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Driving the Future of Capital Markets: A-Team Group’s Innovation Awards 2026 Winners Announced

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A-Team Group is proud to reveal the winners of our Innovation Awards 2026, celebrating the visionary technology providers and practitioners redefining the landscape of financial services.

Now in its sixth year, these awards recognise excellence in the deployment of new and emerging technologies across capital markets. This year’s recipients have demonstrated extraordinary ingenuity in solving complex challenges across four core pillars: Data Management, Trading Technology and RegTech.

Andrew Delaney, President and Chief Content Officer at A-Team Group, noted the exceptional calibre of this year’s submissions:

“I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to the winners of our 2026 Innovation Awards. This year’s entries demonstrate an outstanding dedication to streamlining the workflows of capital markets participants, helping them derive greater strategic value from their data and technology stacks.”

Delaney added: “Our thanks go to all the practitioners and vendors who submitted their advanced solutions, as well as to our independent advisory board. Their collaboration with our editorial team ensures these awards remain the definitive gold standard for industry innovation.”

The Innovation Awards 2026 span over 40 categories across our Data Management Insight, TradingTech Insight, and RegTech Insight communities.

Download the full Innovation Awards 2026 Winners Report here to explore the complete list of winners and their transformative solutions.

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