Saxo Bank Co-Founders Recognised for Their Contribution to Innovation in Trading Technology

Hellerup, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) -

Saxo Bank, the leading online trading and investment specialist,
today announces that Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen, co-CEOs
and co-founders of Saxo Bank, have been named in Institutional
Investor's Tech 50 for the sixth successive year in recognition of
their contribution to technological change and innovation within the
financial services sector.

The accolade comes during a year in which Saxo Bank launched
TradingFloor.com, a multi-asset social trading platform. The new
platform enables traders around the world to share their trades with
peers and transforms trading into a social experience.

The Tech 50 list is published annually by Institutional Investor,
a leading international business to business publisher. The exclusive
list recognises leaders who demonstrate excellence, provide
inspiration and demonstrate creativity through the use of technology
in the financial services industry. As the pace of technological
change in financial services continues to grow, so does the prestige
of being included in Institutional Investor's Tech 50.

Saxo Bank has always been a pioneer in financial technology. While
Lars Seier Christensen is recognised for developing Saxo Bank into
one of the key players in the trading space, Kim Fournais has always
focussed on driving the bank's cutting edge initiatives across its
technology services and platforms.

Following the publication of the Top Tech 50 names, Kim Fournais
and Lars Seier Christensen commented in a joint statement:

"We are delighted to be recognised, once again in Institutional
Investor's Tech 50, among so many talented peers who together are
pushing the boundaries of how technology underpins today's financial
services industry.

"Technological innovation in the financial services industry has
started to gather pace as the industry recovers from the hangover of
the global financial crisis. For too long, financial institutions
have relied on traditional channels of client communications; now
clients are leading behavioural change to which the industry is
rushing to adapt. The tipping point - which the consumer industry
experienced a decade ago - is now reaching the financial markets;
innovation is now firmly at the gates. We recognised this shift early
on and, as a result, Saxo's multi-asset trading platform is pushing
the boundaries of what is technologically possible."

Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen have been named in
Institutional Investor's Tech 50 list in the following years: 2008,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and now, 2014. The list was not compiled in
2009.

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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.
Its financial community portal, TradingFloor.com
[https://www.tradingfloor.com ], is the first multi-asset social
trading platform. 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:
Kasper Elbjørn, Head of International Communications,
+45-3065-4300, press@saxobank.com