Awards & Rankings
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product)—S3 Partners
The best buy-side newcomer category has, since the inaugural BST Awards back in 2007, been the toughest to win by virtue of the entry numbers it attracts—on average between 15 and 20 each year. This year is no different with a total of 17 entries. Past…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Data Management Product—Markit
How does one stay on top of their game? Markit EDM might be best suited to answer that question, although Rimes Technologies might also have some advice on that topic, given that both firms remain undefeated in their respective categories since the…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Reconciliation Platform/Service—Electra Information Systems
It’s been a busy few years for Electra Information Systems. From a large-scale implementation with AQR—covered extensively by Waters in 2013—through to forming an alliance with Eagle Investment Systems and hiring a new COO in the form of Scott Rhodes,…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Integrated Front-Office Platform—Bloomberg
In this perennially close-fought category, Bloomberg has emerged as the top provider of integrated-front-office technology for the second straight year, thanks to its Bloomberg Asset and Investment Manager (AIM) platform. With this win, the vendor gains…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Commodities Trading Platform—Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies (TT) is once again at the head of the commodities class with its sixth victory in this category, after being beaten to the title by Misys last year. Chicago-based TT’s flagship offering, X_Trader, has proven its worth by pairing the…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side OMS—Bloomberg
This year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards will be remembered for a number of firsts: it’s the first year that the investment book of record (IBOR), data analytics, and low-latency trading network categories have been on offer; there were first-time winners…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side EMS—Portware
An execution-management system (EMS) is vital to buy-side firms with advanced execution criteria and this category has been shared by a number of providers in recent years. Portware finishes on top for the second time in three years, supplanting Eze…
Scrumptious Takeaways From the BST Awards
Wrapping up a great affair in Mayfair.
BST Awards 2014 - All the Winners
Final two category winners are Vermilion Software and Eze Software Group.
Finalists Announced for the American Financial Technology Awards 2014
The following firms, projects, teams and individuals have made the shortlists of the 16 categories that make up this year's American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) 2014.
American Financial Technology Awards 2014 Extension
We will be extending the deadline for entry into this year's American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) by one week, until Friday, October 17, 2014. The site will close at midnight, October 18.
BST Awards 2014: Entry Deadline Extended
The entry deadline for this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards has been extended by a week from 18.00 (EST) Friday September 12 to 18.00 (EST) Friday September 19.
BST Awards 2014: Entries Close This Friday
Online entries to this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards will close, as scheduled, at 18.00 EST on Friday September 12.
BST Awards 2014: Three Categories Added to this Year's Line-Up
WatersTechnology is pleased to announce that three new categories have been added to the existing 26 categories on offer in this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Entries Now Open
The 2014 Buy-Side Technology Awards are now open for entries, with a closing date of Friday September 12, 2014.
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Crossing Network Provider — Instinet
In a year when the perils of high-speed trading were highlighted by Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys, sparking debate among traders, regulators and politicians alike, it is appropriate that the award for best crossing network goes to CBX, Instinet’s mainstay…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Agency Brokerage — Instinet
As in years past, the battle between agency-only brokerages remained a close one in 2014, as Nomura-backed Instinet wrested away the award from previous winner ITG on the back of new crossing, connectivity, and algorithmic capabilities, underpinned by a…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Execution Management System Provider — Eze Software Group
Eze Software Group, launched in January of last year when ConvergEx Group made the decision to exit the front-office technology provider market and then promptly sold two of its leading lights—the Eze OMS and its sibling RealTick EMS—has pulled off…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Portfolio Management System Provider — Bloomberg
For the second consecutive year, Bloomberg AIM has been recognized as the best portfolio management system by Waters’ readership, following on the heels of its win in last year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards for the best integrated front-office platform.
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Buy-Side OMS Provider — Eze Software Group
Since its creation in January 2013, Eze Software Group has established itself as the de facto buy-side order management system (OMS) with its Eze OMS offering, winning the category at both last year’s and this year’s Waters Rankings. An award-winning OMS…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Sell-Side OMS Provider — Bloomberg
For the fifth year in a row, Bloomberg’s Trade Order Management Solutions (TOMS) has won the Waters Rankings award for best sell-side OMS. The platform, which provides fixed-income cash and derivatives trading firms with a multitude of tools to manage…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Algorithmic Trading Provider — Instinet
Instinet, the New York-based agency-only brokerage arm of Japanese financial services giant Nomura, wins this year’s best algorithmic trading provider award, which, when added to its wins in the best agency broker and best crossing network provider…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Reconciliation Management Provider — DTCC
After winning this category on its own from 2010 to 2013, Omgeo continues to lead the pack when it comes to reconciliations, although since the fall of last year, it has been part of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC).
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider — DTCC
The best sell-side clearing provider category in the Waters Rankings is one that has seen rapid change after years of stability. JPMorgan was the perennial leader in this category before being dethroned last year by Goldman Sachs. But this year we see a…