The Champs 2015, Part 2 AFTAs and Waters Rankings

The Waters Rankings and American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) honor the very best in the industry every year. The Waters Rankings are voted on exclusively by Waters' readers, and voting is limited to end-users. Winners of Waters Rankings have outdone themselves in garnering customer approval as being the top vendors. 

The AFTAs are awarded every December to honor the best projects and initiatives undertaken by end-users, top IT teams, and CIO or CTOs on the sell side and buy side. The judging panel consists of the winners' peers and Waters' senior editorial members. Unlike our other awards programs, AFTAs winners are not announced until the awards ceremony, adding to the anticipation and excitement. 

You can find Part 1 (The Buy-Side Technology and Sell-Side Technology Awards) here.

American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs)

Announced: Dec. 8

Best Global Deployment ─ Nomura Securities
Best Risk Management Initiative ─ Citadel
Best Analytics Initiative ─ The Northern Trust Company
Best Reporting Initiative ─ Credit Suisse
Best Cross-Asset Trading Initiative ─ Morgan Stanley
Best Data Management Initiative ─ JP Morgan Chase
Best Cloud Initiative ─ The Northern Trust Company
Best Infrastructure Initiative ─ Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Cutting-Edge IT Initiative ─ Electronifie
Best OTC Trading Initiative ─ Convergex
Best IT Integration Initiative ─ Fidelity Investment Management
Best Mobile-Strategy Initiative ─ Bank of America
Best Compliance Initiative ─ State Street Global Exchange
Best Technology Executive, Buy Side ─ John Marcante, Vanguard Asset Management
Best Technology Executive, Sell Side ─ Oliver Bussmann, UBS
Best IT Team ─ Morgan Stanley

Waters Rankings

Announced: July 16

Trading
Best Broker-Dealer ─ UBS
Best Agency Broker ─ Bloomberg Tradebook
Best Crossing Network Provider ─ Instinet
Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider ─ The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Best Reconciliation Management Provider ─ Bloomberg
Best Algorithmic Trading Provider ─ Instinet

Trading Tools
Best Sell-Side Order Management System (OMS) Provider ─ Fidessa
Best Buy-Sider Order Management System (OMS) Provider ─ Eze Software Group
Best Portfolio Management System Provider ─ Bloomberg.
Best Execution Management System (EMS) Provider ─ REDI Global Technologies
Best Performance Measurement and Attribution System Provider ─ S&P Capital IQ
Best Transaction-Cost Analysis (TCA) System Provider ─ ITG

Data Management
Best Enterprise Data Management (EDM) System Provider ─ Markit
Best Reference Data Provider ─ Thomson Reuters
Best Corporate Actions Solution Provider ─ Thomson Reuters
Best Low-Latency Data Feed Provider ─ Interactive Data
Best Data Analytics Provider ─ S3 Partners

Compliance, Risk Management and the Back Office
Best AML Compliance Solutions Provider ─ NICE Actimize
Best Market Risk Solution Provider ─ FinAnalytica
Best Credit Risk Solution Provider ─ Numerix
Best Market Surveillance Provider ─ Nasdaq
Best Reporting System Provider ─ AxiomSL
Best Accounting System Provider ─ Advent Software

Infrastructure and Connectivity
Best Cyber-Security Provider ─ FireEye
Best Trading Floor Communication System Provider ─ IPC Systems
Best Data Center Provider ─ SunGard
Best Network Provider ─ BT
Best Mobile Solutions Provider ─ Bloomberg Tradebook
Best Cloud Infrastructure Provider ─ Eze Castle Integration