SunGard's Adaptiv Wins Two Awards in 2011 Waters Rankings

LONDON, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard's Adaptiv has won two awards from Waters magazine for Best Counterparty Risk Management Provider and Best Market Risk Solution Provider.

This is the third year in a row that SunGard placed first in the Waters Rankings for Best Counterparty Risk Management Provider. Adaptiv helps customers measure, manage, and control counterparty credit exposure in real time on an enterprise-wide basis. Best Market Risk Solution Provider was also awarded to Adaptiv, which helps firms calculate, analyze and report market risk.

The Waters Rankings are determined by readers of Waters magazine, who this year voted in 26 categories across the global financial services industry.

Mat Newman, vice president of product management for SunGard's Adaptiv business unit, said, "The Adaptiv solution suite helps customers improve transparency into risk data, and therefore gain ability to better understand and manage risk. The solution helps customers meet regulatory demands, including gaining internal model approval under existing regulations or preparing for new requirements such as those around CVA."

About SunGard's Adaptiv

SunGard's Adaptiv provides enterprise-wide credit and market risk management and operations solutions for financial services institutions.  Adaptiv assists institutions of varying size and complexity to deploy technology to meet both internal and regulatory requirements for risk management and operational control.  Adaptiv helps financial services institutions from the banking, hedge fund, asset management, insurance and corporate sectors with our deep understanding of risk management and operational processes. Find out more at www.sungard.com/enterpriserisk.

About SunGard

SunGard is one of the world's leading software and technology services companies.  SunGard has more than 20,000 employees and serves 25,000 customers in 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher 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 and Adaptiv 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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