It may come as no surprise that SunGard Data Systems was the leader in four categories of this year's Securities Technology Ranking: order management, execution management, portfolio management and transaction cost analytics. SunGard is, after all, the number-one provider of software and services to the capital markets industry. The company had revenues of $4.3 billion in 2006 and has over 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world's 50 largest financial services companies.
What is more surprising is how this eclectic collection of business units has dominated the securities technology space following its second leveraged buyout in March 2005. Many observers predicted that SunGard would shed businesses and reduce staff, but that has not occurred. Instead, the Wayne, Pa.-based company has remained acquisition-minded, and integration between product lines has improved along with sharing of resources.
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