Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: All the Winners and Why they Won

Below is the list of category winners at this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards. The final two awards ─ best buy-side product for 2016 and best overall technology provider for 2016 ─ were announced at the luncheon and were won by Commcise and UBS Delta, respectively. New for 2016 were three "service to the industry awards," acknowledging exceptional consistency over the years in the Buy-Side Technology Awards and service to the industry in general. They were awarded to BISAM, IHS Markit and RIMES Technologies.    

• Best broker-supplied tool/technology ─ UBS Delta 
• Best buy-side algorithmic/DMA product or service ─ FlexTrade
• Best buy-side client reporting platform ─ Vermilion Software
• Best buy-side collateral management tool ─ CloudMargin
• Best buy-side commodities trading platform ─ Rival Systems 
• Best buy-side compliance product ─ Fidessa Winners' Circle Video
• Best buy-side CRM (customer relationship management) platform ─ Satuit Technologies 
• Best buy-side cyber-security platform/tool ─ eSentire 
• Best buy-side data management product ─ IHS Markit
• Best buy-side EMS ─ REDIPlus 
• Best buy-side execution venue ─ Liquidnet
• Best buy-side market surveillance tool/platform ─ Nasdaq SMARTS Video
• Best buy-side newcomer (vendor or product) ─ Commcise 
• Best buy-side OMS ─ IHS Markit 
• Best buy-side performance measurement and attribution product ─ BISAM
• Best buy-side pricing/valuation service ─ Thomson Reuters 
• Best buy-side reconciliation platform/service ─ Electra Information Systems Video
• Best buy-side risk management initiative over the last 12 months ─ BISAM
• Best buy-side risk/portfolio analytics product ─ Axioma
• Best cloud provider to the buy side ─ Eze Castle Integration
• Best data analytics tool ─ S3 Partners Winners' Circle
• Best data provider to the buy side ─ RIMES Technologies 
• Best distributed-ledger technology project ─ Symbiont Winners' Circle
• Best fund administrator ─ SEI
• Best IBOR platform/service ─ SimCorp
• Best integrated front-office platform ─ Charles River Development
• Best low-latency trading network ─ Ullink Video
• Best outsourcing provider to the buy side ─ FIS Global
• Best portfolio accounting platform ─ SS&C Advent Winners' Circle
• Best product implementation at a buy-side firm ─ RIMES Technologies 
• Best TCA provider to the buy side ─ Quantitative Brokers
• Best use of the Agile methodology by a technology vendor ─ Confluence
• Best buy-side product for 2016 ─ Commcise 
• Best overall technology provider for 2016 ─ UBS Delta Video

Service to the industry awards: 

• Outstanding service to the industry award ─ BISAM Video
• Outstanding service to the industry award ─ IHS Markit Winners' Circle
• Outstanding service to the industry award ─ RIMES Technologies Winners' Circle