Assent is pleased to extend its clearing services expertise and impressive trade processing/settlement capabilities to firms seeking customized solutions and cost efficiencies in clearing equity transactions. Our highly scalable infrastructure can efficiently handle large volumes. Our support staff would welcome the opportunity to review your requirements and apply our considerable industry experience to custom design an effective clearance solution for your firm.

Our clearance system is designed to minimize trade discrepancies, however in our industry, there will always be a certain amount of such. When they arise, we focus on providing you with "early" notification of trade breaks and allocation discrepancies that will help you reduce unnecessary financing costs and have confidence that you know what your accurate positions are. Trade affirmations can be reviewed on a real time basis, which can also assist you in reducing potential market exposure.

Our account management team will focus on your account and work with you to address any challenges that arise. Our Clearing Support Group can custom design exception and management reports of many varieties to assist you.

We'd welcome an opportunity to discuss potential clearance solutions with you. If you'd like more information about our clearance operations, please contact please contact William Krinsky at (201) 356 - 1485 or via e-mail at william.krinsky@sungard.com, or Carmen Sturm at (201) 356 - 1488 or via e-mail at carmen.sturm@sungard.com.