J O Hambro Investment Management Ltd. Partners with SunGard to Adapt APSYS III to UK Market.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2003 SunGard Investment Management Systems, an operating group of SunGard (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SDS 1. (company) SDS - Scientific Data Systems. 2. (tool) SDS - Schema Definition Set. ), today announced that J O Hambro Investment Management (JOHIM JOHIM JO Hambro Investment Management Ltd (UK) ), an established UK private client investment manager, has signed a partnership with SunGard to adapt APSYS III to the UK market. APSYS III is a flexible, multi-lingual, multi-currency, multi-entity, real-time, front-to-back solution designed primarily for financial institutions to serve their private investment management clients. SunGard Investment Management Systems is a leading international provider of investment management software solutions for the front-, middle- and back-office activities of global asset management firms This is a list of corporations that provide financial asset management.
JOHIM has been using SunGard's ePal solution for over fourteen years. ePAL is a comprehensive, front-to-back investment, accounting and reporting service for managers of private clients. JOHIM believes that its use of ePAL has helped in its success with its clients, by allowing the firm to focus on its core skills of investment and client management. JOHIM plans to implement APSYS III in the UK to cover multi-currency needs and generation of orders, and to achieve better automation with internal and external straight-through processing straight-through processing The direct exchange of cash and securities. Straight-through processing is a major objective for cross-border transactions that are generally much more costly to settle compared to domestic transactions. . The company also expects that a more modern database will enable it to support higher volumes. The existing functionality of ePAL will be integrated into the UK compliant version of APSYS III. JOHIM, which specialises in the management of investment portfolios for private clients, will also use the new solution to enhance its investment service with a high level of quality reporting, via the Web. APSYS offers great flexibility, being available on a fully outsourced, partially outsourced or bureau offering. Andrew Steel, finance director at JOHIM, commented, "We believe APSYS is well positioned to provide great flexibility and is the ideal multi-currency solution to support us in providing excellent service to our discerning dis·cern·ing adj. Exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; perceptive. dis·cern  ing·ly adv. international clientele." John Munro
interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" ." About J O Hambro Investment Management J O Hambro Investment Management is a specialist investment management company providing a highly personal, discretionary investment service to those private investors who insist on an individual relationship with their investment advisor Investment Advisor 1. A person making investment recommendations in return for a flat fee or percentage of assets managed, known as a commission. 2. For mutual fund companies, it is the individual who has the day-to-day responsibility of investing and monitoring the cash and . They strongly believe in the preservation of wealth but at the same time achieve growth for their portfolios through careful investment of the assets. About SunGard Investment Management Systems SunGard Investment Management Systems provides in-house and ASP solutions to the buy-side investment management market for trading, portfolio management, compliance, investment accounting, private banking, and performance measurement and attribution at·tri·bu·tion n. 1. The act of attributing, especially the act of establishing a particular person as the creator of a work of art. 2. applications. These products support comprehensive straight-through processing from trade initiation, to execution using client-selected brokers, through accounting and client reporting. SunGard solutions support the complex needs of many of the largest financial service firms in the world representing in aggregate over $8 trillion in assets processed daily by these solutions. Visit www.investment.sungard.com About SunGard SunGard is a global leader in integrated IT solutions for financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . SunGard is also the pioneer and leading provider of information availability services. SunGard serves more than 20,000 clients in over 50 countries, including 47 of the world's 50 largest financial services institutions. SunGard (NYSE:SDS) is a member of the S&P 500 and has annual revenues of more than $2 billion. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com. Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo, APSYS and ePAL 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. |
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