SunGard Wins Two Global Securities Finance Industry Awards

LONDON, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard has been recognized in the Global Securities Lending Industry Awards for the second year in a row, winning Global Technology Provider of the Year. Simon Heather, technical director for Apex, won the Outstanding Contribution Award for his work on SunGard's Martini and Apex solutions.

The awards recognize excellence in securities finance and are voted by Fundamentals Magazine readers.

Mark Latham, executive editor, Fundamentals Magazine, said, "Our readers have recognized that SunGard continues to demonstrate leadership in a time of dramatic change. We congratulate SunGard as well as Simon Heather for his contributions to the industry over the past 20 years."

Brian Traquair, president of SunGard's capital markets business, said, "We help our customers through technology development and deep expertise on the business and operations side. This continued recognition from Fundamentals' readers is testimony to our customers' confidence in our people and solutions, as well as our record of innovation."

About SunGard's Securities Finance Solutions

SunGard's securities finance solutions can help all types of securities finance market participant types improve their transparency, efficiency and business/systems networks. Customers all over the world rely on SunGard to fulfill their securities finance business needs through a comprehensive suite of securities finance solutions, from trade initiation through to final return; including order routing, trading, position management, operations, accounting, settlement, transaction analytics and benchmarking and trade automation services. For more information, please visit www.sungard.com/securitiesfinance.

About SunGard

SunGard is one of the world's leading software and technology services companies. SunGard has more than 20,000 employees and serves over 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With annual revenue of about $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 434 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and IT services company. Look for us wherever the mission is critical. For more information, visit www.sungard.com.

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo, Martini and Apex are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

For more information, please contact:
Adriana Senior
SunGard Financial Systems
Tel:  +1 718 578 1130
Email: [email protected]

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