Chartis Names SunGard a Category Leader in Enterprise Collateral ...

October 11, 2012 ? New York, NY

Chartis Research has positioned?SunGard Financial Systems as a category leader in its RiskTech Quadrant for enterprise collateral management solutions. SunGard is the only vendor recognized as a category leader for both the trading and banking books.

Chartis, a research and advisory firm that provides technology and business advice to the global risk management industry, analyzed a range of collateral management solutions for their completeness and market potential. SunGard?s?Apex Collateral and Ambit Core Banking?s collateral management solution scored highly in both dimensions.

SunGard?s Apex Collateral helps collateral traders, risk professionals, operations staff and senior management manage and optimize their collateral on an enterprise-wide basis. It offers a single platform for trading and collateral optimization using sophisticated numerical algorithms directly from a real-time, consolidated global inventory. Apex Collateral supports lean collateral operations through straight-through processing and a real-time ?launchpad? screen that provides a streamlined workflow for collateral practitioners. Its collateral analytics engine aids trading decisions to help minimize overall margin requirements.

SunGard?s Ambit Core Banking suite also offers collateral management capabilities. The suite facilitates the collateralization of the banking book lending activities through financial and non-financial assets. Ambit Core Banking is built on a services-based architecture and manages the full lifecycle of a collateral asset, including registration, assignment of the asset, valuation, maintenance and release/realization of the asset. Ambit Core Banking?s collateral management functionality includes limits management, reporting, workflow management, and cross-collateralization for many-to-many deals.

Peyman Mestchian, managing partner at Chartis Research, said, ?Technology providers need to be able to support the shift of collateral management from a fragmented, cost-focused discipline to an enterprise-wide, dynamic process that manages collateral to raise revenue as well as keep costs down. As a category leader, SunGard can demonstrate a clear strategy for sustainable, profitable growth as well as best-in-class solutions. SunGard also has the range and diversity of offerings, sector coverage, and financial strength to be able to absorb demand volatility in specific industry sectors or geographic regions.?

Harold Finders, chief executive officer, SunGard Financial Systems, said, ?The move to central clearing and increased capital charges are creating greater demand for high quality collateral, making it imperative for firms to manage their collateral across business lines and asset classes. SunGard?s Apex Collateral and Ambit Core Banking?s collateral management solutions provide real-time, enterprise-wide views to help firms optimize their collateral across the organization. By naming SunGard a category leader in collateral management solutions, Chartis recognizes the depth and breadth of our solutions and our experience in this space.?

Watch Peyman Mestchian?discuss enterprise collateral management.

About Chartis

Chartis is the leading provider of research and analysis on the global market for risk technology. Its goal is to support enterprises as they drive business performance through better risk management, corporate governance and compliance. Chartis helps clients make informed technology and business decisions by providing in-depth analysis and actionable advice on virtually all aspects of risk technology. RiskTech Quadrant is a Registered Trademark of Chartis Research Limited. Chartis Research is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for providing investment advice - (http://www.chartis-research.com).

About SunGard?s Ambit

SunGard's Ambit is a banking solution suite for retail, commercial and private banks. It provides banking professionals with solutions that support front, middle and back-office operations, as well as solutions for financial management, risk and performance. Ambit helps banks retain and acquire customers, improve staff efficiency and effectively measure and allocate their capital. For more information, visit www.sungard.com/ambit.

About SunGard?s Apex Collateral

SunGard?s Apex Collateral solution helps collateral traders, heads of trading desks, risk professionals, operations staff and senior management manage and optimize their collateral on an enterprise-wide basis. Apex Collateral offers a single platform for trading directly from a real-time, consolidated global inventory as well as supporting operational requirements for underlying securities lending, repo and derivative transactions. It uses numerical algorithms to automatically allocate collateral in the optimal way, helping firms minimize costs and maximize return on assets. For more information, please visit www.sungard.com/enterprisecollateral.

About SunGard

SunGard is one of the world?s leading software and technology services companies. SunGard has more than 17,000 employees and serves approximately 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 $4.5 billion, SunGard is the largest privately held software and services company and is ranked 480 on the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit www.sungard.com.

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo, Ambit 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.

? SunGard 2012.?All rights reserved.

Source: http://www.sungard.com/pressreleases/2012/ambitapex101112.aspx

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