NEW YORK, April 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hanweck, a leading provider of real-time risk analytics on global derivatives markets, today announced that it has been recognized as the best small employer in New York by the Best Companies to Work for in New York State for 2018. The Best Companies to Work for in New York State awards are a distinctive program that evaluates and ranks the best places of employment based on employee satisfaction and engagement, as well as workplace practices and policies. Hanweck was ranked first out of 27 finalists in the category.
Commenting on the award, CEO and Founder Gerald A. Hanweck Jr., PhD, said, “We are honored to be named the top employer in our category for the second year in a row. Fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment is essential to our continued growth and success, and this award affirms our successful efforts to maintain our strong culture even as we have expanded this year into new business areas.”
Nicole Ojakian, Director of Human Resources at Hanweck, added, “We strive to build an ‘employee first’ work environment. In order to provide exemplary service to our customers, we seek to foster a culture where our employees are engaged, supported and challenged. We review our benefits package annually to ensure we are able to attract and retain leading talent in the highly competitive technology space.”
Hanweck’s growing team of professionals has considerable depth in technology, and experience from some of the world’s leading financial institutions across a range of disciplines that include quantitative research and modeling, trading and market making, and risk management.
The Best Companies to Work for in New York State awards is a partnership of the New York State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management, The Business Council of New York, Best Companies Group and BridgeTower Media. For more information on the Best Companies to Work for in New York State program, including the entire list of winning companies, please visit www.BestCompaniesNY.com.
About Hanweck
Hanweck is the leading provider of real-time risk analytics on global derivatives markets focusing on the large-scale risk problems of banks, broker/dealers, hedge funds, central counterparties and exchanges -- where the number of instruments and positions number in the millions. Hanweck delivers its risk analytics as a real-time service -- usually in the form of a data feed -- dramatically simplifying integration with its customers' risk architecture. Hanweck's institutional investors include Nasdaq and Argentum, a New York-based private equity firm. For more information, please visit www.hanweck.com or follow Hanweck on Twitter and LinkedIn.