American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs)
AFTAs 2017: Best Partnership or Alliance—Thomson Reuters and Symphony Communications
The best partnership or alliance category at the 2017 AFTAs goes to Thomson Reuters and Symphony Communications. Through the partnership, Thomson Reuters’ Eikon, the firm’s open financial markets desktop platform, is now integrated within Symphony, the…
2017 AFTAs Winners’ Circle: Thomson Reuters and Symphony Communications
After winning the best partnership category at this year’s AFTAs, Symphony’s CEO, David Gurle, and Thomson Reuters’ global head of platform and partners, Yvette Jackson, talk to James Rundle about the origins of the partnership and the power of…
2017 AFTAs Winners' Circle: SmartStream Technologies
Historically, collaboration between banks hasn’t yielded much success—except, perhaps, when it comes to reference data. James Rundle talks with Peter Moss, CEO of SmartStream’s Reference Data Utility (RDU), about how the project came about, and how it’s…
AFTAs 2017: Best Back-Office Initiative—SmartStream Technologies
SmartStream's win reflects markets' growing demand for regulatory solutions.
AFTAs 2017: Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months: Infrastructure—Metamako
Sydney, Australia-based Metamako wins its first category in the AFTAs thanks to its E-Series of devices launched midway through last year, designed to run up to three field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) on a single platform, allowing end-users to…
AFTAs 2017: Best AI Technology Initiative—FIS
Control Centre uses a combination of traditional workflow rules and RPA.
AFTAs 2017: Best Collaboration Initiative—SS&C Advent and Maitland
The collaboration led to the integration of the firms' seperate data management solutions.
AFTAs 2017: Best Middle-Office Initiative—RIMES Technologies
This year RIMES Technologies takes home the award for the best middle-office initiative in the vendor section of the AFTAs, thanks to its work with institutional asset manager Fort Washington Investment Advisors. RIMES’ project with Fort Washington,…
AFTAs 2017: Best Third-Party Technology Vendor IT Team—Axioma
New York-based risk management solutions provider Axioma makes it into the winners’ circle at the 2017 AFTAs, bagging the best third-party technology vendor IT team award. The company has two IT teams—platform development and implementation. These two…
AFTAs 2017: Best Front-Office Initiative—State Street Global Exchange
The Quantextual Idea Lab blends AI with human expertise.
AFTAs 2017: Best Third-Party Technology Vendor CIO or CEO—Neil Barua, IPC Systems
This award, the second year it has been part of the AFTAs line-up, is arguably the most sought-after of the vendors’ section, given that it recognizes the innovation and leadership of just one individual. This year the category attracted 11 strong…
AFTAs 2017: Best Communications Infrastructure Provider—IPC Systems
Unigy has become a standard tool for communication across market participants.
Trophy Cabinet: Winners of the 2017 Waters Rankings and AFTAs
Looking back at the winners of Waters Rankings and the AFTAs for the past year.
December Features, Cryptocurrencies and Farewell: A Week in Review
John reviews the biggest stories of the last week, including the Waters December features and bids farewell to WatersTechnology.
American Financial Technology Awards 2017—All the Winners
The winners of this year’s AFTAs were announced at a dinner in midtown Manhattan on December 4.
Awards Update: AFTAs Entry Deadline Extended to October 16
It is still possible to submit entries to this year's American Financial Technology Awards, although time is running out – the website closes on Monday October 16.
T+2 is Here, but Don't Hold Your Breath for T+0
Talk of shortening the settlement cycle further is premature and ignores the upheaval it would cause.
Awards Update: AFTAs 2017 Open Sept. 4; BST Awards 2017 Close Sept. 11
The entry deadline to this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards has been extended by a week, while entries to this year's American Financial Technology Awards will open on Monday September 4.
AFTAs Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: SmartStream
SmartStream won the Best Back-Office Initiative category.
AFTAs Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: MTS Markets
MTS Markets won two awards at the AFTAs 2016.
AFTAs 2016: All the Winners and Why they Won
At a dinner held in midtown Manhattan on Dec. 5, the winners of this year's AFTAs were announced.
AFTAs 2016: Best Technology Executive: Buy Side—Scott Murray (Northern Trust)
Murray was named CTO at Northern in 2011.
AFTAs 2016: Best Technology Executive: Sell Side—Bob Greifeld (Nasdaq)
Greifeld was recently named chairman of the board at Nasdaq.