Smartstream Wins Best Reference Data Managed Service at the IMD & IRD Awards 2026

Smartstream has won the Best Reference Data Managed Service category at WatersTechnology’s Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data (IMD & IRD) Awards 2026, announced on 25 September 2026. The award is one of 31 categories recognising market and reference data providers, with this year’s winners also including Bloomberg, LSEG, S&P Global Market Intelligence and Exegy, each named winner in two categories.

The win recognises Smart Data, Smartstream’s managed reference data service, which sources and normalises security and regulatory data from more than 100 exchanges worldwide. By cleansing and cross-referencing data before markets open, Smart Data has helped clients reduce data error interactions by up to 85%, freeing operations teams from manual data management. To find out how Smart Data can support your reference data operations, get in touch with the Smartstream team.