Waters Rankings 2014 ─ Voting Has Now Closed
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The Waters Rankings 2014 features 30 awards spread across five categories.
The Waters Rankings 2014 categories are:
- Best Broker-Dealer
- Best Agency Broker
- Best Crossing Network Provider
- Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider
- Best Reconciliation Management Provider
- Best Algorithmic Trading Provider
- Best Sell-Side Order Management System (OMS) Provider
- Best Buy-Side Order Management System (OMS) Provider
- Best Portfolio Management System Provider
- Best Execution Management System (EMS) Provider
- Best Performance Measurement and Attribution System Provider
- Best Transaction-Cost Analysis (TCA) System Provider
- Best Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Systems Provider
- Best Reference Data Provider
- Best Corporate Actions Solution Provider
- Best Low-Latency Data Feed Provider
- Best Complex-Event Processing (CEP) Solution Provider
- Best Data Analytics Provider
- Best AML Compliance Solution Provider
- Best Market Risk Solution Provider
- Best Credit Risk Solution Provider
- Best Market Surveillance Provider
- Best Reporting System Provider
- Best Accounting System Provider
- Best Trading Floor Communication System Provider
- Best Data Center Provider
- Best Network Provider
- Best Mobile Solutions Provider
- Best Cloud-based Services Provider
- Best Cloud Infrastructure Provider
The winners will be announced at a lunch reception in New York on July 16; category write-ups will appear in the August edition of Waters.
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