IMD & IRD Awards 2023: All the winners and why they won
Here are the 29 category winners of this year's Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards, announced on the evening of May 16 at a reception following this year's North American Financial Information Summit in New York.

The two big winners in this year’s IMD & IRD Awards were Bloomberg—which won four categories, including the data provider of the year—and S&P Global Market Intelligence, which won five categories, including the best overall solution for 2023. Click on this link to view the 2022 winners.
- Best AI/machine learning data initiative – MarketAxess
- Best alternative data initiative – Sentifi Group
- Best alternative data provider/vendor – Solve
- Best corporate actions data initiative – S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Best corporate actions data provider – SIX
- Best counterparty data project or initiative – S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Best data analytics provider/vendor – Bloomberg
- Best data feed management solution – S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Best data governance solution – Fundipedia
- Best enterprise data management initiative – Rimes
- Best enterprise data management provider/vendor – S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Best ESG data initiative – Sentifi Group
- Best ESG data provider/vendor – Bloomberg
- Best evaluated pricing service provider/vendor – Bloomberg
- Best low-latency data or technology provider/vendor – Refinitiv, an LSEG business
- Best market data newcomer (vendor or product) – 360T & DIGITEC
- Best market data provider (broker) – Fenics Market Data
- Best market data provider (exchange) – CME Group
- Best market data provider (vendor) – Refinitiv, an LSEG business
- Best real-time market data initiative – Tradeweb
- Best reference data initiative – 360T & DIGITEC
- Best reference data managed service – SmartStream Technologies
- Best reference data newcomer (vendor or product) – 360T & DIGITEC
- Best reference data provider/vendor – Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics Company
- Best research provider/vendor – Morning Consult
- Best risk data aggregation initiative – Opensee
- Most innovative market data project – Refinitiv, an LSEG business
- Most innovative regulatory solution (transaction reporting) – S&P Global Market Intelligence (Cappitech)
- Most innovative regulatory solution (climate risk) – S&P Global Market Intelligence (Climate Credit Analytics)
- Best overall solution – S&P Global Market Intelligence (EDM)
- Data provider of the year – Bloomberg
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