Nasdaq Wins 'Best Market Surveillance Provider'
July 18 2016 - 3:46PM
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ), the world's leading provider of market
technology, was recently selected as 'Best Market Surveillance
Provider' by Waters Technology's 2016 Waters Rankings. This is
the fourth consecutive win for Nasdaq’s SMARTS Trade Surveillance
product, which is currently used by over 120 market participants
across 139 global markets and across all asset classes.
Each year, Waters Rankings awards 30 winners in five sections:
Trading Services; Trading Tools; Data Management; Compliance, Risk
Management and the Back Office; and Infrastructure and
Connectivity. Waters Rankings is the only awards program offered by
Waters Technology where the category winners are determined
exclusively by the readers.
“We are extremely honored to be named ‘Best Market Surveillance
Provider’ by the readers of Waters Technology for the fourth year
in a row,” said Valerie Bannert-Thurner, Head of Risk and
Surveillance Solutions, Nasdaq. “With global markets constantly
evolving and several major regulations coming into play, it is a
crucial time for market participants, exchanges and regulators
alike to have systematic surveillance measures in place. To this
end, we continuously strive to deliver the most comprehensive and
innovative surveillance solutions, enabling our customers to
achieve the utmost transparency and insight.”
Nasdaq’s SMARTS Surveillance solutions enable compliance teams
to source, capture, and maintain all trading data elements required
to conduct in-depth analysis for cross-market, cross-asset market
abuse and market manipulation. Through direct customized exchange
feeds and drop copy connections, the SMARTS Surveillance
infrastructure sources complete member order and execution data —
including private trading data — directly from equities,
derivatives and commodities exchanges. SMARTS has over 1100 live
surveillance subscriptions globally.
SMARTS’ recognition throughout the past few years is a testament
to Nasdaq’s dedication to providing global market participants,
regulators and exchanges with unrivalled surveillance technology.
In addition to being selected as ‘Best Market Surveillance
Provider’ by Waters Technology’s Waters Rankings in 2013, 2014,
2015 and 2016, SMARTS has also received the Waters Sell-Side
Technology award for ‘Best Sell-Side Surveillance Product’ for
three consecutive years as well as this year’s EnergyRisk Awards’
#1 Trade Surveillance Vendor and OpRisk Awards’ ‘Best Financial
Crime Product’ and ‘Best Overall Provider’.
SMARTS Surveillance solutions power monitoring for more than 120
market participants, 45 exchanges and 13 regulators globally.
About Nasdaq
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading provider of
trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and
public company services across six continents. Through its diverse
portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize
and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven
technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating
today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first
electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 70
marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities
transactions. Nasdaq is home to 3,700 listed companies with a
market value of $9.3 trillion and over 17,000 corporate clients. To
learn more, visit nasdaq.com/ambition or business.nasdaq.com.
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