CSFBdirect Consistently Tops 'Best of the Web' Ratings Worldwide; Outperforms Competitors in Middle East, London, Hong Kong, Japan, USA.Business Editors JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2001 Selecting an online brokerage service may be a daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task for some, but apparently not for the experts who rate the best online brokerage services every year. CSFBdirect (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DIR), the online brokerage service of Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. , has swept the winter 2000-2001 ratings season. This is the firm's best year yet for accolades -- not only in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , but also in Europe and Asia. Having received Barron's "#1 Online Broker" rating, the highest designation given in the Dow Jones business and financial weekly's annual rating of online brokerage services, CSFBdirect completed a sweep of the top awards for the online brokerage industry around the world. "We are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. -- although not surprised -- that so many ranking teams, as well as investors themselves have selected CSFBdirect as the best online brokerage service in the U.S., London, Japan, Hong Kong and Middle East," said Blake Darcy, Chief Executive Officer of CSFBdirect. "Our commitment to excellence and sustained superior performance is why we have more than one million highly satisfied customers worldwide." In competitive analyses, CSFBdirect has consistently received praise from industry associations, key financial publications, and published research studies for: - Reliability - Customer Access - Transaction Performance - Proprietary Software MarketSpeed(TM) - Ease of Use - Range of Offerings - Research "As investors gain experience and become more sophisticated, CSFBdirect has kept information current by investing in technology and upgrades to remain ahead of the competition," Darcy said. "Our ongoing commitment remains to provide serious, self-directed investors with the most dependable service and a complete selection of resources to manage their finances." Over the past year, the following organizations have ranked CSFBdirect in the top-tier among online brokers: - No.1 Four-Star Rating, Barron's (third four-star rating in four years) - Ranked No.1, American Association of Individual Investors American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) A not-for-profit organization to educate individual investors about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other financial instruments. (AAII AAII See: American Association of Individual Investors ) - Ranked No.1, Keynote Systems, Inc. - Ranked No.1, Next magazine Award (Hong Kong) - Ranked No.1, Gomez Internet Brokerage Scorecard (Japan, second year) - "Best Online Brokerage Service," 2001 Codie Awards, Software & Information Industry Association (second consecutive year) - "Best for Site Reliability," TheStreet.com - "Top Online Broker," Worth magazine - "Best of the Web," Forbes.com - "Best Bet, Feature Rich," PC World magazine - "Best Financial Services," Visa/Arabian Business.com Awards (Middle East) "Surveys are especially valuable in today's volatile market as individual investors seek to find the online brokerage that best meets their needs and leads them through the multitude of investment options offered today," added Darcy. "CSFBdirect will continue to offer excellence in advanced technology and product innovation, enabling self-directed investors to effortlessly manage their online investments." About CSFBdirect CSFBdirect is one of the world's premier online brokerage firms offering a diversified range of investment products and services to sophisticated, self-directed investors. As of December 31, 2000, CSFBdirect had over one million worldwide customer accounts representing nearly $23 billion in assets. CSFBdirect has received numerous honors over the past year, including a number one "4-Stars" rating in March 2001 by Barron's; "Best of the Web" in March 2001 by Forbes.com; "Best Online Brokerage Service" in March 2001 by the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association, Washington, DC, www.siia.net) A trade organization devoted to the health and welfare of the software and digital content industry by providing support in government relations, business development, education and intellectual property ); "#1 Online Brokerage" in March 2001 by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII); number one for "Transaction Performance and Transaction Success Rate" in February 2001 by Keynote Systems, Inc.; "Best for Site Reliability" in August 2000 by TheStreet.com's Online Broker Survey; "Top Online Broker" by the 2000 Readers' Choice Awards, Worth magazine; and "Best Bet, Feature Rich" in May 2000 by PC World magazine. Headquartered in Jersey City, NJ with offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Charlotte, NC, Delray Beach, FL, Sandy City, UT, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Dubai, CSFBdirect employs more than 1,650 people. CSFBdirect trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "DIR" as a tracking stock of Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc. For more information on CSFBdirect, visit the company's Web site at www.CSFBdirect.com. About Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB CSFB Credit Suisse First Boston CSFB Cyclically Shifted Filter Bank ) is a leading global investment banking firm serving institutional, corporate, government and individual clients. CSFB's businesses include securities underwriting, sales and trading, investment banking, private equity, financial advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , investment research, venture capital, correspondent brokerage services and retail online brokerage services. It operates in over 97 locations across more than 37 countries and 6 continents, and has some 28,000 staff worldwide. The Firm is a business unit of the Zurich based Credit Suisse Group, a leading global financial services company. |
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