The 15th annual Waters Rankings | IncisiveMedia | 9 June 2017 |

Welcome to the 15th annual Waters Rankings, WatersTechnology's only awards program where the category winners are determined exclusively by our readers. This year we have 30 categories on offer, divided into five sections: Trading Services; Trading Tools; Data Management; Compliance, Risk Management and the Back Office; and Infrastructure and Connectivity.

The Survey is open to any individual who works in the financial technology business and can reasonably be expected to have personal knowledge of the categories to which the Survey awards relate. Exceptions are employees of the Promoter and its parent, subsidiary, affiliated or associated companies, its and their agents and immediate families and anyone else professionally connected with the Survey (the "Released Parties") are not eligible to participate. All participants under 18 must have parental/guardian consent to enter. By entering this Survey each player confirms that he/she has obtained such consent and agrees to be bound by these Official Rules.

2016 Winners
TRADING SERVICES
Best Broker-Dealer
UBS
Best Agency Broker
Bloomberg Tradebook
Best Crossing Network Provider
Trading Screen
Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider
DTCC
Best Reconciliation Management Provider
Electra
Best Algorithmic Trading Provider
Convergex

TRADING TOOLS
Best Sell-Side Order Management System (OMS) Provider
Bloomberg
Best Buy-Side Order Management System (OMS) Provider
Eze Software Group
Best Portfolio Management System Provider
RiskVal
Best Execution Management System (EMS) Provider
Eze Software Group
Best Performance Measurement and Attribution System Provider
BISAM
Best Transaction-cost Analysis (TCA) System Provider
Markit

DATA MANAGEMENT
Best Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Systems Provider
Eagle Investment Systems
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
FactSet

COMPLIANCE, RISK MANAGEMENT AND THE BACK OFFICE
Best AML Compliance Solution Provider
NICE Actimize
Best Market Risk Solution Provider
RiskVal
Best Credit Risk Solution Provider
Moody's Analytics
Best Market Surveillance Provider
Nasdaq
Best Reporting System Provider
Vermillion Software
Best Accounting System Provider
SS&C Advent

INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY
Best Cyber-Security Provider
Eze Castle Integration
Best Trading Floor Communication System Provider
IPC Systems
Best Data Center Provider
Equinix
Best Network Provider
BT
Best Mobile Solutions Provider
Morgan Stanley
Best Cloud-based Services Provider
Thomson Reuters
Best Cloud Infrastructure Provider
Eze Castle Integration