STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 10, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- NeoNet, an international agency brokerage providing efficient electronic equity execution services for the institutional investor industry, today announced that it has been nominated Best Electronic Brokerage for Equities in Europe by leading financial industry publication Financial News.
The nomination is a part of the Financial News hosted event IT Excellence in Investment Banking in Europe that covers a large spectrum of the financial industry. Five other companies are nominated in the same category as NeoNet and the winners will be announced 17th September in London.
In each category, Financial News' team of specialist IT journalists and its correspondents have compiled a shortlist of between five and ten candidates. To decide the Awards, Financial News has assembled a distinguished panel of more than 40 consultants, banks, electronic brokerages and vendors to vote on the nominated groups in each category. For more information see www.efinancialnews.com/awards/it2003/
"We see the nomination in Best Electronic Brokerage in Equities as yet a confirmation of the market's appreciation of our offering, where institutional clients around the world can trade directly on the European and U.S. exchanges," said Torvald Bohlin, CEO of NeoNet.
Since inception in 1996 NeoNet has focused on efficient and neutral agency brokerage. NeoNet provides the institutional investor industry with execution services offering a single point of access to leading equity marketplaces worldwide. Clients can execute orders using electronic direct market access or through NeoNet's international trading desk. NeoNet has offices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Stockholm, is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (ticker NEO), and has clients in 14 countries globally.
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Company contacts: Torvald Bohlin Magnus Karlsson CEO of NeoNet Communications, NeoNet Tel. +46 70 623 62 60 +46 8 454 15 46 torvald.bohlin@neonet.biz magnus.karlsson@neonet.biz NeoNet U.S. PR contact: NeoNet's U.K. PR-agency contact: Damon Leavell, Spring O'Brien Stefanie Davidson/Kelly O'Brien, Cognito +1 973.267.8800 +44 20 7936 9058 damonl@spring-obrien.com stefanie.davidson@cognitomedia.com