ADVFN Regulatory News (AFN)

News Release

March 18th, 2020

Winners of the ADVFN International Financial Awards 2020 announced

- high level of investment trust constituents in most extensive awards to date -

ADVFN today announces the winners of the sixth annual ADVFN International Financial Awards.

The panel-judged awards, which recognise and celebrate the best of breed products and services from across the global financial industry, have honoured 81 companies and individuals - ADVFN's largest ever awards programme. Winners have been selected from across the spectrum and range from advisers, platform providers and trusts to exchanges, financial journalists and publications.

Many categories have remained consistent since the inception of the awards in 2015, including: Best Execution Only Broker, Self Select ISA Provider of the Year, Best Low Cost Stockbroker, Wealth Manager of the Year and Best CFD Provider with further categories added each year to reflect developments in the global markets and the changing appetites of investors and traders. Best Bullion Exchange, Best ESG Trust and Best Alternative Market are amongst the new additions for 2020. A large tranche of awards has been given to funds and trusts including BlackRock, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Martin Currie.

Trusts and funds have been a big focus for ADVFN in the last year. Renewed investor enthusiasm in this market saw the 2019 launch of ADVFN's Funds Showcase.

Full information about all of the categories and winners can be found on the ADVFN International Financial Awards 2020 website: http://uk.advfn.com/awards Follow @ADVFN on Twitter for all awards news and on Facebook (#ADVFNawards).

"This year's all-encompassing awards reflect the variety and diversity of the financial products, information and services currently available to retail investors and traders, and we are delighted to commend all those in the sector that have excelled," said Clem Chambers, CEO of ADVFN. "2020 has so far been a rollercoaster of a year with current global events impacting heavily on economies and markets. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all in the industry and beyond well in the coming months."

The winners of the ADVFN International Financial Awards 2020:

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NOTES TO EDITORS

About ADVFN

ADVFN (www.advfn.com) is an award-winning global stocks, shares and crypto information website providing market-leading financial tools and data to private investors around the world.

Offering real-time share prices, news feeds, charting, portfolio management, monitor lists, financials, data from global stock exchanges, Level 2 and the most active financial bulletin board in the UK (along with many other features), the site is the destination of choice for day traders and retail investors.

Established in the last quarter of 1999, ADVFN (LSE:AFN) was floated on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in March 2000. The site currently has approximately 36 million users worldwide and a billion page impressions a year.

Originally a UK-based site, the company currently operates in the US, UK, Brazil, Japan and Dubai.

ADVFN has a joint venture in Brazil, a country in which ADVFN has a geographic and language targeted website. This is in addition to its US, French, German, Italian, Canadian, Japanese, Indian, Mexican and Filipino ADVFN financial sites.

In September 2006 ADVFN acquired InvestorsHub.com, a leading online investment community website in the North American market.

ADVFN bought AllIPO, an online IPO trading platform, as well as stock brokerages TSCTrade and Throgmorton Street Capital in July 2009.

In 2013 ADVFN acquired Finance Manila, a key resource in a rapidly growing market economy.

For further press information, please contact: Francesca De Franco on: 0794 125 3135 or email francescad@advfnplc.com