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SuperDerivatives®, the benchmark for derivatives pricing and the leading provider of multi-asset front-office systems, risk management, revaluation and online options trading solutions, today announced the appointment of Chris Zingo as vice president sales and support for the Americas. Mr. Zingo will be based in the company’s Americas headquarters in New York.
Before joining SuperDerivatives, Chris served as senior managing director for Thomson Financial’s Corporate Services Group in North America where he was responsible for sales and services for Thomson’s corporate customers. Prior to this, Chris was vice president of sales at Bloomberg LP, where he led the sales efforts for the company’s desktop, trading, and portfolio order management services. Chris began his career as a trader for Weiss Peck and Grier in New York.
“We have seen increased demand for our products and services in the North and Latin American markets, leading to our further expansion in these regions,” said Russel Levi, executive vice president and global head of sales, SuperDerivatives. “Chris brings to SuperDerivatives a proven track record building sales teams and driving revenue growth for major players in the financial services industry. His leadership will be instrumental in enabling us to continue to deliver superb solutions and services to our clients.”
Chris Zingo, vice president, sales and support, Americas, SuperDerivatives commented, “I am excited to be joining SuperDerivatives at this time as the company is in a prime position to address the acute industry need for accurate derivatives pricing and revaluation. Having served with world class organizations such as Thomson and Bloomberg, I see a great opportunity for SuperDerivatives to fortify its position as a leading technology and service provider for the derivatives market.”
SuperDerivatives’ products and services are used by numerous companies from both the buy and sell side. Its real-time pricing platforms are used by most banks around the world, as well as numerous corporations, asset managers, hedge funds, auditors and official institutions. SuperDerivatives’ Revaluation service is used by numerous banks, hedge funds, asset managers, fund administrators and auditors and is considered by many as the most accurate service in the market due to its leading combination of productivity, accuracy and coverage.
The SuperDerivatives’ benchmark option pricing model is the only publicly available and market tested model whose accuracy in generating real market prices for all types of derivatives has been proven and validated continuously for several years.
SuperDerivatives recently was recognized as Best Provider of Derivatives Data 2007 by an Inside Market Data poll.
About SuperDerivatives
SuperDerivatives is transforming the world of options by introducing transparency to all major traded derivative classes including foreign currency, interest rates, equities, commodities, energy and credit. Providing prices that reflect the inter-dealer market has led the company’s web-based, market-calibrated platforms to be widely accepted as the benchmark for options pricing. Trading professionals on both the buy and sell side benefit daily from SuperDerivatives’ unique combination of unbiased, aggregated market data and sophisticated modeling techniques.
The company also provides fully fledged risk management systems, an on-line trading platform, award winning derivatives data, and Independent portfolio revaluation services. Customers include leading banks, hedge funds, asset managers, custodians and hedge fund administrators in over 60 countries, supported by a global network of SuperDerivatives offices with 24/7 support services.
www.superderivatives.com
