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Scivantage Clients Score High in Barron's 2008 Best Online Broker Survey

Mar 17, 2008

• Two Scivantage Clients Scored in the Top 10, with Seven Clients Ranked Overall
• Scivantage Maxit Cited As Competitive Advantage

JERSEY CITY, NJ March 17, 2008 - Scivantage, a leading provider of web-based, front- and middle-office technology solutions to the financial services industry, today announced that seven of its clients scored high in this year's Barron's Best Online Broker Survey, including TradeKing who earned a Four-Star rating and a Top 10 ranking.

TradeKing, a nationally-licensed online broker dealer, ranked number six overall (out of 23 online brokers evaluated) and took home second place in the "Portfolio Analysis & Reports" category. The Barron's editors specifically recognized TradeKing for its "new, slick tools that focus on finding and executing options strategies" and highlighted the sites newest addition, Scivantage Maxit &trade

Scivantage Maxit proved itself as a competitive advantage by helping firms achieve high marks in this survey. According to Barron's, Scivantage Maxit is "an automated cost-basis and portfolio-tax reporting system that not only tracks capital gains, but also helps make better tax-related trading decisions." The article goes on to say that Maxit does a better job with options transactions than its competitors. Scivantage Maxit delivers accurate, adjusted cost basis and real-time, tax-based investment decision support to Investors, while providing a clear advantage to firm's working to improve their rankings and customer satisfaction overall.

"We are very proud that seven of our clients were recognized in this prestigious survey, and that our software solutions play a key role in their growth strategies," said Adnane Charchour, President and CEO of Scivantage. "We'd liked to congratulate all of our clients for their continued innovation in online brokerage. Barron's Annual Online Broker Survey recognizes the very best and showcases the hard work that goes into building a truly superior online experience for consumers."

In its 13th year, Barron's Annual Online Broker Survey reviewed web- and software-based brokers for the first time together, measuring overall brokerage performance based on eight key aspects: trade experience, trading technology, usability, range of offerings, research amenities, portfolio analysis and reporting, customer service and access and costs.