AFTAs 2017: All the Winners and Why they Won
At a dinner held in midtown Manhattan on December 4 last year, the winners of the 2017 AFTAs were announced. Here is the winners' list and the reasons why they won.
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If we at Waters were to pick out a year that underscored and exemplified the quality of technologies and services on offer to the capital markets, 2017 would be that year. One just has scan the list of winners from this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards, Waters Rankings, Buy-Side Technology Awards and American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) to appreciate the extent to which financial services firms are being looked after by the third-party vendor community serving them. And when one considers the outstanding quality of the entries making up the 14 end-user categories in this year’s AFTAs, there is little doubt that our industry has never been in ruder health.
This year’s four highest-profile awards – three individual categories and one team award – were won by Neil Barua (IPC Systems, best third-party technology vendor CIO or CEO); Jodi Richard (US Bank, best technology executive, sell side); Mike Urciuoli, (JPMorgan, best technology executive, buy side), and Charles Schwab Investment Management, which won the coveted best IT team award.
Below is the list of this year’s winners with write-ups about why they won their respective categories.
Vendor Categories
Best AI technology initiative—FIS
Best back-office initiative—SmartStream Technologies. Click on this link for the winners’ circle interview.
Best collaboration initiative—SS&C Advent and Maitland
Best communications infrastructure provider—IPC Systems
Best front-office initiative—State Street Global Exchange
Best middle-office initiative—RIMES Technologies
Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months – front office—IHS Markit
Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months – infrastructure—Metamako
Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months – middle and back office—AdvantageData
Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months – risk compliance and reporting—AQMetrics
Best partnership or alliance—Thomson Reuters & Symphony Communications. Click on this link for the winners’ circle interview.
Best third party technology vendor IT team—Axioma
Best trading infrastructure provider—Cobalt
Best use of the Agile methodology—Confluence
Most innovative technology vendor – front office—Overbond
Most innovative technology vendor – infrastructure—UnaVista
Most innovative technology vendor – middle office—S3 Partners
Most innovative technology vendor – risk, compliance and reporting—Imagine Software. Click on this link for the winners’ circle interview.
End-User Categories
Best analytics initiative—Credit Suisse
Best cloud initiative—Northern Trust
Best compliance initiative—Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Best cross-asset trading initiative—State Street Corporation
Best data management initiative—Deutsche Bank
Best infrastructure initiative—JPMorgan Asset Wealth Management
Best IT integration initiative —Cowen
Best IT team—Charles Schwab Investment Management
Best mobile strategy initiative—Janus Henderson
Best reporting initiative—State Street Corporation
Best risk management initiative—TD Securities
Most cutting-edge IT initiative —JPMorgan Asset Wealth Management
Individual Categories
Best third-party technology vendor CIO or CEO—Neil Barua (IPC Systems)
Best technology executive, buy side—Mike Urciuoli (JPMorgan Asset Wealth Management)
Best technology executive, sell side—Jodi Richard (US Bank)
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