Trophy Cabinet: Winners of the 2017 Buy-Side and Sell-Side Awards

We look back on the best of buy-side and sell-side platforms and services from 2017.

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In 2017, Waters handed out 65 awards to both buy-side and sell-side companies. The Sell-Side Technology Awards added four new awards highlighting some of the emerging technologies in the industry: best artificial intelligence (AI) technology; best distributed ledger technology project; best use of the Agile methodology; and best alliance or partnership.

Meanwhile, the Buy-Side Technology Awards also added new categories: best buy-side AI platform or tool and best buy-side back-office technology provider.

Here are the winners of both the Buy-Side Technology and Sell-Side Technology Awards this 2017:
 

Sell-Side Technology Awards

Handed out on April 5

Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform - SmartStream
SmartStream wins Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform, pictured here with Olympian Kerri Strug

 

  • Best Distributed-Ledger Technology Project – Synechron  
  • Best Artificial Intelligence Technology – Digital Reasoning
  • Best use of the Agile Methodology – Synechron
  • Best Alliance or Partnership – Nasdaq & Digital Reasoning 
  • Best Sell-Side Front-Office Execution Platform – Fidessa
  • Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform – FlexTrade
  • Best Sell-Side Market Risk Product – FIS
  • Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product – Numerix
  • Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side – AlphaPoint
  • Best Cloud Provider to the Sell Side – BT
  • Best Sell-Side Analytics Product – AlphaSense 
  • Best Sell-Side Data Management Product – IHS Markit
  • Best Data Provider to the Sell Side – Thomson Reuters
  • Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System – Cloud9 Technologies
  • Best Sell-Side Mobile Initiative – Dealogic
  • Best Sell-Side Trading Network – IPC Systems
  • Best Smart Order Routing Product/Tool – Broadway Technology
  • Best Outsourcing Provider to the Sell Side – Broadridge Financial Solutions
  • Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform – SmartStream
  • Best Sell-Side Compliance Product – AcadiaSoft
  • Best Sell-Side Market Surveillance Product – Nasdaq
  • Best Sell-Side Web-Based Development Environment – OpenFin
  • Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm – AxiomSL
  • Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product) – IHS Markit
  • Best Sell-Side OTC Trading Initiative – FIS
  • Most Promising Sell-Side Start-Up – OpenDoor
  • Best Reporting Platform or Service for the Sell Side – NEX Abide Financial
  • Best Swap Execution Facility (SEF) – Tradeweb
  • Best Overall Sell-Side Product of the Year – Nasdaq
  • Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year – IHS Markit

 

Buy-Side Technology Awards

Announced on November 3

 

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FactSet wins Best Overall Buy-Side Technology Provider
  • Best broker-supplied tool/technology – Neovest
  • Best buy-side AI platform or tool – Indus Valley Partners
  • Best buy-side algorithmic/DMA product or service – Quantitative Brokers
  • Best buy-side client reporting platform – SimCorp Coric
  • Best buy-side collateral management tool – CloudMargin
  • Best buy-side commodities trading platform – Rival Systems
  • Best buy-side compliance product – Charles River Development
  • Best buy-side CRM platform – Satuit Technologies
  • Best buy-side cyber-security platform/tool – FIS
  • Best buy-side data analytics tool – FactSet
  • Best buy-side data management product – IHS Markit 
  • Best buy-side EMS – Thomson Reuters
  • Best buy-side execution venue – Liquidnet
  • Best IBOR platform/service – SimCorp
  • Best buy-side market surveillance tool/platform – Moody’s Analytics
  • Best buy-side newcomer (vendor or product) – Thasos Group
  • Best buy-side OMSIHS Markit
  • Best buy-side performance measurement and attribution product – FactSet/BISAM 
  • Best buy-side pricing/valuation service – AIM Software
  • Best buy-side reconciliation platform/service – Duco
  • Best buy-side risk management initiative over the last 12 months – RiskVal Financial Solutions 
  • Best buy-side risk/portfolio analytics product – Numerix
  • Best buy-side TCA tool – Tradeweb Markets
  • Best buy-side back-office technology provider – SmartStream Technologies
  • Best cloud provider to the buy side – Eze Castle Integration
  • Best data provider to the buy side – RIMES Technologies
  • Best distributed-ledger technology project – Symbiont
  • Best fund administrator – SEI
  • Best implementation at a buy-side firm – SimCorp Coric
  • Best integrated front-office platform – Eze Software Group Best low-latency trading network – Ullink
  • Best outsourcing provider to the buy side – SS&C Advent
  • Best portfolio accounting platform – SimCorp
  • Best use of the Agile methodology – Eze Software Group
  • Best overall buy-side product, 2017 – Thasos Group
  • Best overall buy-side technology provider, 2017 – FactSet

 

 

 

 

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