recognizing excellence in the development and deployment of technology and data services across Asia's capital markets community

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• Held on Friday July 18, 2025
• Entries open: April 7, 2025
• Entries close: May 9, 2025

Waters Rankings

The longest-running of all WatersTechnology’s awards where the category winners are determined exclusively by the brand’s readers

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• Held on Friday November 7, 2025
• Entries open: July 21, 2025
• Entries close: September 5, 2025

Buy-Side Technology Awards

Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party services catering to the global buy-side community

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• Held on Friday December 5, 2025
• Entries open: August 18, 2025
• Entries close: October 3, 2025

American Financial and Technology Awards

Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party vendors serving both sides of the financial services industry

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About the WatersTechnology Awards

WatersTechnology runs seven awards programs annually, starting with the Women in Technology & Data Awards, held on or around International Women’s Day in March, and culminating with the American Financial Technology Awards, held in the first week of December. All awards are online only and are free to enter for all firms regardless of their location, although entrants should be aware that these awards focus on the data, technologies and services used by capital markets participants (investments banks, asset managers, hedge funds, exchanges, etc.) and not the retail sector. Firms may enter as many categories as they wish, on the condition that the technology or service they are entering is appropriate for the category they have selected.