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Excelian, specialist technology and support services consultancy, today announced it is now an official member of the Partnership Programme developed by Murex S.A.S., the leading provider of cross-asset trading, risk management and processing solutions.

The Murex Partnership Programme has been designed to enhance the service offering delivered by system integrators around the Murex platform. It builds a strong collaborative framework

taking existing relationships a step further through a higher level of shared best practices, training and certification.

Excelian has signed a Global Relationship Agreement (GRA) with Murex and will adopt Murex's MXpress project methodology to ensure the rapid implementation of Murex's high performance technology solutions.

Adrian Marshall, Managing Director, Excelian, comments: 'In today's extremely challenging markets, financial institutions need to be able to take advantage of Murex's next-generation technology to manage a full range of assets, high volumes, complex strategies, one-stop-processing and comply with the most stringent risk control requirements. By cementing our relationship with Murex our clients will benefit from accelerated implementation times, lower overall costs and a more rapid return on investment.'

Murex and Excelian have aligned their service offerings to assist clients with seamless implementation, integration and support of MX.3 as well as the ongoing upgrades of MX Generation 2000 to MX.3.

Nasri Bejani, Head of Client Delivery Services, Murex, adds: 'Excelian brings a wealth of Murex skills and Capital Markets experience and understands the need for our clients to keep pace in fast moving markets. Building on a long history, we are delighted to endorse such a valued partner as a certified Solution Integrator. This partnership also complements our initiatives in delivering flexible, high performance solutions in the commodities, grid and data caching space.'

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About Excelian
Excelian provides specialist consultancy, technology and managed support services through its Murex, Commodities and Technical Consulting practices. It is headquartered in London with additional branches in New York, Johannesburg and Sydney. With consecutive industry awards in 2007 & 2008 including the Sunday Times ‘Tech Trak', Excelian has confirmed its place as one of the leading consulting companies in the Capital Markets and Commodities space.
www.excelian.com

About Murex
With over 1,100 staff located at offices in Paris, New York, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Beijing and Beirut, Murex is today the default and benchmark system for cross-asset trading, risk management and processing solutions. For four years in a row Risk Magazine has acknowledged Murex as the Overall Top Technology Vendor in the risk management and derivatives arena.
www.murex.com



For further information:

Excelian Limited
Adrian Marshall
Tel: +44 (0) 207 336 9500
Email: info@excelian.com
Web: www.excelian.com


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