Inside Market Data Awards and Inside Reference Data Awards 2019 | Infopro Digital Risk (IP) Limited | New York

Hosted by Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data, these awards recognize industry excellence within market data, reference data and enterprise data management.

In our 2018 awards there were 32 awards, including 9 reader survey categories, 22 call-for-entry categories, plus 1 overall best provider, decided by editorial from the call-for-entry categories.

Categories
• Best Market Data Provider (Vendor)
• Best Market Data Provider (Exchange)
• Best Market Data Provider (Broker)
• Acquisition of the Year
• Best New Data Product
• Contract Win of the Year
• Best Reference Data Provider
• Best Enterprise Data Management Vendor
• Best Evaluated Prices Service Provider
• Best Real-Time Market Data Initiative (Vendor)
• Most Innovative Market Data Project (Vendor)
• Best Research Provider
• Best Data Analytics Provider
• Best Low-Latency Data/Technology Provider
• Best Supporting Services Provider
• Best Big Data Analytics & Technology Provider
• Best Mobile Initiative
• Best Market Data Newcomer (Vendor or Product)
• Best AI/Machine Learning Data Initiative
• Best Alternative Data Provider
• Best Counterparty Data Provider
• Best Reference Data Integration Vendor
• Best Managed Service for Reference Data
• Best Corporate Actions Data Providor
• Best Enterprise Data Initiative (Vendor)
• Best Reference Initiative (Vendor)
• Best Corporate Actions Initiative (Vendor)
• Best Reference Data Newcomer (Vendor or Product)
• Best Innovative Regulatory Solution
• Best Data Governance Solution
• Best Risk Data Aggregation Provider
• Best Overall Data/Service Provider

2018 Winners:

HALL OF FAME
• Ben Mendoza, chairman, MDSL

BEST OVERALL DATA/SCIENCE PROVIDER
• Thomson Reuters

BEST MARKET DATA PROVIDER (VENDOR)
• Thomson Reuters

BEST MARKET DATA PROVIDER (EXCHANGE)
• London Stock Exchange

BEST MARKET DATA PROVIDER (BROKER)
• TP Icap

ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR
• Blackstone Group - Blackstone-led consortium acquires Thomson Reuters' Finance and Risk division

BEST NEW DATA PRODUCT
• S&P Global Market Intelligence - Portfolio Analytics tool for trade performance analysis

CONTRACT WIN OF THE YEAR
• Bloomberg - Capital Group takes BVal for muni bond evaluations

BEST REFERENCE DATA PROVIDER
• S&P Global Market Intelligence

BEST ENTERPRISE DATA MANAGEMENT VENDOR
• IHS Markit

BEST EVALUATED PRICES SERVICE PROVIDER
• Bloomberg

BEST RESEARCH PROVIDER
• Fitch

BEST DATA ANALYTICS PROVIDER
• FactSet

BEST LOW-LATENCY DATA/TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER
• Quincy Data

BEST SUPPORTING SERVICES PROVIDER
• Axon Financial Systems

BEST BIG DATA ANALYTICS & TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER
• AlphaSense

BEST MARKET DATA NEWCOMER
• Barchart - Cryptocurrency market data feed

BEST REAL-TIME DATA INITIATIVE
• Barchart

MOST INNOVATIVE MARKET DATA PROJECT
• IHS Markit - MSCI - Data alliance to support fixed income liquidity requirements

BEST REFERENCE DATA INTEGRATION VENDOR
• Thomson Reuters

BEST MANAGED SERVICE FOR REFERENCE DATA
• Rimes Technologies - Rimes Managed Data Services

BEST CORPORATE ACTIONS DATA PROVIDER
• SIX Financial Information

BEST REFERENCE DATA NEWCOMER
• SIX Financial Information - SIX Regulatory Hub

MOST INNOVATIVE REGULATORY SOLUTION
• SmartStream RDU - Systematic Internalizer Register

BEST ENTERPRISE DATA MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE
• SmartStream RDU - Mifid II Reference Data Service and Systematic Internalizer Register

BEST REFERENCE DATA INITIATIVE
• SIX Financial Information - IRS 871(m) service

BEST CORPORATE ACTIONS INITIATIVE
• Exchange Data International (EDI) - Replacement for NYSE Corporate Actions

BEST DATA GOVERNANCE SOLUTION
• Duco - Duco Cube

BEST COUNTERPARTY DATA PROVIDER
• S&P Global Market Intelligence

BEST ALTERNATIVE DATA PROVIDER
• Thasos

BEST AI/MACHINE LEARNING DATA INITIATIVE
• Indus Valley Partners - IVP Robo Reconciliation

BEST RISK DATA AGGREGATION PROVIDER
• GoldenSource