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Highline Financial Announces Strategic New Direction for Company Under CEO Terry Waters
Firm to Expand Flagship HighlineFI Platform, Offering Marketplace Critical Banking Data and Analytics
| Source: Highline Financial
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - January 12, 2010) - Highline
Financial, the preferred source for banking information and tools for
the financial sector, today announced a strategic new direction for the
company and the expansion of its flagship HighlineFI product, to be led by
information industry veteran Terry Waters, the company's new President &
CEO.
Under Mr. Waters' leadership, Highline Financial will continue to focus on
its leadership in the banking sector while
evolving into the capital markets space. This will be achieved through
strategic partnerships and the delivery of new core capabilities in the
HighlineFI platform, which is designed to deliver timely, accurate and
comprehensive banking data and analytics efficiently to senior
executives and their teams, allowing them to manage financial risks and
make the right investment decisions.
Mr. Waters, who joined the company in May, was recruited to lead Highline
Financial through this new phase of growth.
To meet the fast-changing demands of its current and new clients, Highline
Financial has invested in significant product and technology upgrades on
the HighlineFI platform. These improvements include: website UI and
platform upgrades; capital markets database expansion; improved tools and
dashboards, daily news offerings and enhanced analytics.
The result is an offering that is flexible, provides clients with an ease
of doing business, and at a lower cost of ownership. "Terry's extensive
background in leading information and business services companies made him
the ideal choice to head up this next phase in the evolution and history of
Highline Financial," said Rick Patterson, Partner at Spire Capital
Partners, a key investor in Highline Financial. "With his insight,
experience and leadership, Terry has begun the process of opening up new
markets for the HighlineFI product, and building new strategic partnerships
with best-of-breed leaders in the financial sector. He will concentrate on
leading the Highline Financial team in winning market share and new client
mandates as the company embarks on a phase of fast track growth to meet
demand."
Mr.
Waters, CEO of Highline Financial, commented: "Senior executives and
their teams at our top clients are seeking a best-in-class source of
banking data and analytics to inform their daily investment and business
decisions. Our investment in the new HighlineFI platform reflects our
commitment to developing the products and services that respond to the
needs of our current and evolving markets. Our comprehensive suite of
information products and tools, as well as our open business partnership
policy, addresses the operational requirements of our financial sector
clients."
Mr. Waters brings to Highline Financial extensive strategic and operational
experience in the business and information services sector serving
financial services, information technology, government and other sectors.
Previously, he was a senior executive with Gartner, the world's leading
provider of research and advisory services for the global information
technology industry.
About Highline Financial
Highline Financial is the preferred source of banking information and tools
with decades of experience serving the financial industry. Our mission is
to deliver the highest quality and most relevant banking data and analytics
solutions that enable our clients to manage financial risks and make
profitable investment decisions every day, at a lower cost of ownership. We
do this by combining our focused industry expertise in banking with best of
breed industry partnerships to fulfill the real-time strategic needs of
executives, business leaders and analysts in financial institutions,
corporations and public sector agencies. For more information visit
www.highlinefi.com