Waters Ranking 2018 | Infopro Digital Risk (IP) Limited | 18 May 2018 | The Metropolitan Club, 1 E 60th St, New York, NY 10022, US

The Waters Rankings are the only awards program where the category winners are determined exclusively by the WatersTechnology readers.There were 30 categories on offer for 2017, divided into six sections:

• Trading Services
• Trading Tools
• Data Management
• Compliance, Risk Management and the Back Office and Infrastructure and Connectivity.

Below are the 2017 categories which were divided into five sections: Trading Services; Trading Tools; Data Management; Compliance, Risk Management and the Back Office; and Infrastructure and Connectivity.

Trading Services
• Best Agency Broker
• Best Crossing Network Provider
• Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider
• Best Reconciliation Management Provider
• Best Algorithmic Trading Provider

Trading Tools
• New for 2017: Best Artificial Intelligence Technology Provider
• Best Sell-Side Order Management System (OMS) Provider
• Best Buy-Side Order Management System (OMS) Provider
• Best Portfolio Management System Provider
• Best Execution Management System (EMS) Provider
• Best Performance Measurement and Attribution System Provider
• Best Transaction-cost Analysis (TCA) System Provider

Data Management
• Best Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Systems Provider
• Best Reference Data Provider
• Best Corporate Actions Solution Provider
• Best Low-latency Data Feed Provider
• Best Data Analytics Provider

Compliance, Risk Management and the Back Office
• Best AML Compliance Solution Provider
• Best Market Risk Solution Provider
• Best Credit Risk Solution Provider
• Best Market Surveillance Provider
• Best Reporting System Provider
• Best Accounting System Provider
• Best Cyber-Security Provider

Infrastructure and Connectivity
• New for 2017: Best Outsourcing Service Provider
• Best Trading Floor Communication System Provider
• Best Network Provider
• Best Mobile Solutions Provider
• Best Cloud-based Services Provider
• Best Cloud Infrastructure Provider

2017 Winners:

TRADING SERVICES
BEST AGENYC BROKER:
• Bloomberg Tradebook

BEST CROSSING NETWORK PROVIDER:
• Instinet

BEST SELL-SEIDE CLEARING PROVIDER:
• DTCC

BEST RECONCILIATION MANAGEMENR PROVIDER:
• Electra Information Systems

BEST ALGORITHMIC TRADING PROVIDER:
• Wolverine Execution Services

TRADING TOOLS
BEST SELL-SIDE ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROVIDER:
• Bloomberg

BEST BUY-SIDE ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OMS) PROVIDER:
• Eze Software Group

BEST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER:
• AlphaSense

BEST PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROVIDER:
• RiskVal

BEST EXECUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS) PROVIDER:
• Eze Software Group

BEST PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM PROVIDER:
• Factset

BEST TRANSACTION-COSR ANALYSIS (TCA) SYSTEM PROVIDER:
• FIS

DATA MANAGEMENT
BEST ENTERPRISE DATA MANAGEMENT (EDM) SYSTEMS PROVIDER:
• IHS Markit

BEST REFERENCE DATA PROVIDER:
• Thomson Reuters

BEST CORPORATE ACTIONS SOLUTION PROVIDER:
• SIX Financial

BEST LOW-LATENCY DATA FEED PROVIDER:
• Thomson Reuter

BEST DATA ANALYTICS PROVIDER:
• Broadridge

COMPLIANCE, RISK MANAGEMENT AND THE BACK OFFICE
BEST CYBERSECURITY AND THE BACK:
• EZE Castle Integration

BEST ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COMPLIANCE SOLUTION:
• 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 OUTSOURCING SERVICE PROVIDER:
• Electra Information Systems

BEST TRADING FLOOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PROVIDER:
• IPC Systems

BEST NETWORK PROVIDER:
• BT

BEST MOBILE SOLUTIONS PROVIDER:
• TradingScreen

BEST CLOUD-BASED SERVICES PROVIDER:
• Archer

BEST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTUR PROVIDER:
• Amazon