Awards & Rankings
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Data Provider to the Sell Side—Thomson Reuters
On the day of the Brexit referendum, Thomson Reuters’ Elektron platform processed 30 billion live updates in 24 hours, while at the time of the result’s announcement they peaked at 10 million updates per second. In an era where data volumes are exploding…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System—Cloud9 Technologies
For the second straight year, it is Cloud9 Technologies taking home the best sell-side communication system award in what’s becoming an increasingly competitive category.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Sell-Side Trading Network—IPC Systems
The trading network landscape has become a highly competitive one over the last few years, with multiple providers struggling to find their place. Good reflexes and continuous evolution of services are essential to making headway in this ultra…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Outsourcing Provider to the Sell Side—Broadridge Financial Solutions
Broadridge follows up last year’s win in this category by winning it again, and by so doing becomes the second two-time winner of this award after Saxo Bank won it in 2014 and 2015.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product)—IHS Markit
The newcomer categories in the Sell-Side Technology and Buy-Side Technology Awards are by far and away the most popular, regularly attracting 20-plus entries. This year Waters received 21 entries, which, after the first round of voting, were whittled…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Overall Sell-Side Product of the Year—Nasdaq
The best overall product category is traditionally one of only two announced at the annual Sell-Side and Buy-Side Technology Awards held in New York and London, respectively.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year—IHS Markit
Like it or not, many in the industry were uncertain just how Markit and two of its highest profile acquisitions—Cadis, acquired in May 2012, and thinkFolio, some 18 months later in early 2014—would get on together.
SST Awards 2017 Winners' Interview—SmartStream
SmartStream wins the best sell-side reconciliation platform at the SST Awards for the fifth straight year, thanks to its TLM Reconciliations-Premium offering.
SST Awards 2017 Winners' Interview—Synechron
Synechron’s Blockchain Accelerator Program helped it win two awards at this year's Sell-Side Technology Awards: best distributed-ledger technology project and best use of the Agile methodology.
SST Awards 2017 Winners' Interview—Broadridge Financial Solutions
Broadridge Financial Solutions won the best outsourcing provider category for the second straight year at this year's Sell Side Technology Awards held at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Compliance Product—AcadiaSoft
AcadiaSoft returns to this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards winners’ circle after its win in 2016 as the best sell-side newcomer. This year, AcadiaSoft Hub has been named the best compliance product, a category that has seen a different winner each…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform—SmartStream Technologies
SmartStream’s TLM Reconciliations Premium platform claims a fifth consecutive victory in the best sell-side reconciliation platform category, continuing its streak as the only recipient of this award since the inception of the Sell-Side Technology Awards…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Sell-Side Market Surveillance Product—Nasdaq
Nasdaq’s double win at this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards—winning the best overall product of the year and the best market surveillance product categories—reflects the firm’s position as arguably the industry’s foremost provider of surveillance…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm—AxiomSL
The best implementation award is the only category of all 30 on offer in this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards where the outcome is determined by the effectiveness of a technology implementation at a sell-side firm. By winning this award, New York…
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…
Waters Rankings 2017 Now Open for Entries
Fintech firms and capital markets service providers are now able to post their entries to the 15th annual Waters Rankings. Entries close on May 12.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Entries Extended by a Week
The entry deadline to WatersTechnology's 5th annual Sell-Side Technology Awards has been extended by a week to Monday February 13, 2017.
AFTAs Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: SmartStream
SmartStream won the Best Back-Office Initiative category.
AFTAs Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: MTS Markets
MTS Markets won two awards at the AFTAs 2016.
AFTAs 2016: All the Winners and Why they Won
At a dinner held in midtown Manhattan on Dec. 5, the winners of this year's AFTAs were announced.
AFTAs 2016: Best Technology Executive: Buy Side—Scott Murray (Northern Trust)
Murray was named CTO at Northern in 2011.