Misys Expands Confirmation Matching Service to Automate OTC Derivative and Commodity Post-Trade Processing

October 29th, 2009 LONDON and HONG KONG - - Latest Release of Misys Summit FT Includes Standardised Coupon Support Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announces that it is the first to meet the market practice changes that will come into effect throughout Asia on 20 December 2009. Version 5.4 of Misys Summit FT covers all aspects of the market practice changes announced by ISDA.

October 26th, 2009 LONDON - - Buy-Side Firms to Benefit From Rapid Deployment and Misys' OTC Derivatives Expertise Misys (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, announces the launch of Summit Invest, the buy-side derivatives solution that leverages the 20 years of OTC and derivatives expertise of Misys Summit FT. Misys Summit Invest enables trading, risk management, trade processing and OTC lifecycle management in a tailored buy-side environment.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announces that Brian Edmondson has left China Systems for a senior role at Misys in Europe, providing further industry expertise to the sales of its solutions in Trade Services. During his time at China Systems, Edmondson had many responsibilities including building its international business outside Asia, Managing Director for Europe and most recently, Client Services Director for Europe and the Americas.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - - Misys Message Manager Wins the Financial EAI Label - Misys TI Plus Obtains the Trade Finance Label - Misys Trade Portal Gains the Latest TSU Accreditation Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announces that it has won three separate SWIFTReady accreditations for its transaction banking solutions. SWIFT initiated the SWIFTReady Label programme over 10 years ago to maintain the highest standards for third party applications and service providers.

July 12th, 2009 LONDON - Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announces that it has been voted Best Technology Provider in the annual awards organised by the international publication, Trade & Forfaiting Review, beating all the other vendors in the trade finance market. Misys was awarded the accolade based entirely on the votes of professionals in the trade finance industry.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announced that it has achieved "Powered by SAP NetWeaver(R)" certification for both Misys Trade Portal, its front-end trade finance portal, and Misys Trade Innovation Plus (TI Plus), its back-office trade finance processing engine. The SAP(R) Integration and Certification Center has certified that Misys Trade Portal 4.0 and Misys TI Plus 2.0.1, both J2EE 1.4/EE 5 specification-compliant applications, can now be deployed and run on the SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (SAP NetWeaver CE) 7.1 offering.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Post-trade Matching of Precious Metals Extended Across all Metal Trade Transactions Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L), the global application software and services company, today announces it has extended its Confirmation Matching Service to cover the additional asset class of base metals within its Metals Suite. This extended capability within Misys world-leading matching engine brings more benefits to customers performing any metal trade.

May 25th, 2009 CHICAGO - Enhanced post-trade processing including reconciliation and confirmation services Northern Trust announced today that it has strengthened its global platform for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives processing through an agreement with Markit, a financial information services company, to enhance post-trade processing including reconciliation and confirmation services for OTC derivatives. The agreement will deliver best in breed service capabilities for OTC derivatives to Northern Trust custody and Investment Operations Outsourcing clients through an integrated derivatives processing platform.

April 1st, 2009 LONDON - Societe Generale Securities Services has Gone Live With Misys Summit FT Misys, the global application software and services company announced today that Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has gone live with the Summit FT integrated solution to support its growing asset servicing and custody services business in Paris, France. SGSS has experienced strong growth in demand from asset management firms, insurance companies and other buy-side institutions looking to trade OTC derivatives and structured products.

March 11th, 2009 LONDON - Bank Goes Live on Misys Opics Plus to Manage Increased Number of Trades and Strengthen Risk Practices Bank of Ningbo Co. Ltd (Bank of Ningbo), one of China's leading publicly-listed city commercial banks, has successfully implemented a powerful trade processing solution at its Ningbo head office from Misys, the global application software and services company.

June 25th, 2009 Allscripts says sales will boost financial resultsCHICAGO — Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc. said Wednesday it could see better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year results because of higher sales.

November 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Government on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that the vision document 2015 has been prepared in order to increase the level of processing and to promote food processing industries to exploit both the domestic and international market potential for processed food products. In a written statement to the lower house, the Union Food Processing Industries Minister Subhodh Kanth Sahay said: "The vision document envisages tripling the size of the processed food sector by increasing the level of processing of perishables from 6 percent to 20 percent value addition from 20 percent to 35 percent and share in global food trade from 1.5 percent to 3 percent by 2015." The minister also informed the members, that the government has approved an integrated strategy vision to promote agribusiness, strategy and action plan for the food-processing sector.

February 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has sought Canadian expertise in food processing to reduce wastage of agri-products, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said here Sunday. 'We are among the top producers of vegetables and fruits in the world.

September 22nd, 2009 CFTC chief urges broad oversight of derivativesWASHINGTON — A key regulator on Tuesday urged Congress to go beyond an Obama administration proposal and impose comprehensive oversight on the sprawling, complex market for financial derivatives blamed for worsening the credit crisis last fall. The administration is seeking to increase the transparency of the $600 trillion global derivatives market and has proposed that big investment banks that trade derivatives be subject to requirements for holding capital reserves against risk.

May 15th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Forward Markets Commission has accorded in-principle approval to the 53-year-old Ahmedabad Commodity Exchange (ACE) to upgrade and convert itself into a nationwide multi-commodity exchange on the basis of an application made in 2008. 'The Ahmedabad Commodity Exchange has invited Kotak Group as an anchor investor, subject to satisfying conditions stimulated in the approval, and necessary corporate and regulatory approvals,' said ACE president Pravinbhai Thakkar while announcing the development Friday.

August 20th, 2009 American expands in-flight Internet accessFORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines has expanded its in-flight internet service to more aircraft. The airline has now made the Wi-Fi service available on 100 MD-80 aircraft, which is two-thirds of the 150 Gogo installations scheduled to be completed by the end of 2009, according to a company news release Thursday.

March 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's choice to be the top US trade official was approved for the post Thursday by the Senate Finance Committee, paving the way for a vote by the full chamber in the coming days. Ron Kirk's nomination as US trade representative was accepted by a voice vote in the committee more than two months after he was picked by Obama.

August 25th, 2009 Postal Service offers $15,000 buyouts to cut costsWASHINGTON — The Postal Service is offering $15,000 buyouts to employees in an effort to cut costs at a time when the post office is being buffeted by the recession and the popularity of e-mail and electronic bill payment. Up to 30,000 employees could take the offer at a total cost of about $450 million, the agency said Tuesday.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) wants the government to set up a Rs.7,500-crore ($1.5-billion) corpus fund for the meat and fish processing industry. The fund could be used to infuse new technologies and skills into the food processing sector in order to increase the production of meat, fish and poultry by 25 percent in two years, the chamber said in a statement Wednesday.

August 11th, 2009 Belo expands use of SpotCrime mapping servicesBALTIMORE — Television station operator Belo Corp. said Tuesday it will receive crime-mapping services from SpotCrime at stations in New Orleans and Phoenix, expanding service it already gets in Charlotte and Dallas/Ft.