2025 Categories

18th September 2025

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Data Management Insight Awards USA - Categories and Descriptions 2025

Below you will find the list of categories for the Data Management Insight Awards USA 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 Fund Accounting, Portfolio Management & Data Platform
Vendors of platforms providing integrated fund accounting, portfolio management, and data management

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 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 North American 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 North American 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 North American 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

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