Advent Office Provides Total Solution for Asset Management Advisors.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1998--

- Advent Helps Integrate Operations, Expand Reach -

Asset Management Advisors Inc., ("AMA") a family office and investment advisory firm with $750 million in assets under management, recently signed a license agreement to use several Advent Software (NASDAQ: ADVS) solutions. These Advent solutions will replace AMA's previous system, SS&C's Total Return. Advent will accommodate the company's growing need for systems integration and enterprise-wide access.

To automate its operations, Asset Management Advisors will be implementing the following components from the Advent Office suite of enterprise investment management solutions: Axys(TM), for portfolio management, Advent Partner(TM) for partnership accounting practices, Qube(R) for client relationship management, and Rex(TM) for conducting automated reconciliation over the Internet.

"Our decision to switch from SS&C's Total Return to Advent Office was based largely on issues of integrating client relationship management across our geographically distributed operations," said AMA's vice president and chief operating officer Jonathan Carroll, speaking from the company's headquarters in Jupiter, Fla. "We recently established a subsidiary, Teton Trust Company, a full service private trust company located in Jackson, Wyo. Given this expansion, we wanted a system that could readily integrate with other system solutions. By integrating our operations and client administration, Advent Office will allow us to provide enterprise-wide access to client portfolios and projects. The bottom line is improved client service and operations productivity. In addition, Advent has demonstrated a commitment to creating solutions that not only adopt the latest technology, but that function throughout all levels of our enterprise - the front, middle and back office."

Added Kevin Lakin, controller, Asset Management Advisors, "We've been evaluating different vendors for the past 18 months. During that time, Advent has made major strides in the product development of Advent Partner, which will play a significant role in our operations capability. Advent also talked with us, listened to us and demonstrated a commitment to getting us up and running quickly and efficiently. The end result is a value-added solution that will make us more productive and profitable."

"Because technology is constantly evolving, Advent is constantly reevaluating the issues that companies find most important, such as integration, ease of use and product support," said Stephane DuBois, vice president of marketing for Advent Software. "We are committed to leveraging technology to provide solutions that address these needs and allow growing companies to focus on building their bottom line."

The Advent Office software suite consists of Axys(TM), the industry-standard portfolio management system; Qube(R), a client relationship management solution; Moxy(R), the most widely used intra-day order management solution; Advent Warehouse(TM), the world's first investment warehouse management solution; Advent Partner(TM), a partnership accounting solution; Rex(TM), the industry's first Internet-based automated reconciliation solution; and Advent Browser Reporting(TM), the industry's first Internet-based portfolio, performance and analytic reporting solution.

Advent Software Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise investment management solutions. The company provides a suite of complementary products for the front, middle and back offices of investment management organizations. The company's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol ADVS.

Editor's Note: For more information or to license Advent Software products, readers can contact Advent Software, 301 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94107; phone [phone], or visit Advent's Web site at http://www.advent.com.

Axys, Qube, Moxy, Advent Warehouse, Advent Partner, Advent Browser Reporting and Rex are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advent Software. All other products or services mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.