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A-Team Group Names 2021 TradingTech Insight Europe Award Winners

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A-Team Group today announced the winners of its TradingTech Insight (TTI) Europe Awards. The awards celebrate excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on vendors providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.

This year’s awards included two special editor’s awards. The Editor’s Recognition Award for Best Trading Technology Practitioner was won by Irina Sonich-Bright, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse. The Editor’s Choice Award for Innovative Early Stage Business was won by BMLL Technologies.

Andrew Delaney, president and chief content officer at A-Team Group, said: “Congratulations to the winners of our 2021 TTI Europe Awards. Thanks to all the companies that entered their solutions, services and consultancy expertise, and to our trading technology community members who voted for their preferred providers. Despite the exceptional circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s award winners have continued to innovate while adapting to new ways of working.”

The awards included 38 solutions and services categories ranging from best Consolidated Market Data Feed to best Cloud-Based Trading Environment, Trading Analytics Platform, Market Simulation Solution, Trading Solution for FX Markets, and Independent Proximity Hosting Data Centre Operator.

Categories and winners

  • Editor’s Recognition Award for Best Trading Technology Practitioner – Irina Sonich-Bright
  • Editor’s Choice Award for Innovative Early Stage Business – BMLL Technologies
  • Best Cloud-Based Trading Environment – Adaptive Financial Consulting
  • Best Alternative Data Consolidator – Sentifi
  • Best Trading Solution for Fixed Income Markets – ION Markets
  • Best High Performance Network Services – BSO
  • Best Exchange or Trading Venue Technology Suite – FXSpotStream
  • Best Machine-Readable News Supplier – Dow Jones Newswires
  • Best Cloud-Based Market Data Delivery Solution – Push Technology Ltd
  • Best Tick Data Management Platform – OneTick
  • Best Sell-Side OMS – Itiviti
  • Best Smart Order Routing System – Quod Financial
  • Best Low Latency Data Feed – Direct – QuantHouse
  • Best Software-Based High Performance Data Feed Handler – NovaSparks
  • Best Specialist Market Data Consultancy – CJC Ltd
  • Best Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) Tool – big xyt
  • Best Trading Analytics Platform – KX
  • Best Overall Market Data Provider – Quincy Data Powered by McKay Brothers
  • Best Managed Services Solution for Trading – Pico
  • Best Trade Reconstruction Solution – SteelEye
  • Best Sell-Side EMS – Horizon Software
  • Best Buy-Side EMS – FactSet
  • Best Trading Solution for Foreign Exchange (FX) Markets – smartTrade Technologies
  • Best Trade Reporting Solution – IHS Markit
  • Best Specialist Trading Technology Consultancy – GreenBirch
  • Best Trading Infrastructure Monitoring Platform – Red Box
  • Best High Performance Market Access Solution – Redline Trading Solutions
  • Best Time-Stamping/Latency Measurement System – Cisco
  • Best Independent Proximity Hosting Data Centre Operator – Options
  • Best Hardware-Based High Performance Data Feed Handler – Activ Financial
  • Best Low Latency Data Feed – Managed – Vela
  • Best Consolidated Market Data Feed – Bloomberg
  • Best Market Simulation – Simudyne
  • Best Cloud Platform for Trading Applications – TickSmith
  • Best Trading Solution for Listed Securities (Equities/Derivatives) – IRESS
  • Best Cloud-Based Trading Data Management Solution – Cloud9 Technologies
  • Best Market Data Inventory Platform – TRG Screen
  • Best Buy-Side OMS – Tora
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