2007 FINALISTS

The finalists in the Inside Market Data Awards 2007 were as follows:

All finalists listed alphabetically

USER CATEGORIES

< Market Data Executive of the Year >
> Amy Harkins, Mellon Financial Corp
> Sally Hinds, HSBC
> John Ong, Barclays Capital

< Best Market Data Team >
> HSBC
> Lehman Brothers
> Mellon Financial Corp

< Best Real-Time Market Data Initiative >
> Cutler Group, Cutting Latency for NYSE-Arca Access
> Jefferies & Co, Market Data in the JETS Trading System
> Lehman Brothers, Cost Management Initiative

< Best Enterprise Data Management Initiative > sponsored by Inside Reference Data
> Mellon Financial, data management platform
> Mellon Financial, vendor management initiative
> Wachovia, EDM Initiative

< Best Reference Data Initiative > sponsored by Inside Reference Data
> American Century Investments, reference data initiative
> AXA Investment managers, DALI's project
> Wachovia, reference data architecture

< Most Innovative Market Data Project >
> Automated Trading Desk, Deploys New Data Middleware for Options Trading
> Merrill Lynch, Installs Integrated Wall Street Source/ AOL IM solution
> Project Boat, Consortium of Leading Banks Exploits MiFID Data Rules

VENDOR CATEGORIES

< Best Data Provider (Vendor)>
> Bloomberg
> Interactive Data
> Reuters
> Telekurs Financial
> Thomson Financial

< Best Data Provider (Exchange) >
> Chicago Mercantile Exchange
> Euronext
> London Stock Exchange
> Nasdaq
> New York Stock Exchange

< Best Data Provider (Broker) >
> Cantor Market Data
> GFI
> Icap Information
> Tullett Prebon Information

< Best Data Provider for Equities >
> Bloomberg
> Interactive Data Real-Time Services (ComStock)
> Reuters
> Thomson Financial

< Best Data Provider for Derivatives >
> Bloomberg
> Markit
> Reuters
> SuperDerivatives

< Best Data Provider for Fixed Income >
> Bloomberg
> Cantor Market Data
> Icap Information (GovPX and Brokertec)
> Reuters (Telerate)
> Thomson TradeWeb

< Best Data Provider for Foreign Exchange >
> Bloomberg
> Icap Information (EBS)
> Reuters
> Thomson Financial

< Best News Provider >
> Bloomberg News
> Dow Jones Newswires
> Reuters News

< Best Research Provider >
> FactSet
> Reuters
> Standard & Poor’s
> Thomson Financial

< Best Analytics Provider >
> Aspen Graphics
> CQG
> S&P Compustat
> Vhayu

< Best Reference Data Provider > sponsored by Inside Reference Data
> Interactive Data
> London Stock Exchange
> Markit
> Reuters
> Standard & Poor’s

< Best Enterprise Data Management Vendor > sponsored by Inside Reference Data
> Accenture
> Asset Control
> IBM
> Reuters
> SunGard Fame

< Best Low Latency Data Vendor >
> Activ Financial
> Reuters DataFeed Direct
> Wombat Financial Software

< Best New Data Product >
> Dow Jones News and Archives for Algorithmic Applications
> GFI MarketHub
> Nasdaq Market Analytix
> Reuters NewScope Real-Time and Archive

< Acquisition of the Year >
> Dow Jones – Factiva (buy out)
> Euronext – CompanyNews and Hugin
> Markit – MarketXS
> Wombat – Harco

< Contract Win of the Year >
> Thomson signs deal for 1,400 positions of Thomson One at Hilliard Lyons
> Wall Street source combined with AOL Instant Messenger at Merrill Lynch
> Wombat Financial Software and Vhayu combined platform rolled out at Bear Stearns