Saxo Bank Named Best Online Platform by Shares Magazine

Saxo Bank's WebTrader platformwas named "Best Online Trading Platform 2010" at the Shares Awards dinnerThursday night at the Grosvenor House Hotel hosted by Shares Magazine, a weekly publication for stock marketprofessionals and private investors.

Voted for by the readers of Shares Magazine, Saxo Bank's establishedWebTrader platform enables clients to trade Forex,CFDs, Stocks, Equities , Futures, Options and other derivatives. It also forms the basis of MSNTrader, a platform launched by SaxoBank and Microsoft earlier this week. The MSN Trader will be presented at the World MoneyShow in London on 12 and 13 November.

The Shares Awards recognise excellence in all sectors of the investment,trading and securities industries and have been designed to find the verybest providers across a range of categories including stock broking,derivatives trading, online research, software and fund management.

About Saxo Bank

Saxo Bank is an online trading and investment specialist. The Bankenables clients to trade Forex, CFDs, Stocks, Equities , Futures, Options and other derivatives via three specialised andintegrated trading platforms; the browser-based SaxoWebTrader,the downloadable SaxoTrader and the SaxoMobileTrader, a mobile phone trading platform. The platforms areavailable in over 20 languages and available directly through Saxo Bank orthrough one of the Bank's institutional clients. Saxo Asset Management waslaunched in 2009 to accommodate the highest segment of wealthy investors.Saxo Bank is headquartered in Copenhagen with offices in Australia, the CzechRepublic, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain,Switzerland, UK, and the United Arab Emirates.

About Shares

Shares is the leading weekly publication for stock market professionalsand private investors and as such is read weekly by thousands of analysts,fund managers, stockbrokers, company directors and private investors. TheShares team of expert writers are highly regarded in the City and theircomment frequently influences the market's view of individual companies andtheir underlying share price. The magazine's easy-to-read style and depth ofanalysis has made it the indispensable weekly read for those activelyinvesting in the UK stock market today. Since its launch in 1999, Shares hasdeveloped a strong following from those who trade regularly on the stockmarket. With the unveiling of a new look in April 2008 the magazine has nowbroadened its coverage and introduced additional editorial features in orderto extend its readership within the stock market community - particularlycompany senior executives, stockbrokers, fund managers and analysts.