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A-Team Group Names Winners of Data Management Insight Awards 2020

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A-Team Group has announced the winners of its prestigious Data Management Insight Awards 2020. The annual awards, now in their eighth year, recognise leading providers of data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants.

The award winners were announced online across categories ranging from best sell-side and buy-side data management platforms to best data governance, data lineage and regulatory compliance solutions, most innovative data provider and more.

Two editor’s recognition awards were also made. These went to Sarah Walker, head of data at NatWest Markets, who received the award for best data management practitioner; and Martijn Groot, vice president of product management at Alveo, who was named best data management vendor professional.

Categories and winners

  • Best Sell-Side Data Management Platform – IHS Markit, EDM
  • Best Buy-Side Data Management Platform – Alveo
  • Best Sell-Side Managed Services Solution – SmartStream RDU
  • Best Buy-Side Managed Services Solution – Bloomberg Data Management Services
  • Best Data Provider to the Buy-Side – Bloomberg
  • Best Entity Data Solution – Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics Company
  • Best Pricing & Valuations Data Provider – ICE Data Services
  • Best Index Data Provider – RIMES Technologies
  • Best Corporate Actions Data Provider – SIX
  • Best Data Quality Analysis Tool – Datactics, Self-Service Data Quality
  • Best KYC & Client On-Boarding Solution – Fenergo
  • Best Data Governance Solution – Solidatus
  • Best Data Solution for Regulatory Compliance – Moody’s Analytics, Banking Cloud
  • Most Innovative Data Provider – Diligencia Group, ClarifiedBy.com
  • Most Innovative Data Management Provider – OTCFin, PATone EDM
  • Best Propositions for AI and Machine Learning – S&P Global Market Intelligence, Textual Data Suite
  • Best Data Discovery and Catalog Solutions – smartKYC
  • Best Cloud-based Data Management Solution – GoldenSource, OnDemand
  • Best Consultancy in Data Management – Reformis
  • Best Corporate Actions Solution – Exchange Data International
  • Best Data Analytics Provider – Kx
  • Best Data Visualisation Provider – Cappitech
  • Best Data Ops Solution Provider – DataKitchen
  • Best Performance Measurement Solution – Deutsche Bank, AutoDQ
  • Best Standards Solution for Data Management – The Derivatives Service Bureau
  • Editor’s Recognition Award for Best Data Management Practitioner – Sarah Walker, Head of Data, NatWest Markets
  • Editor’s Recognition Award for Best Data Management Vendor Professional – Martijn Groot, VP of Product Management, Alveo

Andrew Delaney, president and chief content officer at A-Team Group, said: “Congratulations to the winners of this year’s A-Team Group Data Management Insight Awards and thank you to everyone who took part in nominating and voting for their preferred solutions, services and consultancy providers. In a difficult year for all capital markets participants, we were pleased to receive a large number of entries for the awards and celebrate best-in-class data management services and solutions. Congratulations, too, to the winners of our exclusive Editor’s Recognition Awards.”

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