WAYNE, Pennsylvania and LONDON, March 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Global Trade Routing and Connectivity Solutions Support Buy-Side and
Sell-Side Automation Initiatives

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that the SunGard 
Transaction Network's (STN's) trading and connectivity solutions are now 
available to corporate treasurers and asset managers in the United Kingdom, 
following STN's recent approval by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). As 
an authorized U.K. broker, STN will exercise passporting rights, allowing the 
company to trade and conduct brokerage business in 30 European countries, 
bringing integration, automation and connectivity to the international trade 
lifecycle.

"Globalization is becoming a key component to the strategies of many
financial services firms," said Bob Ward, chief operating officer of
SunGard's wealth management business. "Both in the U.S. and internationally,
STN solutions help institutional investors better manage trade execution and
processing requirements, while helping to increase productivity, reduce
processing costs and minimize operational risk."

STN Securities and the STN Money Markets portal are the first of STN's
trading and connectivity solutions to be introduced throughout Europe.
Leveraging its core design and ability to reach more than 500 global trading
destinations, STN Securities electronically connects asset managers to a
global array of liquidity providers through a single platform. STN Securities
supports the industry standard FIX protocol, as well as other message types,
including S.W.I.F.T. and proprietary message formats.

The STN Money Markets portal, currently one of the largest, fully
disclosed, independent portals in the United States, provides multinational
corporate treasurers with a central platform to diversify their short-term
investments and to help mitigate currency risk -- all while providing access
to 240 multicurrency money funds through a single connection.

Supporting STN's expansion in Europe is a complete regional data center
and recovery infrastructure, and professionals located in the UK to manage
and support STN's growing list of trading destinations.

About SunGard Transaction Network

A trade automation, compliance and connectivity solution, the SunGard
Transaction Network (STN) links institutions throughout the financial
services value chain, facilitating the purchase and sale of many securities
types, including US and foreign equities, fixed income, mutual funds, money
market funds, certificates of deposit, and commercial paper. Integrated
directly with SunGard systems and with third-party systems, STN helps
automate the entire transaction lifecycle.

About SunGard

With annual revenue of US$5 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.

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo and STN 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.

STN trade automation and connectivity services are provided by SunGard
Institutional Brokerage Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC.

SunGard Global Execution Services Limited ( Registered in England and
Wales No. 3127109 ) Registered Office: 33 St. Mary Axe, London EC3A 8AA --
Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority, No. 469919

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/STN
              http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register/firmPassports.do?sid=189106
              http://www.fixprotocol.org
              http://www3.sungard.com/STN/default.aspx?id=4208