Awards
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.
Our Awards and Ranking
Sell-Side Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party services catering to the global sell-side community
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Buy-Side Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party services catering to the global buy-side community
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American Financial Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party vendors serving both sides of the financial services industry
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Women in Technology & Data Awards
Recognizing outstanding women within the data and technology industries serving the capital markets
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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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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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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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Awards winners
Waters Rankings 2026 winner’s interview—Rimes
Rimes’ president and CEO discusses the firm’s highly sought-after win
Waters Rankings 2026 winner’s interview—S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global’s Brandon Newland on this year’s Waters Rankings win
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.
Waters Rankings 2026: Best credit risk solution provider—S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence wins best credit risk solution provider in the 2026 Waters Rankings for its RatingsDirect product.
Asia Awards 2026: Best trading network—Liquidnet
Liquidnet wins best trading network in the 2026 Asia Awards.
Waters Rankings 2026: Best cloud-based application provider—Derivative Path
Derivative Path wins best cloud-based application provider in the 2026 Waters Rankings for its Derivative Path platform.
Waters Rankings 2026: Best cloud-based technology provider—SS&C Advent
SS&C Advent wins best cloud-based technology provider in the 2026 Waters Rankings for its SS&C Cloud Solutions: Genesis and Eclipse.
Waters Rankings 2026: Best network provider—Iress Trading and Market Data
Iress Trading and Market Data wins best network provider in the 2026 Waters Rankings for its Iress FIX Hub (IFH) platform.
Waters Rankings 2026: Best performance measurement and attribution system provider—FactSet
FactSet wins best performance measurement and attribution system provider in the 2026 Waters Rankings for its FactSet Performance Solutions (FPS).
Waters Rankings 2026: Best artificial intelligence (AI) technology provider—S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence wins best artificial intelligence (AI) technology provider in the 2026 Waters Rankings for its S&P Capital IQ Pro product.