ADVISORY/Macgregor to Present On Best Execution at Asian FIX Committee's First Conference.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Thursday (March 20)

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Macgregor will be a presenter at the Asian FIX Conference 2003 on March 20, at the Conrad International hotel in Hong Kong. Kevin Milne, Macgregor's EVP International, will be presenting "The Role of an OMS in Achieving Best Execution".

Milne commented, "In Asia there is less formal regulation on best execution practices than there is in the US and UK markets. Nonetheless, Asian fund managers are under increasing pressure from their clients to achieve best execution. Order management systems and FIX can help. I am excited to have an opportunity to speak publicly in a region where the adoption of trade order management systems and FIX is on the rise."

About Macgregor

Founded in 1991, Macgregor has set the standard in trade order management systems for the global buy-side community. Macgregor's unique architectural approach to developing workflow solutions is embodied in its Extended Order Management System, the Macgregor Financial Trading Platform (MFTP), which combines powerful decision support, compliance, trading and post-trade tools with a fully integrated and supported FIX network (MFN). This system helps move information through the entire investment process with increased speed, accuracy, and efficiency, resulting in better investment performance. Macgregor's extended architecture affords its clients and partners the efficiencies and power that can only be achieved through a large, diverse and well-connected community of users. With over 220 employees located in offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, London, Hong Kong and Madrid, Macgregor helps more than 85 of the largest institutions in the world manage over $5.5T in global assets.