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OpenLink Recognized as 2009 Best Trading Platform Software Solution by World Finance Magazine
New York, March 16, 2009 / Business Wire: Open Link Financial, Inc. (“OpenLink”), a leading provider of cross-asset trading, risk management and operations processing software solutions, today announced that it has been voted as the Best Trading Platform Software Solution by World Finance magazine. OpenLink is proud to be recognized as a leader in the global financial services technology industry.
Kevin Hesselbirg, CEO, commented, "The recognition awarded to us by World Finance magazine is a very influential one and we are honored to receive it. We accept this award on behalf of our clients who continue to challenge our innovative capabilities to meet the difficult needs of the global financial market. It is very gratifying for our dedicated staff to be recognized as leaders and demonstrates our ongoing commitment to provide best-in-class software solutions to the industry, matched by unequalled client services."
The World Finance awards - created in 2007 to identify industry leaders, individuals, teams and organizations that represent the benchmark of achievement and best practice in the financial and business world - are entering their third year and reflect a wider spectrum of financial services and related industries than ever before.
“It gives me great pleasure to bestow upon Open Link Financial, Inc. the World Finance 2009 award for Best Trading Platform Software Solution. May the firm’s excellent work and devotion to their market continue,” stated Alexander Redcliffe, Editor, World Finance. The award was presented to Coleman Fung, OpenLink’s founder and Chairman of the Board, at the company’s new Asian office opening event, which was held at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore on February 26, 2009. To view the award video, please click http://worldfinance.tv/banking-finance/
The World Finance panel of independent awards adjudicators, headed up by editor Alexander Redcliffe, used a wide range of criteria, and the critical eye of a collective 170 years of financial journalism to inform its decision over the most pertinent categories to include in the 2009 awards, and to establish criteria for voters to consider, such as innovation, originality and quality of product, as well as proof of market development and excellence in client representation.
For more information about the rankings, visit: http://www.worldfinance.com/news/home/awards/article491.html
About OpenLink
Founded in 1992, OpenLink is a leading developer of cross-asset trading, risk management, and related operational and portfolio management software. OpenLink’s diverse client base of over 130 customers worldwide includes 10 of the top 25 largest energy companies by market capitalization, eight of the largest financial institutions and seven of the largest central banks, as well as major hedge funds and public utilities. Headquartered on Long Island, New York, and with offices in New York, Houston, London, Berlin, Vienna, São Paulo, Sydney, and Singapore, OpenLink has 700 employees worldwide.
About World Finance
World Finance is a leading financial magazine, produced every two months by World News Media from its global headquarters in London. Packed with authoritative news and features from World Finance’s team of award-winning journalists and correspondents, World Finance is supported by up-to-the minute, reliable data and detailed analysis of the most complex, dynamic and innovative issues facing business.
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Open Link Financial, Inc.
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