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EcoBank Asset Management selects SunGard's Asset Arena

Investment accounting solution implemented to help streamline back-office operations.

SunGard (www.sungard.com) today announced that EcoBank Asset Management (www.ecobank.com) has selected SunGard's Asset Arena Investment Accounting solution to automate its entire back-office operations.

With total assets of $5.2 billion, the EcoBank Group is the leading independent regional banking group in West and Central Africa. SunGard's Asset Arena Investment Accounting is a Web-based investment accounting platform that supports virtually all types of funds on a single, unified platform (www.sungard.com/assetarena).

With a network of more than 430 branches and offices in 20 countries of West, East and Central Africa, the EcoBank Group is known as "the pan-African bank". To boost its expansion, EcoBank Asset Management has been looking for a best-of-breed, scalable investment accounting solution to automate its operations.

"We selected Asset Arena because of its extensive functional coverage and ability to meet our business needs," commented Mr Georges Kavege, managing director of EcoBank Asset Management.

"The solution was implemented on-site, over the space of a single month, with the help of the Asset Arena Professional Services team. We have, therefore, been quick to realise the benefits of a robust, flexible and scalable solution that will help support the growth of our business."

Bernard Hur'e, managing director of SunGard's European Institutional Asset Management business, commented: "EcoBank is a recognised leader in the growing African banking industry, so we at SunGard's Asset Arena are delighted to welcome them as a new customer. By providing enhanced functional capabilities on a single platform, Asset Arena will enable EcoBank to streamline its back-office operations and therefore help improve operational efficiency."

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EcoBank

Incorporated in 1985, EcoBank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) is the parent company of the largest independent regional banking group in Africa. The EcoBank Group currently operates in 20 African countries. In addition, ETI has been simultaneously introduced in the Stock Exchanges of Nigeria, Ghana, and the Abidjan Securities: Bourse R'egionale des Valeurs Mobili`eres (BRVM). The group has over 7 000 employees in over 430 branches. EcoBank offers a full service in commercial banking. It provides business services, investment, transaction, retail banking and large clientele to governments, multinational corporations, individuals, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and micro-enterprises in Africa. For further information, please visit: www.ecobank.com.

Asset Arena

Asset Arena is SunGard's global suite of solutions for front-to-back-office investment support, serving asset managers, third-party administrators, insurers and pension fund managers. Available as an integrated solution set or as individual offerings, Asset Arena covers the entire investment management life cycle, including trading, compliance, investment accounting, portfolio management and performance measurement and attribution. For more information, visit www.sungard.com/assetarena.

SunGard

With annual revenue exceeding $4 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25 000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world's 50 largest financial services companies. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.