BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that Financial-i
magazine has named SunGard's Phase3 (http://www.sungard.com/phase3) the most
innovative brokerage securities processing system in the magazine's "Leaders
in Innovation Awards" for the second consecutive year.

Financial-i selected winners in conjunction with leading analyst firms
and consultants in the industry, based on product innovations that have
shaped the delivery of business solutions in wholesale transaction banking
over the last 12 months. Vendor winners were chosen based on the
cost-effectiveness of their solutions; their ability to solve business
problems in terms of straight-through processing (STP), cross-departmental
integration, regulatory compliance and faster transaction processing; their
ability to reduce time- and cost-to-implement; overall efficiency
enhancements; and the ability to facilitate bank-to-bank or bank-to-consumer
communications.

Anita Hawser, editor of Financial-i, said, "Financial-i was particularly
impressed with Phase3's ability to plug and play with different financial
services solutions, as well as its ongoing commitment to innovation."

Gerard Murphy, president of SunGard's brokerage and clearance business,
said, "SunGard is committed to helping its global institutional and retail
brokerage customers to better streamline their back office operations, manage
risk-based credit and margin, support multiple asset classes and have a
single view of data. We continue to focus heavily on the areas of
integration, transactional data management and real-time workflows that
support customers holistically across the traditional trading and operational
silos."

SunGard also provides solutions that operate both independently and in
conjunction with its Phase3 solution to help firms achieve greater securities
processing efficiencies, including Margin Advisor for real-time cross-asset
margin, the STN Settlements central interface management system, and the
StreamCore consolidated operational database.

About Financial-i

Financial-i focuses on how technology is being leveraged to provide
business solutions in wholesale transaction banking. Solutions that solve
common business issues around the execution, delivery, clearing and
settlement of transactions in the wholesale banking space, enhance the
provision of value added services to customers, increase the speed of
delivery of information, mitigate risk and maintain competitiveness. Visit
Financial-i at http://www.financial-i.com.

About Phase3

A real-time, order-to-settlement system for processing securities
transactions, Phase3 supports retail and institutional broker-dealers, ECNs,
and correspondent clearing firms. Phase3 helps organizations automate
securities processing, helping to reduce the delays and errors associated
with manual interventions and helping to efficiently accommodate large trade
volumes. It also assists customers in consolidating their records by enabling
them to process all securities types on a single platform, using a single
database, including equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and annuities.

About SunGard

With annual revenue exceeding US$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 ensure the continuity of their businesses. SunGard serves more
than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world's
largest financial services companies. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo, Margin Advisor, Phase3,
STN Settlements and StreamCore 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.

For more information, contact:
    Adriana Senior
    SunGard
    Tel: +1-718-578-1130
    Email: adriana.senior@risk.sungard.com


    Web site: http://www.sungard.com
              http://www.sungard.com/phase3
              http://www.financial-i.com