Waters/Analysis
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Swap Execution Facility (SEF)—Tradeweb
Tradeweb has begun to build a dynasty at the Sell-Side Technology Awards, winning the best swap execution facility (SEF) category for the third consecutive year. The New York-based vendor has built a strong reputation thanks to its constant engagement…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Sell-Side OTC Trading Initiative—FIS
It’s been a year-and-a-half since FIS completed its acquisition of SunGard, but the deal continues to yield dividends, as the platform created by SunGard has helped FIS reach the winners’ circle in the best OTC trading initiative category. Front Arena, a…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Reporting Platform/Service for the Sell Side—Nex Abide Financial
Nex Abide Financial unseats Bloomberg as this year’s winner of the best reporting platform or service in the Sell-Side Technology Awards, thanks to its Nex Regulatory Reporting platform. It was the comprehensiveness of the vendor’s reporting suite that…
The Skinny on Euronext’s New Pan-European Dark Pool
Euronext speaks to WatersTechnology about its soon-to-be unveiled MTF for block trading that it claims “bridges the gap between human trading and electronic execution.”
AFTAs 2016: Best Technology Executive: Buy Side—Scott Murray (Northern Trust)
Murray was named CTO at Northern in 2011.
AFTAs 2016: Best Technology Executive: Sell Side—Bob Greifeld (Nasdaq)
Greifeld was recently named chairman of the board at Nasdaq.
AFTAs 2016: Best Third-Party Technology Vendor CIO or CEO—Steven O’Hanlon (Numerix)
The 2016 American Financial Technology Awards features a number of new categories to the now decade-old line-up—13 new categories in all—the highest profile of which is the best third-party technology vendor CIO or CEO category, awarded to an individual…
AFTAs 2016: Best Analytics Initiative: Buy Side—JPMorgan Asset Management (Sparta)
JPMorgan Asset Management’s Sparta uses the R language.
AFTAs 2016: Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor: Trading and Analytics—ChartIQ
ChartIQ has been helping traders to make better decisions through its data visualization service
AFTAs 2016: Best Compliance Initiative—JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase wins the best compliance initiative category for its Global Legal Agreements Portal solution.
AFTAs 2016: Best Infrastructure Initiative—Northern Trust
Northern Trust wins best infrastructure initiative, one of three award wins for the custodian at the 2016 AFTAs.
AFTAs 2016: Best Communication Infrastructure Provider—IPC Systems
IPC Systems wins inaugural best communications infrastructure provider category for Unigy platform.
AFTAs 2016: Best Collaboration Initiative—MTS BondsPro and Bloomberg TSOX
MTS Markets International and Bloomberg win for collaborating on MTS BondsPro available on Bloomberg terminals.
AFTAs 2016: Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor: Risk, Security and Compliance—Axioma
Axioma wins most innovative third-party technology vendor award for flagship Axioma Risk platform.
AFTAs 2016: Best Front-Office Initiative—Broadridge
Broadridge wins Best Front-Office Initiative, an honor last awarded in 2007.
AFTAs 2016: Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor: Communication, Operations and Data Management—Asset Control
Asset Control wins the category in its first year of existence.
AFTAs 2016: Best Trading Infrastructure Provider—Trumid Financial
Trumid takes home the win in the category's inaugural year.
AFTAs 2016: Best IT Integration Initiative—Bank of America
This is BofA's second win in the category.
AFTAs 2016: Best Mobile Strategy Initiative—Pershing NetX360
Pershing wins the category for the second time in three years.
AFTAs 2016: Best Data Management Initiative: Sell Side—Deutsche Bank
While not a complete stranger to the American Financial Technology Awards winners’ circle, Deutsche Bank has been conspicuous by its absence since its inaugural AFTAs win back in 2008 when it won the best global deployment category thanks to its Bank g…
AFTAs 2016: Best Reporting Initiative—Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse offers a brand new and effective reporting service
AFTAs 2016: Best Global Deployment—Northern Trust
The partnership with BEx allowed Northern Trust to offer better services
AFTAs 2016: Best Back-Office Initiative—SmartStream
Smartsream's Center of Excellence has improved match rate by 97 percent
AFTAs 2016: Best Use of the Agile Methodology—StatPro
New for the 2016 American Financial Technology Awards is the best use of the Agile methodology category, an award that reflects the continued adoption of Agile across the capital markets as the most efficient and practical software development model.