2025 Categories
London
3rd December 2025
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Data Management Insight Awards - Categories and Descriptions 2025
Below you will find the list of categories for the Data Management Insight Awards Europe 2025 along with a short description for each.
DATA MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS
Best Sell-Side Data Management Platform
Vendors of data management platforms offering comprehensive functionality for sell-side firms
Best Sell-Side Managed Services Solution
Vendors of managed services platforms dedicated to the needs of sell-side firms
Best Buy-Side Data Management Platform
Vendors of data management platforms offering comprehensive functionality for buy-side firms
Best Buy-Side Managed Services Solution
Vendors of managed services platforms dedicated to the needs of buy-side firms
Best Data Management Platform for ESG
The provider of the most effective platform for enabling the integration of data, ratings and analytics that help organisations meet ESG investment-, risk- and compliance-management requirements
Best Investment Operations & Data Platform
The vendor that provides comprehensive and innovative solutions for investment operations and data management and demonstrates excellence in enabling efficient, accurate, and scalable handling of investment data across various asset classes.
Best Data Platform for Risk & Portfolio Analytics
Vendors of platforms providing integrated risk and portfolio analytics
Best Cloud-Based Data Management Solution
Vendors of cloud-based data management solutions offering cost efficiencies and flexibility to scale
CORE DATA MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
Best AI-Based Data Management Capability
The vendor that offers the best tools to intelligently automate data discovery, integration, governance, quality and optimisation that ensures scalable, accurate and efficient data operations across enterprises
Best Data Governance Solution
Vendors of data governance solutions that help firms maintain an understanding and control of their data, and can demonstrate data governance
Best Data Quality Tool
The provider of the most powerful capabilities to detect, cleanse, standardise, validate, and monitor data to ensure accuracy, consistency, completeness, and reliability across systems
Best Data Lineage Solution
The platform or product that best enables users to manage data quality at scale, effectively trace the data journey from origin through consumption, and/or most innovatively provides insight into data flow within financial services
Best Data Semantics Solution
Vendors of platforms or solutions offering compelling, comprehensive and scalable semantics
Best Data Discovery & Catalog Solution
Vendors of platforms or products offering comprehensive, accessible and timely data discovery and catalog solutions
Best Data Integration Tool
Vendors of platforms or products providing data integration at speed and scale
Best Data Ops Solution Provider
Vendors of data ops platforms or products offering cost efficient and effective solutions
Best Data Security Solution
Provider of a solution that protects data from unauthorised access and corruption
Best Solution for Data Privacy
Vendors of platforms or products dedicated to data privacy
Best Data Solution for Regulatory Compliance
Vendors of data sourcing and management solutions dedicated to regulatory compliance
Best Solution for SFDR Compliance
The vendor that enables firms to meet the rigorous disclosure and transparency requirements related to sustainability risks and impacts in their investment decisions and products.
Best Solution for DORA Compliance
Vendors of solutions that assists financial entities in achieving and maintaining compliance with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
Best Data Solution for Digital Assets
Vendors of data platforms or products dedicated to digital assets
Best Data Management Solution for Unstructured Data
Vendors of platforms or solutions offering comprehensive, timely and scalable unstructured data management
Best Entity Data Solution
Vendors of entity data and entity data management solutions
Best Client On-Boarding Solution
Vendors providing efficient, effective and scalable onboarding solutions
Best Knowledge Graph Solution for Data Management
Vendors of platforms or solutions providing comprehensive, timely and scalable knowledge graphs
Best Data Warehouse Solution
The procure of the most effective solution to efficiently store, integrate and process large volumes of structured and semi-structured data while enabling fast, scalable, and secure querying for analytics and business intelligence
Best Data Lake Solution
The vendor that offers the best solution to securely store and manage large amounts of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data while enabling scalable processing, flexible analytics, and seamless integration with various tools and frameworks
Best Data Mesh Solution
Vendors of platforms or solutions offering comprehensive and scalable data mesh capabilities
Best Enterprise Data Integration Platform
The best platform for connecting, transforming and synchronising data across diverse systems, ensuring high performance, scalability, and governance
Best Data Observability Provider
The provider that offers the best solutions for continuously monitoring data pipelines for quality, reliability and anomalies while enabling proactive issue resolution and trust in data
DATA PROVISIONING
Best Data Provider to the Sell-Side
Vendors of reference, pricing, corporate actions, and ESG data to sell-side firms
Best Data Provider to the Buy-Side
Vendors of reference, pricing, corporate actions, and ESG data to buy-side firms
Best Pricing & Valuations Data Provider
Vendors of comprehensive, accurate and timely pricing and valuations data
Best Corporate Actions Data Provider
The data provider offering the most compelling and timely corporate actions data
Best Index Data Provider
The data provider offering the most comprehensive and compelling index data
Best KYC Data Solution
Vendors offering efficient, effective and scalable KYC solutions
Best ESG Data Provider
The provider that delivers the most accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date ESG data to support compliance, reporting and risk-management decisions
DATA AGGREGATION & PROCESSING
Best Index Data Aggregator
Vendors of platforms or solutions offering comprehensive, accurate and timely index data aggregation
Best Corporate Actions Processing Solution
Vendors offering efficient and effective corporate actions processing solutions
DATA UTILIZATION & ANALYSIS
Best Analytics Platform
The platform that offer the most powerful, scalable and user-friendly tools for data exploration, visualisation,and advanced analytics to drive informed decision-making
Best Analytics Data Provider
The provider who most effectively captures and analyses/models data using innovative methods in order to optimise value and provide unique conclusions
Best ESG Data Analytics & Reporting Solution
The vendor that best integrates ESG data with analytics and reporting capabilities to help organisations track sustainability metrics, meet regulatory requirements, drive impact and mine value from its data
Best Data Science Solution
Vendors of data science tools and solutions that can offer new opportunities for the business
Best Data Visualisation Provider
Vendors of platforms or solutions offering extensive, accessible, timely and flexible data visualisation
Best Performance Measurement System
Vendors of a platform or product dedicated to comprehensive performance measurement
DATA MARKETPLACES & STANDARDS
Best Data Marketplace
Vendors of AI-based platforms providing comprehensive, accessible and high-quality datasets
Best Standards Solution for Data Management
The vendor solution that most successfully applies or assists users to apply, execute, label or sort data through the application of data standards: including reference data, pricing data, regulatory reporting standardisation etc.
CLIENT & SERVICE-FOCUSED SOLUTIONS
Best Customer Service in European Data Management
The third-party provider that best assists firms to manage their data requirements: including the identification of data management challenges, selection of solutions, and execution of strategy
Best European Consultancy in Data Management
The third-party provider that best assists firms to manage their data requirements: including the identification of data management challenges, selection of solutions, and execution of strategy
Most Innovative European Data Management Provider
The provider who has made the best use of innovative techniques, strategies, technologies or processes in the provision or application of data management solutions