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FTF NEWS HONORS FINTECH INNOVATION (Continued from Page 37)Best Operational Data Provider(Areas of consideration in this critical category include, but are not limited to, corporate actions data, settlement instruction support, entity identifiers, financial messaging, reference data ops support, and support for data standards.)RIMES Reference Data ServiceBest FinTech Ops Start-Up(Recognizes a financial technology start-up, founded within the past five years, with a focus on operations that has devised innovative technology or services that enable end-user firms to differentiate themselves in the market.)Liquid HoldingsBest Middle-Office Solution(Spotlights providers that do an exceptionaljob of offering services and solutions for 38 middle-office operations such as IT resources, risk management, client reporting/management, client and security master database support, and services for the coding, figuration and verificationof trades.)DST AnovaBest Operational Risk Management Solution(Recognizes the provider that has shown the most creativity in mitigating operational risk, whether it is related to collateral management, data management, anti-money- laundering, disaster recovery, corporate governance or another issue that has a critical impact upon operational risk management.)SmartStream TLM Cash & Liquidity ManagementBest Outsourcing Provider(Cites the provider that can illustrate superiority in providing valuable, reliable, cost-effective and efficient outsourced services to the buy side.)SEIBest Performance Measurement and Attribution System(Focuses on the performance measurement solution that offers exemplary calculation of returns for benchmarks and composites portfolios, calculation of attribution effects for equity and fixed income portfolios, and calculation of ex-post risk, absolute and relative.)BI-SAMBest Pricing or Valuation Solution(Recognizes the service supplier that offers the broadest product coverage, partners that contribute pricing solutions, and the best valuation methodology and specificity for the buy side.)Numerix CrossAssetBest Reconciliation Solution(Focuses on the flexibility, completeness, ease-of-use and innovative features of a solution for automating and running the reconciliation and exceptions management process.)Gresham CTCBest Social Media and Compliance Solution(Focuses on a solution’s ability to monitor multiple streams of social media activity and aid clients in flagging and averting potentially harmful or illegal information posted to social media sites.)SmarshService Provider of the Year(Celebrates extraordinary client support, cooperation with fellow market participants and leadership in the industry.)SS&C TechnologiesFinTech Person of the Year(Recognizes a behind-the-scenes individual who has been highly effective in advancing a financial technology issue that has had a major impact upon the industry.)Stephen Marsh, CEO, SmarshOps Business Person of the Year(Honors an executive-level individual who has advanced the cause of financial technology innovation from the business side.)Cynthia Meyn, executive vice president, operations, PIMCOEditor’s Choice Award(Honors an individual, user firm or user group that has embarked upon a successful financial IT project or initiative that greatly improved operations.)Bart Chilton, former CFTC commissionerEditor’s Note: In August, FTF News published online a supplement celebrating the winners who attended the awards ceremony.FALL 2014 | FTF NEWS MAGAZINE