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
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- 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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- 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 OMS – IHS 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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