Saxo Appoints Matteo Cassina as Global Head of Institutional Business

Hellerup, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) -

Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, today
appointed Matteo Cassina in a newly created position of Global Head
of Institutional Business. He will be based at Saxo Bank's London
office in Canary Wharf, and report to the co-CEOs and co-founders of
the Bank, Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen.

Matteo's appointment is an important step in Saxo Bank's strategy
to continue its rapid growth within the institutional space. For the
same reason Saxo is now placing its core institutional activities in
London.

Matteo Cassina has extensive senior experience in investment
banking as well as specific expertise in electronic trading, having
served as the Head of Prime Access SM for Goldman Sachs and Head of
Total Trader for Merrill Lynch. Matteo later served as President of
Citadel Execution Services, the broker dealer of the US Hedge Fund
and arguably the world's biggest and most profitable market maker.

In 2011 Financial News nominated him as one of the 10 most
influential people in the European Market Structure. As a former
Member of the Boerse Berlin Exchange Council and the Boerse Berlin
Supervisory Board, Matteo Cassina also brings extensive Regulatory
and Market Control experience and high level access to the industry.

Co-CEOs and co-founders Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen
said in a joint statement:

"The appointment of a Global Head of Institutional Business is a
major strategic step for Saxo Bank. Matteo brings considerable
experience and senior market presence, which will prove invaluable as
we continue to grow our business rapidly in both the institutional
and private retail space. We are proud to have Matteo Cassina on
board to drive the institutional growth out of London.

"Having refined our award-winning multi-asset trading platform for
many years, we are approaching the tipping point where traditional
players with old mainframe infrastructures are becoming less
competitive. Saxo's cloud based solution is disrupting the old ways
of doing business in the same way that we have seen technology
radically change other industries."

Matteo Cassina said:

"I worked for traditional investment banks for almost two decades
and feel extremely excited about the opportunity to leverage the
latest technology to empower our clients to engage with the markets
in an innovative new environment. My last 20 years have been about
banking; the next will be about applying radical new technology
within the investment banking sector."

As a sponsor of Team Tinkoff-Saxo for the past five seasons, Saxo
Bank is particularly pleased to welcome Matteo, who is a devoted
cycling enthusiast and a significant stake holder in Passoni, a
luxury Italian bicycle manufacturer. An Italian national, Matteo is
also fluent in English, French and Spanish.

About Saxo Bank

Saxo Bank is a leading online trading [http://www.saxobank.com/fo
rex?csref=b1744_Link_boilerplate_pressrelease ] and investment
specialist, offering private investors and institutional clients a
complete set of tools for their trading and investment strategies. A
fully licensed and regulated European bank, Saxo Bank enables clients
to trade FX, CFDs, ETFs, Stocks, Futures, Options and other
derivatives on our award-winning SaxoTrader platform, accessible on
PC [http://www.saxobank.com/trading-platforms/saxotrader ]s, tablet
[http://www.saxobank.com/trading-platforms/saxowebtrader ]s or
smartphone
[http://www.saxobank.com/trading-platforms/saxotrader-apps ]s through
a single account and available in more than 20 languages. The
platform is white-labelled by more than 100 major financial
institutions worldwide. Saxo Bank also offers professional portfolio
and fund management as well as traditional banking services through
Saxo Privatbank. Founded in 1992, Saxo Bank is headquartered in
Copenhagen and has offices in 25 countries throughout Europe, Asia,
the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Australia.

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Contact:
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Communications, +45-3065-4300, press@saxobank.com