Awards & Rankings
Waters Rankings 2016: Persistence Pays Off
After last year’s Waters Rankings that saw 25 different firms in the winners’ circle, the 2016 Rankings were always likely to be somewhat less spectacular in terms of the broadness of the winners’ mix. Be that as it may, this year will be remembered by…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Sell-Side OMS Provider — Bloomberg Trading Solutions
Bloomberg had dominated this category for five consecutive years in the Waters Rankings before Fidessa pulled off something of an upset last year and was voted as having the best sell-side order management system (OMS).
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Buy-Side OMS Provider — Eze Software Group
Order management systems constitute the heart of all buy-side firms, responsible for ensuring that orders are sent accurately and efficiently to brokers or directly to execution venues. Eze Software Group (ESG) continues to set records in what is…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best EMS Provider — Eze Software Group
After winning the best EMS category in 2013 and 2014, Eze Software Group has once again been named as having the best execution management system (EMS). Eze—whose Eze OMS won as the best order management system provider for the buy side—is ready to meet…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Performance Measurement and Attribution System Provider — BISAM
If order management systems constitute the heart of a buy-side firm, then performance measurement and attribution platforms are their brains, responsible for providing reliable information and transparency into how exactly they are performing and whether…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best TCA System Provider— IHS Markit
Anyone who has charted the inexorable rise of IHS Markit as it has evolved from a niche provider of daily credit default swap prices to one of the industry’s largest data and technology providers, founded by Lance Uggla and a handful of TD Securities…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best EDM System Provider — Eagle Investment Systems
In recent years, one name has stood head and shoulders above all others when it comes to enterprise data management (EDM): Markit. But as someone from a large and well-established US third-party technology provider remarked at last year’s Buy-Side…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Reference Data Provider — Thomson Reuters
Another Waters Rankings means yet another win for Thomson Reuters in the best reference data provider category. The two have become synonymous with each other, as this marks the fifth straight year that the New York-based data giant has made it to the…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Low-Latency Data Feed Provider — ICE Data Services
ICE Data Services wins the category for the second straight year.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Reporting System Provider — Vermilion Software
Vermilion Software is the third different winner in the last three years that the best reporting system provider category has been on offer in the Waters Rankings. The London-based client reporting specialist is looking to establish itself as the…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best AML Compliance Solutions Provider — NICE Actimize
NICE Actimize extends its winning streak in the Waters Rankings this year by being awarded the best anti-money laundering (AML) compliance solution provider category for the third year in a row, as more and more clients seek solutions to address the…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Accounting System Provider — SS&C Advent
SS&C Advent wins category for second straight year.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Data Analytics Provider — FactSet
FactSet gets its first win in the category.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Market Risk Solution Provider — RiskVal Financial Solutions
For the first time in six years in the Waters Rankings, a company other than FinAnalytica or SunGard has won as best market risk provider category. RiskVal Financial Solutions’ Relative Value Fixed-Income (RVFI) system is responsible for delivering the…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Credit Risk Solution Provider — Moody’s Analytics
After a break of four years, Moody’s Analytics has taken the crown back from Numerix as the best credit risk solution provider at this year’s Waters Rankings, which is no mean feat given Numerix’s domination in recent years of the credit risk category in…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Corporate Actions Solution Provider — Thomson Reuters
A dynasty has begun to form in the corporate actions solution provider category at the Waters Rankings as Thomson Reuters with its DataScope for Corporate Actions solution has won the category for the third year in a row. Phil Cole, global head of…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Trading Floor Communication System Provider — IPC Systems
IPC Systems wins for the sixth consecutive year.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Network Provider — BT
BT follows up its Sell-Side Technology Awards win in this category from earlier this year by capturing the Waters Rankings crown, too.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Datacenter Provider — Equinix
Equinix's twin focus on internal investment and global expansion secured its victory in the best datacenter category.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Cloud Infrastructure Provider — Eze Castle Integration
Eze Castle Integration wins the category for the second year in a row for its Private Cloud Service.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Cyber-Security Provider — Eze Castle Integration
Eze Castle Integration triumphs for solution's level of protection and efforts to educate the market in cyber-security.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Cloud-based Services Provider — Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters fights off fierce competition to take the best cloud-based services provider crown.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Market Surveillance Provider — Nasdaq
Nasdaq continues to dominate the market surveillance category with its fourth consecutive victory.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Mobile Solutions Provider — Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley follows up Sell-Side Technology Awards win with in the Waters Rankings for Matrix Mobile.