AFTAs 2018: All the Winners
This year's American Financial Technology Awards were held on the evening of Monday December 3 in New York. Here are the 32 category winners.
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Below is the list of this year’s American Financial Technology Awards category winners.The three individual awards – best third-party technology vendor CEO or CIO, best technology executive (buy side), and best technology executive (sell side) – were won by Alap Shah (Sentieo), James Ferrarelli (Charles Schwab Investment Management), and Beatriz Martin (UBS Investment Bank), respectively.
Category write-ups will appear online and in the January 2019 issue of Waters magazine.
Vendor Section
Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology Initiative – MarketAxess
Best Back-Office Initiative – Cobalt
Best Collaboration Initiative – AxiomSL
Best Communication Infrastructure Provider – IPC Systems
Best Front-Office Initiative – SS&C Advent
Best Middle-Office Initiative – Indus Valley Partners
Best New Technology Introduced over the Last 12 months (Data and Operations) – UnaVista, London Stock Exchange Group
Best New Technology Introduced over the Last 12 months (Infrastructure) – Axioma Inc.
Best New Technology Introduced over the Last 12 months (Trading and Risk) – SS&C Eze
Best Partnership or Alliance – IPC Systems & GreenKey Technologies
Best Third-Party Technology Vendor IT Team – SS&C Advent
Best Trading Infrastructure Provider – IPC Systems
Best Use of the Agile Methodology – Fitch Solutions
Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Data and Operations) – Sentieo
Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Infrastructure) – Kx
Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Trading, Risk and Research) – Visible Alpha
End-user section
Best Analytics Initiative – Credit Suisse (Predictive Analytics Team)
Best Cloud Initiative – Bank of America
Best Compliance Initiative – Morgan Stanley
Best Data Management Initiative – JPMorgan Asset & Wealth Management
Best Global Deployment – JPMorgan Asset Management
Best Infrastructure Initiative – Northern Trust
Best IT Integration Initiative – Schroders
Best IT Team – Charles Schwab Investment Management
Best Mobile Strategy Initiative – Bank of America
Best Reporting Initiative – State Street Corp.
Best Risk Management Initiative – Barclays Investment Bank
Most Cutting-Edge IT Initiative – TIAA
Best Third-Party Technology Vendor CEO or CIO – Sentieo (Alap Shah)
Best Technology Executive, Buy Side – James Ferrarelli (Charles Schwab Investment
Management)
Best Technology Executive, Sell Side – Beatriz Martin (UBS Investment Bank)
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